Day in Photos: Shooting in Sydney, Negotiations in Berlin, and Heavy Rains in Gaza
Mourners gather at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the shooting victims at Bondi Beach in Sydney, on Dec. 15, 2025. A father and son opened fire on a Jewish festival at the Australian beach, leaving 15 people dead, including a child, authorities said. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images
Mourners gather at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the shooting victims at Bondi Beach in Sydney, on Dec. 15, 2025. A father and son opened fire on a Jewish festival at the Australian beach, leaving 15 people dead, including a child, authorities said. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Shooting in Sydney, Negotiations in Berlin, and Heavy Rains in Gaza

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff pose for a photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, on Dec. 15, 2025. The two met for talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Lisi Niesner/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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Displaced Palestinians walk through floodwaters following heavy rains in Gaza City on Dec. 15, 2025. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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An Indian army aircraft takes part in the ‘Military Tattoo’ event as part of the Vijay Diwas celebrations in Kolkata, India, on Dec. 15, 2025. Vijay Diwas is celebrated annually on Dec. 16 to honor the victory of Indian armed forces over Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images
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A Wazalendo militant surrenders a weapon to members of the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Dec. 15, 2025. Fifty-two members of the coalition of Congolese and Burundian militias known as the Wazalendo joined M23 following the rebels' capture of the South Kivu city on Dec. 10. Daniel Buuma/Getty Images
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People visit the central Ala-Too Square, decorated to mark the upcoming New Year holiday, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Dec. 15, 2025. Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP via Getty Images
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Argentine footballer Lionel Messi attends an event during his GOAT Tour at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Dec. 15, 2025. The 38-year-old Argentine and Inter Miami superstar, along with his Inter Miami teammates Luis Suarez and Rodrigo de Paul, are part of a so-called GOAT Tour of a cricket-crazy nation. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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Moroccans view a destroyed vehicle and other debris following a flash flood in the coastal town of Safi, some 186 miles south of the capital Rabat, on Dec. 15, 2025. A flash flood and a muddy torrent in the coastal town killed at least 37, local officials said, as search-and-rescue operations continued. AFP via Getty Images
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Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch sits in a Formula 4 race car during a visit to Brands Hatch in West Kingsdown, England, on Dec. 15, 2025. Badenoch pledged that the next Conservative government will scrap the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on car manufacturers and end Labour's 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Colombian soldiers carry a gas cylinder allegedly loaded with explosives by the ELN after deactivating it on a road near Cucuta, department of Norte de Santander, Colombia, on Dec. 15, 2025. Schneyder Mendoza/AFP via Getty Images
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A view of St. Peter's basilica through the nativity scene in Vatican City on Dec. 15, 2025. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images
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A man is pictured against the backdrop of electricity towers along the Yamuna River amid smog caused by elevated air pollution levels in New Delhi on Dec. 15, 2025. Air quality in the Indian capital remained in the ‘severe’ category, with pollution levels many times above the government's safe limit. Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images
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Sudanese female military personnel gather after completing a training course, with the aim of supporting the Sudanese regular army in the Ombada locality west of Omdurman, in the capital Khartoum, on Dec. 15, 2025. The war between the Sudanese Army and Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, which control areas of western Sudan, erupted in April 2023 and has caused what the United Nations has described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images
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Eagles fly past the setting sun in Bengaluru, India, on Dec. 15, 2025. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
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Tourists walk in front of the closed Louvre Museum as workers voted to go on strike to protest what they called the increasing deterioration of their working conditions and the degradation of the visitor experience at the world-famous museum in Paris, on Dec. 15, 2025. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives ahead of a meeting with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano at the State Department in Washington on Dec. 15, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, is seen behind buildings in central Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2025. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
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French gendarmes stand guard as they wait for the arrival of French Overseas Minister Naima Moutchou at La Vigie neighborhood in Pamandzi, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on Dec. 15, 2025, a year after the French department was hit by Cyclone Chido. Marine Gachet/AFP via Getty Images
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A couple on a bench view the city in the evening in Kyiv on Dec. 15, 2025. Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images
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A police vehicle puts out a fire started by supporters of the ruling Libertad y Refundación party to block the CA-5 highway connecting the capital with northern Honduras, in Tegucigalpa on Dec. 15, 2025. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images
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A man views seagulls flying over the Mediterranean sea at sunset, while he walks along the Promenade des Anglais in the French Riviera city of Nice, France, on Dec. 15, 2025. Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images
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A shopkeeper works on traditional woolen ‘pakol’ caps at the Chitrali Bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Dec. 15, 2025. Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images
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French farmers block the A63 motorway at the Cestas interchange in Gironde as part of a nationwide protest against the policy of slaughtering cows infected by Contagious Nodular Dermatosis, on Dec. 15, 2025. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images
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Baiti Arafah (R) waits for aid distribution with others in Babo, Aceh Tamiang, Northern Sumatra, on Dec. 15, 2025, following a flash flood. Indonesia will revoke more than 20 forestry permits across the country, the forestry minister said, after deadly floods and landslides devastated parts of the northwestern island of Sumatra. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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Flowers rest on film director Rob Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Dec. 15, 2025. The LAPD confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home. Their son, Nick Reiner, was arrested in connection with their deaths. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Lazio eagle Flaminia poses during the SS Lazio Christmas party at the Spazio Novecento event in Rome on Dec. 15, 2025. Marco Rosi - SS Lazio/Getty Images