The Day in Photos – December 2 2022
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People shop for food at an outdoor market in central Kyiv on November 30, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian officials expect a new wave of Russian bombing this week, with previous rounds targeting critical infrastructure and causing massive water and power cuts, including in the capital Kyiv. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)
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People fill up bottles with water near Dnipro river after Russia's military retreat from Kherson, Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Anna Voitenko/Reuters)
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Doctors operate with phone flashlights after power outages due to conflicts within the Russian-Ukrainian war in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Abdullah Unver/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A local resident stands next to a destroyed bridge in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on November 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Once known for its vineyards and cavernous salt mines, Bakhmut has now been dubbed “the meat grinder” due to the brutal trench warfare, artillery duels and frontal assaults that have defined the brutal fight for the city for over six months. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/AFP Photo)
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A woman hands out sheet of paper in protest over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in mainland China, during a commemoration of the victims of a fire in Urumqi, at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in Hong Kong, China on November 29, 2022. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
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Shanghai residents confront coronavirus disease (COVID-19) staff dressed in protective clothing in Shanghai, China, in this still image obtained from a social media video released November 30, 2022. (Video obtained by Reuters)
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An epidemic control worker wears PPE to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as she rides a shared bike to give nucleic acid tests to people under health monitoring on November 30, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Security guards wear PPE to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as they guard a gate in an area with communities in lockdown and under health monitoring on November 30, 2022 in Beijing, China. In recent days, China has been recording its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as authorities are sticking to their strict zero tolerance approach to containing the virus with lockdowns, mandatory testing, mask mandates, and quarantines as it struggles to contain outbreaks.In an effort to try to bring rising cases under control, the government last week closed most stores and restaurants for inside dining, switched schools to online studies, and told people to work from home among other measures. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)
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An ethnic Uyghur demonstrator burns a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Dilara Senkaya/Reuters)
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New army (Heer) recruits of the Bundeswehr, Germany's armed forces, drill a tactical manoeuvre called a Schützenrudel during basic training on November 29, 2022 near Prenzlau, Germany. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, pledged to create a special fund of EUR 100 billion to invest in Germany's armed forces, which will go to both high tickets investments like modern attack aircraft and transport helicopters but also into improved preparedness of existing equipment. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Romanian female soldiers stand prior to the military parade on Romania's National Day in Bucharest, on December 1, 2022. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP Photo)
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Municipal workers collect dead pelicans on Santa Maria beach in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, November 30, 2022. At least 13,000 birds have died so far in November along the Pacific of Peru from bird flu, according to The National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor) on Tuesday. (Photo by Guadalupe Pardo/AP Photo)
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Spectators watch the lava flow down the mountain from the Mauna Loa eruption, Tuesday, November 29, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. (Photo by Marco Garcia/AP Photo)
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This image released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on November 29, 2022, shows an aerial photograph of the dominant fissure 3 erupting on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Fountains of lava up to 200 feet (60 meters) high have been fired into the air from Mauna Loa, geologists say, generating rivers of molten rock from the world's largest active volcano. Four fissures have now opened up on the mammoth mountain, which burst into life on November 27, 2022 for the first time in almost 40 years. (Photo by Handout/US Geological Survey/AFP Photo)
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Ingrid Yang, left, and Kelly Bruno, both of San Diego, take a photo in front of lava erupting from Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano Wednesday, November 30, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. (Photo by Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
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Circus members from Kenya perform during the weekly general audience held by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)
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A photo taken with a drone shows students taking part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for staging a living chain of the number Pi and its decimal places by students of The Road, Geodesy and High School Complex together with the Technical and Comprehensive School Complex in Jaroslaw, Poland, 30 November 2022. The task of the attempt was to create the longest expansion of Pi with its ddecimal places. The living chain was created by 995 people; more than 883 students of the University of Lodz. (Photo by Darek Delmanowicz/EPA/EFE)
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Spanish base-jumper Dani Roman wearing a wingsuit crosses the main arc of the New Bridge in Ronda on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Jorge Guerrero/AFP Photo)
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Workers on a crane put up a Christmas tree during preparations for the traditional celebration of Christmas and New Year's Eve in downtown Chisinau, Moldova, 29 November 2022. (Photo by Dumitru Doru/EPA/EFE)
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A Bolivian black-capped squirrel monkey takes a treat amongst hanging pouches to celebrate the upcoming Christmas season, at London Zoo, Wednesday November 30, 2022. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
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A fan of Saudi Arabia waits on the stands ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group C football match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Alfredo Estrella/AFP Photo)
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A Mexico fan holds the national flag prior to the start of the World Cup group C soccer match between Saudi Arabia and Mexico, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Wednesday, November 30, 2022. (Photo by Luca Bruno/AP Photo)
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Fans of Mexico pose for photo at the Souq Waqif market during FIFA World Cup 2022 in Doha, Qatar, 30 November 2022. Mexico will face Saudi Arabia in their group C match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 on 30 November. (Photo by Martin Divisek/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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Australia fan holds up FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 mascot La'eeb before the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group D match between Australia and Denmark at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)