 Indian Army General Officer, Manoj Pande (L), arrives to pay his respect to the 1971 war martyrs to celebrate the 50th Victory Day of Bangladesh, which marks the end of Bnagladesh s bitter nine-month war of independence from Pakistan, at the Headquarters of Eastern Command of the Indian Army in Kolkata on December 16, 2021. AFP
 A priest lights candles at a shine during celebrations of Saint Barabara s Day, at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Barbara in the village of Aboud, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 16, 2021. AFP
 Afghan women take part in a protest at Shahr-e Naw in Kabul on December 16, 2021, demanding the right to education, jobs and political representation from the Taliban government. AFP
 Dancers perform during the presentation of the 77th edition of La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain, in Madrid on December 16, 2021. AFP
 Supporters of Chilean presidential candidate Gabriel Boric, from the Apruebo Dignidad party, attend a rally in Santiago, on December 16, 2021, ahead of the presidential run-off election. AFP
 Members of Kurdish Peshmerga security forces parade with a giant Kurdish flag in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, during celebrations ahead of the Kurdistan Region s flag day, on December 16, 2021. AFP
 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. AP
 Protesters, some of them wearing face masks against the spread of coronavirus, take part in a rally in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. AP
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