AP Week in Pictures, Global: Dec.15-Dec.21, 2023

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Palestinians converge for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. International aid agencies say Gaza is suffering from shortages of food, medicine and other basic supplies as a result of the two and a half month war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Strings of Christmas lights frame the illuminated Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Lava flows from the Fagradalsfjall volcano, north of Grindavik, on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Di Marco)

Orthodox Church of Ukraine Chaplain Ivan conducts a sacred liturgy for Ukrainian servicemen, on the frontline near Vuhledar, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Valentyn Kuzan)

Israeli soldiers fire mortars from southern Israel towards the Gaza Strip, in a position near the Israel-Gaza border, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

A street vendor selling Santa hats and masks waits for customers at an intersection in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Britain’s Princess Charlotte, left, and Prince Louis, attend the Royal Carols - Together At Christmas service, at Westminster Abbey, in London, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)

A migrant walks along a road shadowed by the steel columns of the border wall separating Arizona and Mexico after crossing into the United States, near Lukeville, Ariz., Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The crescent moon sets beyond Christmas lights in a park, in Lenexa, Kan., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, arrives on a boat to give out presents to children in the Amazon basin, near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

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A vendor sells balloons outside the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, in Antipolo, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally, in Durham, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha)

Supporters of President Felix Tshisekedi, who is running for reelection, carry a “presidential” throne donning his nickname, during a campaign rally in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Congo headed to the polls Dec. 20th as authorities scrambled to finalize preparations in an election facing steep logistical and security challenges. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)

A young boy looks inside a polling station through a fenced window in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Lengthy delays at the polls forced officials to extend voting in Congo’s Dec. 20th presidential election. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. A jury awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers who sued Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. Giuliani has since filed for bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Judges watch athletes during the women’s individual compact NH 5km competition at the Nordic Combined World Cup in Ramsau, Austria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Ma Yuanke, 10, grieves as his mother, Han Suofeiya, who died in an overnight earthquake, is buried in Yangwa village, northwestern China’s Gansu province, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A strong earthquake rattled the mountainous region, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and killing more than 130 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A sloth named Buba, whose paws were burned by an electrical discharge while climbing on high voltage wires, is soothed as she undergoes surgery at the Instituto Vida Livre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Migrants queue in the cold looking for a space at a shelter, outside a migrant assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School, in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

A field of wicker sticks used in making “Kangri”, a traditional fire pot, grow on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Dec 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

The silhouettes of anti-government protesters are cast on the National Congress building as they protest against government economic measures, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Tourists hang out on an abandoned locomotive, in an area commonly known as the train graveyard, on the outskirts of Uyuni, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. This town is the site of the country’s first locomotives, which arrived in 1889. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)