AP Week in Pictures, Global: Dec. 22 – 28, 2023

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A participant takes part in the ‘Pacu Jawi’ bull race competition, in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 23, 2023. Originally held annually to celebrate rice harvest, the event has now become a major tourist attraction in the region. (AP Photo/Adi Prima)

Beachgoers watch as huge surf pounds the coast, in Manhattan Beach, Calif., Dec. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Supporters of Jammu Kashmir National Conference shout slogans during a protest over the death of three civilians killed in army custody, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Sipoteni bear pack members take part in a festival in Racova, northern Romania, Dec. 26, 2023. The dancing bears tradition originates from the pre-Christian era, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Men unload from a bulldozer shovel the bodies of Palestinians killed in fighting with Israel and turned over by the Israeli military, during a mass burial in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Dec. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Ornaments hang from a crowd control barrier during a “posada”, a traditional Christmastime procession, held in honor of missing relatives, in front of the National Palace in Mexico City, Dec. 22, 2023. Family members were asked to bring Christmas tree ornaments featuring the face of a disappeared person and a piñata to symbolize an obstacle they want to overcome. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto poses wearing his No. 18 Dodgers baseball jersey during a media presentation, in Los Angeles, Dec. 27, 2023. The consensus best pitcher outside North America joined the Dodgers on a 12-year contract that’s reportedly the largest and longest ever guaranteed to a major league pitcher. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Lottery ticket shop owners celebrate after selling the winning Christmas lottery ticket known as “El Gordo”, or The Fat One, in Valencia, Spain, Dec. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)Less

Referee Rebecca Welch points during the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Burnley at Craven Cottage stadium in London, Dec. 23, 2023. Welch is the first female referee ever to officiate an English Premier League game. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

President Joe Biden’s grandson Beau, his father Hunter and his aunt Ashley, leave the White House on Dec. 23, 2023, to board Marine One, to be transported to Camp David where they will spend the Christmas holiday with family. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A boy dressed as Santa Claus attends Christmas prayers at the Holy Family Catholic church in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Security forces assault a supporter of presidential candidate Martin Fayulu during clashes outside his party’s headquarters, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dec. 27, 2023. Fayulu, a main opposition candidate, accused police of using live bullets to break up the protest as demonstrators demanded a re-do for the Dec. 20th presidential election. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Ivan Zelenchuk walks through a cemetery to visit the graves of his relatives, in Kryvorivnia, Ukraine, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Relatives of Israeli Captain Neriya Zisk mourn during his burial service at a cemetery in Masu’ot Yitzhak, Israel, Dec. 28, 2023. Zisk was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Photos of people who died in the Maui wildfire are displayed under white crosses at a memorial service, above the Lahaina Bypass highway, in Lahaina, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Devotees bathe a statue of San Benito de Palermo, or Saint Benedict, with rum during a procession honoring the oil city’s patron saint, in Cabimas, Venezuela, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

University of Southern California football players pour eggnog on USC coach Lincoln Riley after they defeated Louisville 42-28 in the Holiday Bowl, in San Diego, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

Magician Devonte Rosero burns notes written by people in Times Square in New York, Dec. 28, 2023. The burning was part an event called Good Riddance Day, where people wrote their frustrations or problems on slips of paper that were then burned, symbolizing hope for a better year ahead. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)