Sydney, Australia

 

SHK Scallywag battles the waves during the Solas Big Boat Challenge, the last race before the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Photograph:  Dean Lewins/EPA

Brooklyn Jewish Protest

 

New York

Pro-Palestinian protesters fill the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan as they march on to Williamsburg Bridge to demand justice for the people of Gaza and call on the US government to stop sending aid to Israel. 

Photograph:  Anadolu/Getty Images

 

Catholic nuns due Smith & Wesson

 

A group of Catholic nuns yesterday sued the board of Smith & Wesson to try to force the gunmaker to abandon the manufacture, marketing and sales of assault-style rifles that have been used in U.S. mass shootings.

Tel Aviv, Israel

 

Friends and family mourn Col Asaf Hamami, an Israeli soldier who was killed defending the Nirim kibbutz during the 7 October attacks, at his funeral.  Hamas took his body to Gaza but enough evidence of his death was gathered to allow for his funeral. 

Photograph:  Shir Torem/Reuters

 

Pigeons for Peace

 

Ori Rosner, the head of the Israel racing pigeons club, releases 140 pigeons to represent the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza in the southern Israeli Kibbutz of Beeri along the Israel-Gaza border, on December 4, 2023

Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images.

Jerusalem, Israel

 

Issa Kassissieh, dressed as Santa Claus, sits astride a camel as he visits an olive grove overlooking the Dome of the Rock on Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.  

Ammar Awad/Reuters

Hunter Valley, Australia

 

December 2, 2023 : Dan Prior and his son Hunter Prior pose for a photograph at the Mulletfest 2023 Grand Final at Hebburn Motorsport Park in the Hunter Valley, Australia.

This year’s battle for the best mullet haircut attracted contestants from all over Australia, and one finalist from the UK. The competition began in the Hunter Valley town of Kurri Kurri in 2018 as an effort to save a family pub during an economic downturn. It drew international attention for its celebration of the unique hairstyle. The festival is now held annually to raise funds for brain cancer research.