Week in pictures: 10 - 16 December 2022

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A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week.

 

Image source, Mario Tama / EPA

Nasa's Orion Capsule is drawn to the USS Portland after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. The spaceship has been on an uncrewed test flight around the Moon for three weeks. The exercise is part of Nasa's Artemis programme, a quest to take people back to the lunar surface later this decade.

Image source, Kiran Ridley / Getty Images

England football fans react to Harry Kane's missed penalty kick as they watch the World Cup quarter-final between France and England in the Bombardier Bar in Paris. France beat England 2-1 at the Al Bayt stadium, Qatar, knocking them out of the tournament.

Image source, Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Archaeologists examine a sarcophagus inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Image source, Leon Neal / Getty Images

Nurses and supporters hold placards as they demonstrate outside St Thomas' hospital in Westminster, London. On Thursday, the Royal College of Nursing went on strike over pay, with tens of thousands of nurses taking action across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Image source, Phil Noble / Reuters

A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims in the ocean display at Sea Life in Blackpool, England.

Image source, Ernesto Benavides / AFP

Supporters of former President Pedro Castillo clash with riot police during a demonstration demanding his release and the closure of the Peruvian Congress in Lima. Mr Castillo has been put in pre-trial detention while he is under investigation for alleged rebellion, following an unsuccessful attempt to dissolve Congress and his subsequent impeachment.

Image source, Dinendra Haria / Getty Images

Houses and roads covered with snow in north London. Wintry weather descended on parts of the UK, causing travel disruption.

Image source, Sergey Bobok / AFP

Lithuanian pianist Darius Mazhyntas plays music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Sylvestrov, on Kremenets Mountain in Izyum, Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine, an area recently liberated from Russian forces.

Image source, Timur Matahari / AFP

A man collects plastic from the polluted Citarum River in West Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

Image source, Sam Panthaky / AFP

Workers give the final touches to a large statue of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, ahead of centenary celebrations of the birth of the Hindu guru, at a festival ground on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India.

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