{"id":326123,"date":"2025-12-20T07:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326123\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T07:50:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T07:50:36","slug":"the-sun-sets-before-the-winter-solstice-and-other-news-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/326123\/","title":{"rendered":"The sun sets before the winter solstice \u2014 and other news in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sun sets before the winter solstice \u2014 and other news in pictures <\/p>\n

, The Times\"A<\/p>\n

A squirrel pauses in Jephson Gardens in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire<\/p>\n

JACOB KING\/PA<\/p>\n

\"Members<\/p>\n

The Karen communities in Yangon, Myanmar, celebrated their new year on Friday with music and dancing<\/p>\n

SAI AUNG MAIN\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"NASA's<\/p>\n

Nasa\u2019s SPHEREx space observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colours, which are invisible to the human eye but can reveal different features of the cosmos. The findings will help scientists to answer questions about what happened in the first second after the Big Bang<\/p>\n

NASA<\/p>\n

\"Royal<\/p>\n

Royal Navy cadets stand to attention during the Lord High Admiral\u2019s Divisions at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon. The King presided over the ceremony, overseeing the blessing of his new colours and inspecting the cadets, who had undergone 29 weeks of training to become junior naval officers<\/p>\n

CHRIS JACKSON\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"Australian<\/p>\n

A rainbow lorikeet parrot feeds on the nectar of a tree in Adelaide, South Australia. The species is common along the eastern coastline of Australia<\/p>\n

AMER GHAZZAL\/SHUTTERSTOCK EDITORIAL<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Nearly 5,000 police officers sing the national anthem at their graduation ceremony in the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion, Paraguay<\/p>\n

DANIEL DUARTE \/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"Illustration<\/p>\n

A preparatory drawing for Grant Wood\u2019s masterpiece American Gothic, which was sketched out on the back of an envelope in 1930, is among the treasures going on sale at Christie\u2019s in New York next month to mark the 250th anniversary of the American declaration of independence. The artists Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong have owned the sketch since 1989. It has a pre-sale estimate of between $70,000 and $100,000<\/p>\n

CHRISTIES<\/p>\n

\"Sahar<\/p>\n

Sahar Taroush with her brother and her children in her partially collapsed home in Jabaliya, Gaza City<\/p>\n

JEHAD ALSHRAFI\/AP<\/p>\n

\"Sarah<\/p>\n

Sarah Richardson, the founder of the Leafy Couture florist in Bramhope, near Leeds, poses with a Christmas wreath during a workshop<\/p>\n

TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES GLOSSOP<\/p>\n

\"Martha-Jane,<\/p>\n

Two-year-old Martha Jane feeding hay to sheep on her grandparents\u2019 farm at Arley, Worcestershire. A shortage of hay caused by the dry spring has led to high prices and livestock being fed early<\/p>\n

PETER LOPEMAN\/ALAMY<\/p>\n

\"Military<\/p>\n

Princess Leonor, the heir to the Spanish throne, celebrated her first solo flight at the General Air and Space Academy in San Javier, Murcia, on Friday. The princess of Asturias, 20, is in her fourth month of training in the air force<\/p>\n

GENERAL AIR ACADEMY\/ROYAL HOUSEHOLD<\/p>\n

\"North<\/p>\n

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting new factories in South Hwanghae province<\/p>\n

KCNA\/KNS\/AFPGETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"Thailand's<\/p>\n

The Indonesian boxer Vicky Tahumil Junior taking a blow from Thitisan Panmot of Thailand during the men\u2019s flyweight gold medal match at the Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok. Tahumil Junior won the fight<\/p>\n

PATIPAT JANTHONG\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

Runners pass Bondi Beach on Friday morning, five days after gunmen opened fire on a Chanukkah celebration, killing 15 people and injuring more than 40<\/p>\n

AUDREY RICHARDSON\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Hungarian equestrian culture was on display on the second day of the London International Horse Show at the ExCel centre in east London<\/p>\n

BEN WHITLEY\/PA<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

An HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter from the US Air Force approaches the Roosevelt Roads naval base in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. The base was reopened last month as the US builds up its forces in the Caribbean<\/p>\n

RICARDO ARDUENGO\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n

Day Day Thomas of the Cincinnati Bearcats has his shot blocked by Tyler Byrd of the Alabama State Hornets during a college basketball match at the Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnatti won the match 88-51<\/p>\n

MICHAEL HICKEY\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"Brazil's<\/p>\n

President Lula da Silva of Brazil tries a virtual reality headset during an exhibition at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia<\/p>\n

SERGIO LIMA\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"Erika<\/p>\n

Erika Kirk, the widow of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, addresses a festival in Phoenix, Arizona, held by the organisation her husband helped to found, Turning Point USA. She is now its chief executive<\/p>\n

OLIVIER TOURON\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A worker covers his face amid heavy smog at the Kartavya Path in Delhi<\/p>\n

ARUN SANKAR\/AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

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