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Batangas, PhilippinesLightning strikes over Batangas as the Taal volcano erupts.
Photograph: Domcar C Lagto/Pacific Press/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock
Ukhta, Russia
A blaze rips through the small-scale Ukhta oil refinery.
Photograph: TASS/Getty Images
London
Deer graze as cyclists pass in the early morning mist at Richmond Park.
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Gippsland, Australia
Smoke rises as East Gippsland, Victoria, burns. Thousands of people have had to flee their homes in north-east Victoria and the south coast of New S... in Australia’s largest ever peacetime evacuation.
Photograph: Dale Appleton/Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Namur, Belgium
A cyclist rides through the mud during the 11th Namur World Cup.
Photograph: Luc Claessen/Getty Images
New York City
People enjoy the unseasonably warm weather at the beginning of the Christmas and Hanukkah holiday.
Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Jiujiang, China
Abandoned boats lie on the dried bed of China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang. On 1 January, China will ban fishing in environmentally sensitive regions along the Yangtze, the country’s longest river, and by the start of 2021, fishing throughout the Poyang will be prohibited for at least 10 years.
Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters
Whakaari/White Island, New Zealand
The volcano on New Zealand’s White Island, also known by its Maori name Whakaari, spews steam and ash moments after it erupted. Police said about 50 people were on the island at the time, more than 20 of whom were Australian tou... Fifteen people were killed and two are missing, presumed dead. All of those rescued had sustained injuries, mostly burns, police said, and those in a critical condition had been flown to hospitals in Tauranga and Auckland.
Photograph: Michael Schade/AFP/Getty Images
