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The Day in Photos – December 1, 2021

The Day in Photos – December 1, 2021
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Migrants block a street during a protest requesting that Mexican authorities issue humanitarian visas for migrants to be able to cross the Mexican territory, while taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S. border in Huehuetan, Mexico on November 29, 2021. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

Migrants block a street during a protest requesting that Mexican authorities issue humanitarian visas for migrants to be able to cross the Mexican territory, while taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S. border in Huehuetan, Mexico on November 29, 2021. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)

Protesters call for a civilian government during demonstrations near the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Security forces have fired tear gas at anti-coup protesters in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday, in the latest demonstrations against a military takeover that took place last month. (Photo by Marwan Ali/AP Photo)

Protesters call for a civilian government during demonstrations near the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Security forces have fired tear gas at anti-coup protesters in the Sudanese capital on Tuesday, in the latest demonstrations against a military takeover that took place last month. (Photo by Marwan Ali/AP Photo)

Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro supporters celebrate after general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Castro claimed victory, setting up a showdown with the National Party which said its candidate had won a vote that could end the conservative party's 12 years in power. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)

Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro supporters celebrate after general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sunday, November 28, 2021. Castro claimed victory, setting up a showdown with the National Party which said its candidate had won a vote that could end the conservative party’s 12 years in power. (Photo by Moises Castillo/AP Photo)

A view of dummies in a street to signify women who are suffering because of Poland's restrictive abortion law and a proposal for further restrictions, during a demonstration in front of parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Women’s rights activists used red paint symbolizing blood to protest a government plan to register every pregnancy in a national database and a proposal to further restrict abortion. The activists fear the database will allow authorities to track whether pregnancies end in a birth. Poland last year restricted its already conservative abortion law and abortions are now only allowed in cases of rape or incest, of if the woman’s life or health is in danger. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)

A view of dummies in a street to signify women who are suffering because of Poland’s restrictive abortion law and a proposal for further restrictions, during a demonstration in front of parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Women’s rights activists used red paint symbolizing blood to protest a government plan to register every pregnancy in a national database and a proposal to further restrict abortion. The activists fear the database will allow authorities to track whether pregnancies end in a birth. Poland last year restricted its already conservative abortion law and abortions are now only allowed in cases of rape or incest, of if the woman’s life or health is in danger. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)

Migrants stands in queue to receive a hot food at a logistics center at the checkpoint logistics center “Bruzgi” at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The West has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of luring thousands of migrants to Belarus with the promise of help to get to Western Europe to use them as pawns to destabilize the 27-nation European Union in retaliation for its sanctions on his authoritarian government. Belarus denies engineering the crisis. (Photo by Oksana Manchuk/BelTA via AP Photo)

Migrants stands in queue to receive a hot food at a logistics center at the checkpoint logistics center “Bruzgi” at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The West has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of luring thousands of migrants to Belarus with the promise of help to get to Western Europe to use them as pawns to destabilize the 27-nation European Union in retaliation for its sanctions on his authoritarian government. Belarus denies engineering the crisis. (Photo by Oksana Manchuk/BelTA via AP Photo)

Dancers perform during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados at Heroes Square in Bridgetown, Barbados, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Pool via Reuters)

Dancers perform during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados at Heroes Square in Bridgetown, Barbados, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Pool via Reuters)

Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley, left, and President of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason, right, honour Rihanna as a National Hero, during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, at Heroes Square, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Barbados has stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Several leaders, dignitaries and artists, including Prince Charles, attended a ceremony that began late Monday and stretched into Tuesday in a popular square where the statue of a well-known British lord was removed last year amid a worldwide push to erase symbols of oppression. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell PA Wire via AP Photo)

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, left, and President of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason, right, honour Rihanna as a National Hero, during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, at Heroes Square, in Bridgetown, Barbados, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Barbados has stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Several leaders, dignitaries and artists, including Prince Charles, attended a ceremony that began late Monday and stretched into Tuesday in a popular square where the statue of a well-known British lord was removed last year amid a worldwide push to erase symbols of oppression. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell PA Wire via AP Photo)

People wear face masks as they sing a song in honor of Saint Saturnine, on his festivity day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

People wear face masks as they sing a song in honor of Saint Saturnine, on his festivity day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

One of two Covid 19 patients is unloaded from a Dornier 328Jet ADAC aircraft by rescue workers at Hanover airport for transfer to hospital by intensive care transport in Langenhagen, Germany, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Seriously ill patients from intensive care units in Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxony are being transported to areas in the north and west of Germany that are currently less severely affected as part of the “cloverleaf” mechanism coordinated between the federal and state governments throughout Germany. (Photo by Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa via AP Photo)

One of two Covid 19 patients is unloaded from a Dornier 328Jet ADAC aircraft by rescue workers at Hanover airport for transfer to hospital by intensive care transport in Langenhagen, Germany, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Seriously ill patients from intensive care units in Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxony are being transported to areas in the north and west of Germany that are currently less severely affected as part of the “cloverleaf” mechanism coordinated between the federal and state governments throughout Germany. (Photo by Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa via AP Photo)

A commuter walks past a TFL (Transport for London)  information poster telling passengers that it is compulsory to wear a face mask on public transport to curb the spread of COVID-19, in London, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The emergence of the new COVID-19 omicron variant and the world's desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines.(Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)

A commuter walks past a TFL (Transport for London) information poster telling passengers that it is compulsory to wear a face mask on public transport to curb the spread of COVID-19, in London, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The emergence of the new COVID-19 omicron variant and the world’s desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines.(Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)

A medical worker walks past a screen monitoring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Bagae Hospital in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, November 29, 2021. South Korea’s daily jump in coronavirus infections exceeded 5,000 on Wednesday, Dec. 1, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as a delta-driven surge also pushed hospitalizations and deaths to record highs. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

A medical worker walks past a screen monitoring coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Bagae Hospital in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, November 29, 2021. South Korea’s daily jump in coronavirus infections exceeded 5,000 on Wednesday, Dec. 1, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, as a delta-driven surge also pushed hospitalizations and deaths to record highs. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)

Beteko Ngona receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccination Centre of Hope at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/AP Photo)

Beteko Ngona receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccination Centre of Hope at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. (Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/AP Photo)

British Transport Police officers check that passengers are wearing face coverings on a Picadilly Line tube train at Hammersmith underground station in west London on November 30, 2021. Britain will require all arriving passengers to isolate until they can show a negative PCR test against Covid-19 and is restoring a mandate to wear face masks in shops and public transport as part of its response to the new Omicron strain of Covid-19. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)

British Transport Police officers check that passengers are wearing face coverings on a Picadilly Line tube train at Hammersmith underground station in west London on November 30, 2021. Britain will require all arriving passengers to isolate until they can show a negative PCR test against Covid-19 and is restoring a mandate to wear face masks in shops and public transport as part of its response to the new Omicron strain of Covid-19. (Photo by Adrian Dennis/AFP Photo)

Unused pushchairs are lined up at Haneda Airport on November 30, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan has imposed a ban on new entries by all foreigners for at least one month from today in an attempt to tackle the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Unused pushchairs are lined up at Haneda Airport on November 30, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan has imposed a ban on new entries by all foreigners for at least one month from today in an attempt to tackle the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

In this photo released by Tourism Fiji, guests receive a traditional Fijian welcome as they arrive at Nadi International airport in Fiji, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Fiji welcomed back its first tourists in more than 600 days on Wednesday after deciding to push ahead with reopening plans despite the threat posed by the omicron variant. (Photo by Bruce Rounds/Tourism Fiji via AP Photo)

In this photo released by Tourism Fiji, guests receive a traditional Fijian welcome as they arrive at Nadi International airport in Fiji, Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Fiji welcomed back its first tourists in more than 600 days on Wednesday after deciding to push ahead with reopening plans despite the threat posed by the omicron variant. (Photo by Bruce Rounds/Tourism Fiji via AP Photo)

Commuters wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they get on a public train in Zurich, Switzerland, on 30 November 20​21. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/EPA/EFE)

Commuters wear face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 as they get on a public train in Zurich, Switzerland, on 30 November 20​21. (Photo by Michael Buholzer/EPA/EFE)

A sign in the pedestrian zone indicates that masks are mandatory in Cologne, Germany Tuesday, November 30, 2021. In North Rhine-Westphalia, protective measures are to be tightened this week in view of the intensified Corona situation. (Photo by Oliver Berg/dpa via AP Photo)

A sign in the pedestrian zone indicates that masks are mandatory in Cologne, Germany Tuesday, November 30, 2021. In North Rhine-Westphalia, protective measures are to be tightened this week in view of the intensified Corona situation. (Photo by Oliver Berg/dpa via AP Photo)

Pictures of Josephine Baker adorn the red carpet as the coffin with soils from the U.S., France and Monaco is carried towards the Pantheon monument in Paris, France, Tuesday, November 30, 2021, where Baker is to symbolically be inducted, becoming the first Black woman to receive France's highest honor. Her body will stay in Monaco at the request of her family. (Photo by Christophe Ena/AP Photo)

Pictures of Josephine Baker adorn the red carpet as the coffin with soils from the U.S., France and Monaco is carried towards the Pantheon monument in Paris, France, Tuesday, November 30, 2021, where Baker is to symbolically be inducted, becoming the first Black woman to receive France’s highest honor. Her body will stay in Monaco at the request of her family. (Photo by Christophe Ena/AP Photo)

A woman films with her phone the incineration of packages of cocaine, part of a high seas drug seizure of 135 bundles by Salvadoran Naval Force, at a police base in Ilopango, El Salvador, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Jessica Orellana/Reuters)

A woman films with her phone the incineration of packages of cocaine, part of a high seas drug seizure of 135 bundles by Salvadoran Naval Force, at a police base in Ilopango, El Salvador, November 29, 2021. (Photo by Jessica Orellana/Reuters)

Smoke billows from a fire at a carpet factory in Quilicura, Santiago, on November 29, 2021. Airplanes flying south-north bound are being diverted to avoid the smoke but the operation of the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport has not been affected, the airport and the Interior Ministry's National Emergency Office (Onemi) informed. (Photo by Martin Bernetti/AFP Photo)

Smoke billows from a fire at a carpet factory in Quilicura, Santiago, on November 29, 2021. Airplanes flying south-north bound are being diverted to avoid the smoke but the operation of the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport has not been affected, the airport and the Interior Ministry’s National Emergency Office (Onemi) informed. (Photo by Martin Bernetti/AFP Photo)

A Canadian Pacific railway locomotive pulls train cars with shipping containers east along a rail line past Morant's Curve near Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada on November 29, 2021. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo)

A Canadian Pacific railway locomotive pulls train cars with shipping containers east along a rail line past Morant’s Curve near Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada on November 29, 2021. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP Photo)

Lava flows as volcano continues to erupt on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Several new volcanic vents opened in La Palma on Sunday, releasing new lava that flowed fast down a ridge and threatened to widen the impact on evacuated land, infrastructure and homes. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Lava flows as volcano continues to erupt on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Several new volcanic vents opened in La Palma on Sunday, releasing new lava that flowed fast down a ridge and threatened to widen the impact on evacuated land, infrastructure and homes. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Members of Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) perform during a dress rehearsal of “Nutcracker”, a ballet primarily performed during the Christmas period, in front of about 1000 children invited from Kibera slum in Nairobi, on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

Members of Dance Centre Kenya (DCK) perform during a dress rehearsal of “Nutcracker”, a ballet primarily performed during the Christmas period, in front of about 1000 children invited from Kibera slum in Nairobi, on November 28, 2021. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

People walk around in an exhibit as they visit an immersive biographic exhibition about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at the “IDEAL Centre d'Arts Digitals” in Barcelona, Spain, 30 November 2021. The exhibition titled “Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon” features photographs, original movies and artistic installations and runs from 01 December 2021 until 26 February 2022. (Photo by Andreu Dalmau/EPA/EFE)

People walk around in an exhibit as they visit an immersive biographic exhibition about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at the “IDEAL Centre d’Arts Digitals” in Barcelona, Spain, 30 November 2021. The exhibition titled “Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon” features photographs, original movies and artistic installations and runs from 01 December 2021 until 26 February 2022. (Photo by Andreu Dalmau/EPA/EFE)

Raymond Hinze
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