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Victoria, Emperor Franz Joseph's most favorite carriage, is seen on display at the Imperial Carriage Museum at Schoenbrunn's palace in Vienna, Austria on December 20, 2024. — AFP pic

Royal ride restored: Austrian emperor Franz Joseph’s lost carriage unveiled in Vienna after decades

A statue of a manatee stand at a roudabout in the town of Dizangue, on December 11, 2024. — AFP pic

Battling poachers and pollution: The fight to save Africa’s elusive manatees in Cameroon

This illustration photo shows the NORAD logo on a cell phone screen while the tracker follows Santa flying over New York City on a computer monitor in Los Angeles on December 24, 2023. — AFP pic

Drone drama? Not for Santa, says Norad flight tracker as jolly old Saint Nick takes off for Christmas

Passers-by examine Christmas items displayed in the window of 43 Camden Passage, owned by Bob Borzello, in London on December 20, 2024. — AFP pic

In London’s Camden Passage, hidden ‘toy shop’ enchants with nostalgic treasures… but nothing is for sale

A 2018 artist's concept shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft flying into the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona, on a mission to help scientists learn more about the Sun. — Reuters pic

In Christmas Eve flyby, historic moment as Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe ventures closest to the Sun yet

Smokepapa BBQ in Penang says orders for turkey were at its height during the MCO, but people like ordering their main courses from restaurants. — Picture courtesy of Smokepapa

From roast turkeys to beef Wellingtons and stollen: Malaysia’s evolving Christmas feasts 

Ava’s rare pigmentation results from recessive genes, the Thai National Parks website said, which give them thick, pale gold fur and legs and faint orange stripes. — Reuters pic

Double the cute: Ava and Luna, Thailand’s golden tigress twins, are social media’s next big stars

Barnacle picker Moncho Canizas, 53, shows barnacles that were picked on the rocks of Coast of Death (Costa Da Morte). — Reuters pic

Barnacle blues: Spain’s Christmas delicacy at risk as climate change and poaching take a toll

The creature, resembling a small elephant with a trunk, was recovered from the Batagaika crater, a huge depression more than 80 metres deep which is widening as a result of climate change. — Reuters pic

Siberian time capsule: Nearly intact mammoth carcass resurfaces after 50,000 years

Britain's King Charles III smiles during the recording of his Christmas message at the Fitzrovia Chapel in central London on December 11, 2024. — AFP pic

In break from tradition, King Charles to deliver Christmas speech from hospital chapel amid cancer treatment

Afghan bread is one of the few foods that everyone can afford, with prices as low as 10 Afghanis (0.14 US cents) to 50 Afghanis. — AFP pic

Bread, the everyday hero of Afghan cuisine

Pedestrians walk past a Parfums de Marly boutique, a luxury and niche perfume brand, in Paris December 12, 2024. — AFP pic

The scent of exclusivity: Why niche perfumes are taking over

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How to eat, drink and be merry — without the post-festive feast hangover

Red Square reflects in the window of the closed Gucci boutique at the GUM department store in central Moscow on March 16, 2022. — AFP pic

Sanctions can't stop luxury: Western brands continue to spoil Russia's elite shoppers

Workers harvest ice from the frozen Songhua river in preparation for the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World Festival December 17, 2024. — AFP pic

Harbin’s ice harvesters feel the heat of climate change

Saudah, a survivor of the Indian Ocean tsunami, shows a photograph of her six-year-old son, Muhammad Siddiq, who she believes is still alive, in Banda Aceh December 21, 2024. — Reuters pic

The 2004 tsunami took everything — except Saudah’s hope that her missing son will come home