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A flock of migratory birds seen enjoying the wind, water and the pleasant weather Friday evening at Mina District, after a day of continuous drizzles. Video: Jitendra Patel

Hot air balloons take to the sky at Katara just after Sunrise Wednesday.

The Qatar Foundation initiative, Qatar Spotlight, announced and honoured Tuesday 10 winning projects for their innovative ideas in the presence of HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina bint al-Jabr al-Nuaimi and QF officials. Qatar Spotlight, a joint initiative between the QF and non-profit organisation HundrED, features the brightest innovations in the field of pre-university education, created by educators in Qatar.

Football fans in Riyadh are "living the dream" after Cristiano Ronaldo makes a winning start to life in the Saudi Pro League by leading Al Nassr to a 1-0 victory over Ettifaq. AFP

Moments from 'Qatar Balloon Festival 2023' Sunday evening at Old Doha Port’s external green area

In the town of Piornal in Spain, a centuries-old traditional festival has crowds throw turnips at the "Jarramplas," a man dressed in multicoloured garb and a pointy wooden headgear. According to tradition, Jarramplas represents a cattle rustler, but he also embodies evil and beating him symbolises the expulsion of everything bad. AFP

While featuring local farms and international poultry, meat and dairy companies, the Mahaseel Festival is drawing crowds at Katara. Visitors can buy locally grown vegetables, flowers, dates, honey, fertiliser and gardening equipment at affordable rates at the festival.

Aerial view of a corn field displaying an image of the face of Argentine football star Lionel Messi, in Ballesteros, Cordoba province, Argentina. The corn was planted in a way that highlights Messi's face, who led his country to victory in the World Cup, in a new step honoring him after tattoos and murals representing him. The design, by agricultural engineer Carlos Faricelli, was made using precision planting, and was shared with several agricultural producers. AFP

The culture of community participation, during the World Cup- a Qatar TV report. Dubbing by Tawfik Lamari, Staff Reporter, Gulf Times.

As part of the Qatar Winter Tour 2023, Paris Saint-Germain conducts its first team training opened to the public at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha. Fans had the unique opportunity to watch the Paris Saint-Germain stars in action on Wednesday evening.

HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani speaks during a panel discussio at the 53rd World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland:"We have been suffering in the Middle East for decades from violations of the Charter of the United Nations, including the Palestinian issue, the Israeli occupation, and the Syrian issue. We would like to see the world stand up against these abuses."

A clip shared on social media appears to show a plane, believed to be the plane that crashed on Sunday in Nepal, flying low over a residential area before banking sharply to the left, followed by a loud explosion. Those on board the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop aircraft that plummeted into a steep gorge, smashed into pieces and burst into flames in the central city of Pokhara included six children, officials said. At least 67 people were confirmed dead. AFP

Rescue workers search through the wreckage of a plane, that crashed in Nepal with 72 poeple on board, and retrieve the bodies of victims. At least 67 people were confirmed dead in the incident, police said, in the Himalayan country's worst aviation disaster in three decades. AFP

Ultra-runner Sufiya Sufi, a holder of three Guinness World Records, finishes her ‘fastest run across Qatar’ Friday at Al Ruwais. The Indian pro-athlete completed the south to north run of the country in 30 hours and 34 minutes. She started her run from Abu Samra on Thursday at 6.16am and touched the finish line in Al Ruwais Friday at 12.50pm.

Huge balloons of various shapes, including Lionel Messi's jersey, light up the night on Wednesday, as part of the First Moon Balloon festival in Envigado, Antioquia Department, Colombia. AFP

US President Joe Biden tells reporters that he has been briefed by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and that "aircrafts can still land safely, just not take off right now," as he leaves the White House on his way to Walter Reed Medical Center. "They don't know what the cause of it is, they expect in a couple of hours they'll have a good sense of what caused it and we'll respond at that time," he adds. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that normal operations were resuming gradually as airlines warned of lingering delays. AFP

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he had revoked the Ukrainian citizenship of Viktor Medvedchuk, once seen as Russian leader Vladimir Putin's top ally in Kyiv and accused of high treason.Medvedchuk, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who was handed over to Russia in a prisoner exchange last September, was stripped of his citizenship along with three others, Zelensky said in his daily address.

On Tuesday, Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock visited Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, the first visit of a high-ranking Western official to the war-torn city close to the Russian border.

Protest by the members of social movements in defense of democracy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 9, 2023, a day after supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court in Brasilia.