The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world. Mon 23 Dec 2024 13.56 GMT Last modified on Mon 23 Dec 2024 14.15 GMT. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP.
![[An aerial view of a residential area showing many razed buildings and others badly damaged]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/78aec20f26b56747c1057d8157b756141d19eaa5/0_0_5464_3640/master/5464.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=730549ed11d796dfbf266cb763bb2b3d)
Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images. Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters. Photograph: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/AP. Photograph: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP. Photograph: Brian Inganga/AP. Photograph: Jacob King/PA. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Rex/Shutterstock.
![[A close-up shot of dozens of handguns and a walkie-talkie]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e01f0ce1e10a0b2a4d2dff60511ca64a457d9901/0_0_8640_5760/master/8640.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=11de865a0c0f0a752ef6ddb66554324a)
