News in Pics, Dec 22, 2021: Best pics from around the world

An indigenous woman watches as an Amauta -Aymara indigenous priest- performs a Jallupacha (rainy season) ritual to thank the Pachamama (Mother Earth) on the summer solstice, in La Paz. Credit: AFP Photo

A diver dressed as Santa Claus greets visitors at the Dubai mall aquarium, in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: AFP Photo

An airport worker holds what is reportedly the remains of a missile while inspecting the rubble inside a damaged building of the Huthi rebel-held Yemeni capital's Sanaa International Airport. Credit: AFP Photo

A woman grieves at a mass funeral for victims of a fuel truck explosion, in Cap Haitien, Haiti. Credit: Reuters photo

Residents and activists from the Popular Movements Central (CMP), protest against hunger and unemployment, in Heliopolis, the largest favela in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Credit: AFP Photo

Wafiullah, 15, from Maidan Wardak province, sits on his bike that has an Islamic Emirate flag hanging on it, as he poses for a photo in front of a Taliban checkpoint in Kabul. Credit: Reuters photo