Weekly News in Pictures: (20 Dec - 26 Dec)

North Korea implemented the biggest drills; the annual “Santa Claus Charity Run” jog took place in downtown Budapest, Hungary; double rainbow was taken in the sky in California, US; Mount Bromo volcano on Indonesia\'s Java Island spewed smoke and ash into the sky; Airline passengers queued at Frankfurt’s airport in Frankfurt, Germany; and post office men wearing Santa Claus outfits handed out Christmas gifts by motorbike to poor children in Seoul are some main events that happened in the previous week. There are also many other outstanding photos. Let’s have a look at them through the following images:

North Korea has implemented massive firing drills, the biggest drills this year. In the photo, a bomb exploded after being dropped by a fighter jet. Over 800 soldiers and civilians including children were invited to watch the military event.

North Korea has implemented massive firing drills, the biggest drills this year.

Winter swimmers in Santa Claus hats played with a ball on a snow-covered river in Shenyang, Liaoning province on December 20, 2010

Airline passengers queued at Frankfurt’s airport in Frankfurt, Germany.

In South Korea, post office delivery men wearing Santa Claus outfits handed out Christmas gifts by motorbike to poor children in Seoul.

Mount Bromo volcano on Indonesia\'s Java Island spewed smoke and ash into the sky

The photo of family playing snow sculpture was taken in Quebec, Canada. The work was created by Donald Watt and the Yukon Canada International Snow Carving Team.

A dog barked from a porthole on the side of a ship on the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk where the temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius

The combination of pictures shows the moon during a cycle of a total eclipse as seen from Silver Spring, Maryland, on December 21, 2010.

Passengers watched as the ice on the Danube River breaks during a ride on the icebreaker Eisvogel in the harbour of Vienna on December 20, 2010.

Chinese tourists looked out to North Korea with binoculars at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom, on the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War in Paju, South Korea.

Many people took part in the annual “Santa Claus Charity Run” jog in downtown Budapest, Hungary. The aim of this event is to raise money for a children’s hospital.

The double rainbow was taken in the sky in California, US

A dolphin frolicking in the air was taken by Photographer Matt Deans near Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, Australia.

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