Erupting volcanoes, snow and underwater Santas: Weekly top photos

Hunters hold their tamed golden eagles during a traditional hunting contest near the village of Syrymbet in the Almaty region, Kazakhstan, Nov. 27, 2021.

Monkeys eat fruit as they cling onto Yongyuth Kitwatananusont, who organizes the annual Monkey Festival, which resumed after a two-year gap caused by the coronavirus pandemic, in Lopburi province, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a Grand Tattoo of the German armed forces Bundeswehr at the Defense Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 2, 2021.

A seagull stands on a chimney, Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 3, 2021.

The Dalyan Rock Tombs in Ortaca, Muğla, Turkey, Nov. 29, 2021.

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk through the row of ginkgo trees as the bright yellow leaves are reflected on the surface of a water fountain, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 29, 2021.

Lava flows from a volcano as seismic activity increases in recent days in the area on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain, Dec. 2, 2021. Spain's National Geographic Institute registered 341 earthquakes over the past 24 hours.

A man dressed as an astronaut to promote the NASA Space Exhibition walks by the shore of the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 3, 2021.

People visit Antony Gormley’s Angel Of The North after overnight snowfall in Gateshead, Britain, Dec. 2, 2021.

A protester passes burning tires along the main highway that leads to Beirut's international airport during a protest against the increasing prices of consumer goods and the crash of the local currency, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 29, 2021.

A man walks near a boat that has capsized due to strong winds in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2021.

A villager looks at Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, as seen from Sleman, Dec. 2, 2021.

A man sweeps off a car in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1, 2021.

People walking on top of a dune in Death Valley National Park, California, U.S., Dec. 2, 2021.

A woman films the incineration of packages of cocaine, part of a high seas drug seizure of 135 bundles by Salvadoran Naval Force, at a police base in Ilopango, El Salvador, Nov. 29, 2021.

Cemil Özçelik and his six huskies watch passersby from their apartment's balcony in Istanbul, Turkey, Dec. 1, 2021.

A woman visits "Form of Feeling @ Flower Market" as Thailand bans entry from eight African countries over the coronavirus omicron variant, in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 30, 2021.

Divers dressed as Santa Claus pose as they place a Christmas tree inside a fish tank at the Tropicarium Aquarium in Budapest, Hungary, Dec. 2, 2021.

A worker covers an eye of an African elephant during medical assistance, as according to local news, the Sindh High Court has requested an assessment of the health condition of the elephants, after a Pakistan Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) filed a petition for what they say was the harsh treatment of them, at a zoo in Karachi, Pakistan, Nov. 29, 2021.