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The week in pictures: Terror and heroism in Sydney, disappearing Epstein files and EU farmer protests

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A hero bystander wrests a gun from one of two assailants at a mass shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, at least 16 Jeffrey Epstein-related files disappear from the Justice Department’s public website within a day of their release and deadly Thailand-Cambodia border clashes displace hundreds of thousands. FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking images.

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Pages from a totally redacted New York grand jury file into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, released by the US Justice Department on December 19, 2025.
Pages from a totally redacted New York grand jury file into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, released by the US Justice Department on December 19, 2025. © Jon Elswick, AP

 

Bystander Ahmed al Ahmed (left) disarms one of two gunmen who attacked beachgoers at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025, in this screengrab from a third-party video.
Bystander Ahmed al Ahmed (left) disarms one of two gunmen who attacked beachgoers at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025, in this screengrab from a third-party video. © Video Obtained by Reuters
Pages from a totally redacted New York grand jury file into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, released by the US Justice Department.
Pages from a totally redacted New York grand jury file into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, released by the US Justice Department on December 19, 2025. © Jon Elswick, AP
Tributes left at the Hollywood star for actor and director Rob Reiner, who was killed alongside his wife Michele on December 14, 2025. Their son Nick has been charged in relation to the crime.
Tributes left at the Hollywood star for actor and director Rob Reiner, who was killed alongside his wife Michele on December 14, 2025. Their son Nick has been charged in relation to the crime. © Chris Pizzello, Invision
The first Turning Point USA event since the death of Charlie Kirk, AmericaFest, got under way in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 18, 2025.
The first Turning Point USA event since the death of Charlie Kirk, America Fest, got under way in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 18, 2025. © Caitlin O'Hara, Reuters
A protester walks past burning tires in a square near the European Parliament, as farmers protest against the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement between the EU and Latin American countries.
A protester walks past burning tires in a square near the European Parliament, as farmers protest against the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement between the European Union and the Latin American countries of Mercosur, on the day of a European Union leaders' summit, in Brussels, Belgium, on December 18, 2025. © Yves Herman, Reuters
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the opposition Republican Party, celebrates winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the opposition Republican Party, celebrates winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025. © Esteban Felix, AP
US President Donald Trump ordered his name to be added to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts in Washington, DC
US President Donald Trump ordered his name to be added to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts in Washington, DC, despite a "memorial" center usually being dedicated to someone who is deceased. © Jacquelyn Martin, AP
Suang Sreang, 27, who is pregnant and due to give birth within days, evacuated from Seila Khmer, Ou Beichoan Commune, Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province, waits to receive supplies at Wat Por
Suang Sreang, 27, who is pregnant and due to give birth within days, evacuated from Seila Khmer, Ou Beichoan Commune, Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey province, waits to receive supplies at Wat Por Sovannaram refugee camp, amid clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, December 13, 2025. © Kim Hong-Ji, Reuters
Kefan Wang, a shaman from China, and Abbie Coombs from London dance as people celebrate the Winter Solstice sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge, a world-famous prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain.
Kefan Wang, a shaman from China and Abbie Coombs from London dancing as people celebrate the Winter Solstice sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge, a world-famous prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, England, December 21, 2025. © Anthony Upton, AP
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