Dutch demonstration
Clashes erupt between police anti-riot officers and anti-vaxxers affiliated to far-right parties near Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on January 2. With riot police expected to be on strike, authorities banned the Covid-19 lockdown protest in the Dutch capital. The postponed police protest is part of a series of strikes by police union members to draw attention to police capacity problems and conditions of work. Getty Images
Flooding in North Aceh
Aerial picture shows flooding in Lhoksukon, North Aceh. AFP
Iraqi vigil for Suleimani
Iraqis light candles during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the killing of Iranian general Qasem Suleimani and his Iraqi lieutenant, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, at the spot where they were killed, near Baghdad's International Airport. AFP
Migrant workers
Migrant workers at a brick factory in Pharping, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal. Indian and Nepali seasonal migrant labourers started to arrive at brick factories around the Kathmandu valley with the beginning of the winter season. EPA
Bulgarian wedding
Muslim bride Kimile Avdinova has make-up applied to her face during her wedding ceremony in the village of Ribnovo, in the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. The remote mountain village in south-west Bulgaria has kept its traditional winter marriage ceremony alive despite decades of Communist persecution and poverty that forces many men to seek work abroad. The highlight of the wedding ritual is the painting of the bride's face – a private rite open only to female in-laws – when the bride's face is covered in thick, chalky white paint and decorated with sequins. Reuters
Covid testing in Israel
People in cars queue to be tested for Covid-19 as Israel faces a surge in Omicron variant infections in Ashdod, Israel. Reuters
More from Rashmee Roshan Lall
WHEN TO GO:
September to November or March to May; this is when visitors are most likely to see what they’ve come for.
WHERE TO STAY:
Meghauli Serai, A Taj Safari - Chitwan National Park resort (tajhotels.com) is a one-hour drive from Bharatpur Airport with stays costing from Dh1,396 per night, including taxes and breakfast. Return airport transfers cost from Dh661.
HOW TO GET THERE:
Etihad Airways regularly flies from Abu Dhabi to Kathmandu from around Dh1,500 per person return, including taxes. Buddha Air (buddhaair.com) and Yeti Airlines (yetiairlines.com) fly from Kathmandu to Bharatpur several times a day from about Dh660 return and the flight takes just 20 minutes. Driving is possible but the roads are hilly which means it will take you five or six hours to travel 148 kilometres.
Moon Music
Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic
Number of tracks: 10
Rating: 3/5
Premier League results
Saturday
Crystal Palace 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2
Cardiff City 2 West Ham United 0
Huddersfield Town 0 Bournemouth 2
Leicester City 3 Fulham 1
Newcastle United 3 Everton 2
Southampton 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Manchester City 3 Watford 1
Sunday
Liverpool 4 Burnley 2
Chelsea 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1
Arsenal 2 Manchester United 0
MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League final:
Who: Real Madrid v Liverpool
Where: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine
When: Saturday, May 26, 10.45pm (UAE)
TV: Match on BeIN Sports
Also on December 7 to 9, the third edition of the Gulf Car Festival (www.gulfcarfestival.com) will take over Dubai Festival City Mall, a new venue for the event. Last year's festival brought together about 900 cars worth more than Dh300 million from across the Emirates and wider Gulf region – and that first figure is set to swell by several hundred this time around, with between 1,000 and 1,200 cars expected. The first day is themed around American muscle; the second centres on supercars, exotics, European cars and classics; and the final day will major in JDM (Japanese domestic market) cars, tuned vehicles and trucks. Individuals and car clubs can register their vehicles, although the festival isn’t all static displays, with stunt drifting, a rev battle, car pulls and a burnout competition.
