Squeezing 19 Santas into one car is among events on Dec 19, 2014.
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The damaged Indonesian vessel Sricadi 151, a palm oil tanker, rests on sand off Narathiwat province. — Waedao Harai
Thailand coach Kiatisak Senamuang shakes hands with Malaysian national head coach Dollah Salleh at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. Their teams will play in the second leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup final on Dec 20, 2014.
A memorial plaque is left at the Tsunami Victims Cemetery outside Ban Nam Khem in Phang Nga's Takua Pa district. Tsunami monuments are being refurbished and grass around victims' graves cut as Thailand prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami that killed over 5,300 people in the country. — Reuters
Sam Rainsy (centre), president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks to journalists at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh. Cambodia's parliament endorsed the opposition leader as minority leader with legislative rank equal to Prime Minister Hun Sen. — Reuters
A Sriwijaya Air's airplane, covered with volcanic ash from the Mount Gamalama volcano eruption, parks on the tarmac of Sultan Babullah airport in Ternate, North Maluku province, Indonesia. The volcano erupted on Dec 18, 20214, sending ash and rocks 2,000 metres into the sky forcing the authorities to close the airport due to poor visibility. — EPA
An Indonesian soldier parachutes near a giant national flag hoisted on the National Monument, locally known as Monas, during a flag raising ceremony in Jakarta. The Indonesian Defence Ministry raised a 2,250 square metre national flag to mark the national defence day. — EPA
Supporters of the Unified Progressive Party shout slogans against constitutional court's verdict near the constitutional court in Seoul. The court ordered the dissolution of the small leftist political party hounded by claims of pro-North Korea views. — AP
Theme park employees wearing christmas costumes pile into a Dongfeng S30 car in Changsha, central China's Hunan province, on Dec 18, 2014. Twenty employees took part in the event, with 19 successfully squeezing into the car. — AFP
Window cleaners dressed as zodiac animal of horse, and sheep clean the glass exterior of a hotel in Tokyo. During the year end "zodiac" hand over event, the outgoing Year of Horse handed a window wiper to successor the Year of Sheep. — AP
Distraught locals at the scene after children were found stabbed to death in Manoora near Cairns, Australia. Eight children, aged between 18 months and 15 years, have been found dead in a house, with a woman believed to be their mother in hospital with stab wounds. — EPA
Spanish policemen and firefighters stand at the entrance of Genova street close to the Spanish Popular Party's headquarters after a man runned his car with two gas cylinders into its building in Madrid. The area was shut off by police as bomb disposal experts examine the car and the driver. — AFP
