Heavy rain in Thailand and heavy snow in Japan are among events on Dec 18, 2014.
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Countless condoms litter a road in Pathum Thani's Thanyaburi district. Locals complain of a possible health risk after the condoms fell from a car more than a week ago and city cleaners will not sweep them up. — Pongpat Wongyala
A monk takes photos of New Zealand citizen Philip Blackwood with his mobile phone camera after a court hearing in Yangon. The general manager of the V Gastro Bar and two Myanmar business partners were arrested last week after posting an online
advertisement for the tapas bar that showed a psychedelic image of Buddha wearing headphones. — AP
A diver dressed as a pink Santa Claus feeds a cow-nose ray in the aquarium at the Underwater World in Singapore. The diver is dressed in pink to commemorate the naming of a baby pink dolphin at the marine park. — EPA
Nagoya Castle is seen covered with snow in Nagoya. Japan's Meteorological Agency called on people to exercise more caution after three people died across the nation as a low pressure system dumped heavy snows in parts of Japan. — Reuters/Kyodo
Customers wait in line to enter an Ikea AB store during its opening in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi province. The world's largest home-furnishings retailer opened its first store in South Korea. — Bloomberg
School children light candles to pay tribute to the victims of the attack at the military-run Army Public School at Peshawar in Pakistan, in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, previously known as Bangalore. At least 132 students and nine staff members were killed on Dec 16, 2014, when Taliban gunmen broke into the school and opened fire. — Reuters
Muslim women lay floral tributes to victims of the Sydney cafe siege in Sydney's Martin Place. — Reuters
Demonstrators install a banner on the pavement, with a list of migrants killed during their journey to live in a new country, as part of a demonstration to mark the International Migrants Day in Calais, France. — Reuters