A picture taken on December 29, 2017 in Paris shows a statue in front of the Eiffel Tower before its lights were switched off as a tribute for the victims of a suicide blast targeting Shiites in Kabul. More than 40 people were killed and dozens wounded in a suicide blast targeting Shiites in Kabul on December 28, officials said, with chaotic scenes at the city's hospitals as anguished families sought loved ones. The Sunni Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility for the gruesome assault on the pro-Iranian Tabayan cultural centre, the third deadly attack it has claimed in the Afghan capital this month. Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP