• The sun begins to set at Huntingdon racecourse in Huntingdon, England. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
    The sun begins to set at Huntingdon racecourse in Huntingdon, England. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
  • Afghan Shiites mourn a day ahead of Ashura at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ashura marks the Shiite Muslims commemoration of the 7th century killing of their most revered Saint Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, a symbol of martyrdom for Shiites. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
    Afghan Shiites mourn a day ahead of Ashura at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ashura marks the Shiite Muslims commemoration of the 7th century killing of their most revered Saint Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, a symbol of martyrdom for Shiites. Rahmat Gul / AP Photo
  • A Bahraini Shiite Muslim girl poses for a photo during a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama. Mohammed Al-Shaikh / Topshots / AFP Photo
    A Bahraini Shiite Muslim girl poses for a photo during a ceremony marking Ashura, which commemorates the seventh century slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama. Mohammed Al-Shaikh / Topshots / AFP Photo
  • Wisconsin’s Josh Gasser (21) and Nigel Hayes vie for a rebound with Florida’s Patric Young during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Madison, Wisconsin. Andy Manis / AP Photo
    Wisconsin’s Josh Gasser (21) and Nigel Hayes vie for a rebound with Florida’s Patric Young during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Madison, Wisconsin. Andy Manis / AP Photo
  • Bangladeshi commuters travel along a street during a nationwide strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka. Led by the BNP, the 18-Party alliance is trying to enforce a 84-hour general strike across Bangladesh to back their demand for a non-party neutral caretaker to conduct the upcoming parliament polls and to protest the arrest of its senior leaders. Munir uz Zaman / Topshots / AFP Photo
    Bangladeshi commuters travel along a street during a nationwide strike called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Dhaka. Led by the BNP, the 18-Party alliance is trying to enforce a 84-hour general strike across Bangladesh to back their demand for a non-party neutral caretaker to conduct the upcoming parliament polls and to protest the arrest of its senior leaders. Munir uz Zaman / Topshots / AFP Photo
  • French artist and photographer JR poses during the installation of portraits from his “Inside Out” project in Paris. To mark the release of Alastair Siddons’ documentary “Inside Out” which follows JR around the globe, the artist will be transforming one of the towers of the French National Library (BNF) into a giant photo booth by using an optical illusion technique. Joel Saget / Topshots / AFP Photo
    French artist and photographer JR poses during the installation of portraits from his “Inside Out” project in Paris. To mark the release of Alastair Siddons’ documentary “Inside Out” which follows JR around the globe, the artist will be transforming one of the towers of the French National Library (BNF) into a giant photo booth by using an optical illusion technique. Joel Saget / Topshots / AFP Photo

In pictures: Best images around the world from the last 24 hours


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Best photos from around the world on November 13.