• A reveller wearing a festive hat runs with a pram during a parade to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
    A reveller wearing a festive hat runs with a pram during a parade to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and New Year in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shamil Zhumatov / Reuters
  • A man takes a picture of hundreds of crows during dawn at the Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
    A man takes a picture of hundreds of crows during dawn at the Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany. Michael Probst / AP Photo
  • Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare falls to the ice while controlling the puck away from Washington Capitals right wing Devante Smith-Pelly during the first period of play at T-Mobile Arena. Stephen R. Sylvanie / USA TODAY
    Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare falls to the ice while controlling the puck away from Washington Capitals right wing Devante Smith-Pelly during the first period of play at T-Mobile Arena. Stephen R. Sylvanie / USA TODAY
  • Alastair Cook is nearly hit by a Stuart Broad bouncer during an England nets session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Michael Dodge / Getty Images
    Alastair Cook is nearly hit by a Stuart Broad bouncer during an England nets session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Michael Dodge / Getty Images
  • Residents walk on boulders swept by flashfloods in a village in Salvador, Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines . Richel V. Umel / Reuters
    Residents walk on boulders swept by flashfloods in a village in Salvador, Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines . Richel V. Umel / Reuters
  • Afghan school children take part in a lesson at an open-air school at the Gambiri Refugee Camp in Laghman province. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP Photo
    Afghan school children take part in a lesson at an open-air school at the Gambiri Refugee Camp in Laghman province. Noorullah Shirzada / AFP Photo
  • With the aid of a slow shutter speed, the lights of vehicles blur as motorists pass the traditional holiday light display illuminates the Denver City/County Building Saturday. David Zalubowski / AFP Photo
    With the aid of a slow shutter speed, the lights of vehicles blur as motorists pass the traditional holiday light display illuminates the Denver City/County Building Saturday. David Zalubowski / AFP Photo
  • Benevento's goalkeeper Vid Belec throws a flare off the field during the Italian Serie A soccer match Genoa Cfc vs Benevento Calcio at Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy. Simone Arveda / EPA
    Benevento's goalkeeper Vid Belec throws a flare off the field during the Italian Serie A soccer match Genoa Cfc vs Benevento Calcio at Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy. Simone Arveda / EPA
  • Smoke billows from a shopping mall on fire in Davao City, the Philippines. Yas D. Ocampo / via Reuters
    Smoke billows from a shopping mall on fire in Davao City, the Philippines. Yas D. Ocampo / via Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for 24 December, 2017

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Jason Von Berg
Abu Dhabi

December 24, 2017

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Foggy days across the UAE:

  • Heavy morning fog envelopes Dubai around The Springs. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Heavy morning fog envelopes Dubai around The Springs. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Heavy morning fog at Sunset Beach next to the Burj Al Arab. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Heavy morning fog at Sunset Beach next to the Burj Al Arab. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Heavy morning fog at Sunset Beach next to the Burj Al Arab. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Heavy morning fog at Sunset Beach next to the Burj Al Arab. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Cleaners work on an intersection in the marina. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Cleaners work on an intersection in the marina. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Fog along the Marina Promenade. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Heavy fog in Dubai Marina. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Heavy fog in Dubai Marina. Antonie Robertson / The National.
  • Heavy morning fog envelopes the city at Sunset Beach. Antonie Robertson / The National.
    Heavy morning fog envelopes the city at Sunset Beach. Antonie Robertson / The National.
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