• Visitors walking in the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Giuseppe Cacace / AFP Photo
    Visitors walking in the courtyard of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. Giuseppe Cacace / AFP Photo
  • A supermoon rises in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty sitting atop the Liberty Building in Downtown Buffalo, New York. Julio Cortez / AP Photo
    A supermoon rises in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty sitting atop the Liberty Building in Downtown Buffalo, New York. Julio Cortez / AP Photo
  • Los Angeles Chargers tight end Hunter Henry loses his helmet as Cleveland Browns outside linebacker Christian Kirksey hits him during the third quarter at StubHub Center. Jake Roth / USA TODAY Sports
    Los Angeles Chargers tight end Hunter Henry loses his helmet as Cleveland Browns outside linebacker Christian Kirksey hits him during the third quarter at StubHub Center. Jake Roth / USA TODAY Sports
  • An Afghan man looks on as he stands at a bird market in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
    An Afghan man looks on as he stands at a bird market in Kabul. Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
  • A gymnast performs on the rings as the sun sets at the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California. Mark Ralston / AFP Photo
    A gymnast performs on the rings as the sun sets at the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica, California. Mark Ralston / AFP Photo
  • People wash clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in Guwahati, India. Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters
    People wash clothes on the banks of the river Brahmaputra on a foggy winter morning in Guwahati, India. Anuwar Hazarika / Reuters
  • A white-eye bird owner hangs his bird cages at a cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kham / Reuters
    A white-eye bird owner hangs his bird cages at a cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam. Kham / Reuters
  • A runner builds a tent during the Marathon des Sables in Paracas, Peru. Guadalupe Pardo / Reuters
    A runner builds a tent during the Marathon des Sables in Paracas, Peru. Guadalupe Pardo / Reuters
  • Some Jain devotees vow to renounce the material world, including clothing. Dominique Faget / AFP Photo
    Some Jain devotees vow to renounce the material world, including clothing. Dominique Faget / AFP Photo

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World in focus - best photos for 4 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 04, 2017

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Pollution levels in New Delhi, India are affecting cricketers from Sri Lanka and the host nation, as they compete against one another in the third cricket test match.

  • Sri Lanka's players gather wearing anti-pollution masks after the dismissal of India's Ravichandran Ashwin during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Sri Lanka's players gather wearing anti-pollution masks after the dismissal of India's Ravichandran Ashwin during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • A paramedic speaks to Sri Lanka's Lahiru Gamage after he complained of short of breath during the second day of a third test cricket match against India in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    A paramedic speaks to Sri Lanka's Lahiru Gamage after he complained of short of breath during the second day of a third test cricket match against India in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • Sri Lanka's captain Dinesh Chandimal fields wearing an anti-pollution mask during the second day of their third test cricket match against India in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Sri Lanka's captain Dinesh Chandimal fields wearing an anti-pollution mask during the second day of their third test cricket match against India in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • Sri Lanka's players, wearing anti-pollution masks, speak to each other as the game was briefly stopped during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Sri Lanka's players, wearing anti-pollution masks, speak to each other as the game was briefly stopped during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • Sri Lanka's Lahiru Gamage, right, reacts as the game was briefly stopped during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Sri Lanka's Lahiru Gamage, right, reacts as the game was briefly stopped during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • Officiating umpire Nigel Llong, third from right, speaks to Sri Lanka's players, wearing anti-pollution masks, as the game was briefly stopped during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Officiating umpire Nigel Llong, third from right, speaks to Sri Lanka's players, wearing anti-pollution masks, as the game was briefly stopped during the second day of their third test cricket match in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
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