• People walk past Chinese government posters in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
    People walk past Chinese government posters in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo
  • Pope Francis arrives to lead the Holy mass and Presbyteral Ordination at the Suhrawardy Udyan Park in Dhaka. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
    Pope Francis arrives to lead the Holy mass and Presbyteral Ordination at the Suhrawardy Udyan Park in Dhaka. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
  • Seattle Sounders forward Will Bruin scores a goal against the Houston Dynamos in the second leg of the MLS soccer Western Conference final. Ted S Warren / AP Photo
    Seattle Sounders forward Will Bruin scores a goal against the Houston Dynamos in the second leg of the MLS soccer Western Conference final. Ted S Warren / AP Photo
  • Muslim women pray on the Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Srinagar, Kashmir. Farooq Khan / EPA
    Muslim women pray on the Prophet Mohammed's birthday in Srinagar, Kashmir. Farooq Khan / EPA
  • Christmas shoppers browse the stalls at a market in Bath, England. Matt Cardy / Getty Images
    Christmas shoppers browse the stalls at a market in Bath, England. Matt Cardy / Getty Images
  • Bangladeshi Catholics are seen before the Holy mass from Pope Francis. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
    Bangladeshi Catholics are seen before the Holy mass from Pope Francis. Ettore Ferrari / EPA
  • A worker displays various "good luck rakes" during a festival in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / Reuters
    A worker displays various "good luck rakes" during a festival in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko / Reuters

World in focus - best photos for December 1, 2017


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