• Sculptor Jems Koko Bi speaks in the Banco National Park in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, before the opening of the first Green Arts Biennale. AFP
    Sculptor Jems Koko Bi speaks in the Banco National Park in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, before the opening of the first Green Arts Biennale. AFP
  • A rattlesnake is seen before having venom extracted from it at the Butantan Institue, which supplies the Ministry of Health in Brazil in order that antidotes can be made. AFP
    A rattlesnake is seen before having venom extracted from it at the Butantan Institue, which supplies the Ministry of Health in Brazil in order that antidotes can be made. AFP
  • A child plays in a swing as the sun sets at Lhoknga beach in Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP
    A child plays in a swing as the sun sets at Lhoknga beach in Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP
  • St Mary's Cathedral is illuminated with projections as part of Lights of Christmas in Sydney, Australia. EPA
    St Mary's Cathedral is illuminated with projections as part of Lights of Christmas in Sydney, Australia. EPA
  • Waterbirds are seen behind a grazing horse at the Pong Dam wetlands in Nagrota Suriyan, Himachal Pradesh state, India. AP
    Waterbirds are seen behind a grazing horse at the Pong Dam wetlands in Nagrota Suriyan, Himachal Pradesh state, India. AP
  • A Kashmiri girl wearing a mask looks on at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, a Sufi saint, in Srinagar. Reuters
    A Kashmiri girl wearing a mask looks on at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, a Sufi saint, in Srinagar. Reuters
  • A US man view sculptures of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, depicted as refugees in cages, at a Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church in California. Reuters
    A US man view sculptures of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, depicted as refugees in cages, at a Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church in California. Reuters
  • Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti activists take part in a torch-light procession to protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill, in Guwahati. AFP
    Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti activists take part in a torch-light procession to protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill, in Guwahati. AFP
  • President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov holds a press conference in Moscow. AFP
    President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov holds a press conference in Moscow. AFP
  • A worker scales a skyscraper to install Christmas and New Year lights in Bangkok. AFP
    A worker scales a skyscraper to install Christmas and New Year lights in Bangkok. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for December 10, 2019

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