A look at the best photos from around the world today.
Updated: December 11, 2016, 12:00 AM
World in focus — best photos for December 11, 2016
Saddle bronc world champion Zeke Thurston celebrates as the takes the stage on the final night of the National Finals Rodeo, in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP
Sterling Crawley gets tossed off his horse while competing in the saddle bronco riding event during the final night of the National Finals Rodeo, in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP
An elderly woman cleans a window next to an advertising poster in Bucharest, Romania. Romanians will vote in parliamentary elections on December 11, a year after a massive anti-corruption drive forced its last prime minister Victor Ponta from power, media moguls were imprisoned and one of the leaders of the second biggest party quit over a graft probe. Vadim Ghirda / AP
An artist paints a part of a section of the wall separating Mexico and the United States as seen from Playas Tijuana, Mexico. Jorge Duenes / Reuters
A man walks in the smoke as they assess the wreckages of cars burnt after a fireball from an tanker engulfed several vehicles and killed several people, near the Rift Valley town of Naivasha, west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters
West Point cadets watch the Army-Navy football game hosted at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. US President-elect Donald Trump attended the game. Timothy A Clary / AFP
An Iraqi fighter from the Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary forces inspects an underground tunnel in the town of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, after they retook the area during a broad offensive to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
An Iraqi soldier uses his helmet to distract the opposing sniper during clashes with ISIL at the south of Mosul. Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters
A multiple exposure picture shows athletes competing in the men’s 500m semifinal at the ISU World Cup Short Track speed skating event in Shanghai. Johannes Eisele / AFP
In this image provided by Hodges Photography, Wheatfield, with Diego Saenz aboard, captures the 11th running of the LA Champions Day Ladies Sprint horse race at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Amanda Hodges Weir / Hodges Photography via AP