• The IBU Biathlon World Cup Men’s and Women’s Relay in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Stanko Gruden / Agence Zoom / Getty Images
    The IBU Biathlon World Cup Men’s and Women’s Relay in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Stanko Gruden / Agence Zoom / Getty Images
  • Chinese dancers perform during a rehearsal of Chinese Dance: Maestros & Classics, the closing performance of the NCPA Dance Festival 2016 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Theatre in Beijing, China. The closing performance will showcase award winning works of Chinese dance, ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance, dance opera and poetry in the country created during the years 2015 to 2016. EPA
    Chinese dancers perform during a rehearsal of Chinese Dance: Maestros & Classics, the closing performance of the NCPA Dance Festival 2016 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Theatre in Beijing, China. The closing performance will showcase award winning works of Chinese dance, ballet, modern dance, contemporary dance, dance opera and poetry in the country created during the years 2015 to 2016. EPA
  • A flamingo walks during the sunset in a salt lake in Larnaca, Cyprus. Yiannis Kourtoglou / Reuters
    A flamingo walks during the sunset in a salt lake in Larnaca, Cyprus. Yiannis Kourtoglou / Reuters
  • People stand next to a vintage carousel at the Christmas market on the Red Square in Moscow. Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP
    People stand next to a vintage carousel at the Christmas market on the Red Square in Moscow. Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP
  • A woman dressed as an angel poses with masked participants prior to the start of the traditional Krampus run, near the Christmas market in Munich, Germany. A Krampus is a horned folklore figure described as half-goat, half-demon. Andreas Gebert / dpa via AP
    A woman dressed as an angel poses with masked participants prior to the start of the traditional Krampus run, near the Christmas market in Munich, Germany. A Krampus is a horned folklore figure described as half-goat, half-demon. Andreas Gebert / dpa via AP
  • Children leap into a tidal pool as temperatures soar at Camps Bay beach in Cape Town, South Africa. Mike Hutchings / Reuters
    Children leap into a tidal pool as temperatures soar at Camps Bay beach in Cape Town, South Africa. Mike Hutchings / Reuters
  • A person makes their way to Lambeau Field before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mike Roemer / AP Photo
    A person makes their way to Lambeau Field before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mike Roemer / AP Photo
  • Thousands of pilgrims sleep at the Guadalupe Basilica during a procession in Mexico City to mark the birthday of the Guadalupe Virgin. Mexicans celebrate the appearance in 1531 of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego. AFP
    Thousands of pilgrims sleep at the Guadalupe Basilica during a procession in Mexico City to mark the birthday of the Guadalupe Virgin. Mexicans celebrate the appearance in 1531 of the Virgin of Guadalupe to Juan Diego. AFP
  • Kashmiri Muslim women pray during prayers following the Islamic festival of Eid-e-Milad, the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Hundreds of Muslims thronged at the Hazratbal shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammad. EPA
    Kashmiri Muslim women pray during prayers following the Islamic festival of Eid-e-Milad, the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Hundreds of Muslims thronged at the Hazratbal shrine, which houses a relic believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammad. EPA
  • Ukraine’s Sergey Semenov competes during the Men’s 4x7.5 km relay race of the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka. AFP
    Ukraine’s Sergey Semenov competes during the Men’s 4x7.5 km relay race of the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka. AFP
  • Fans of River Plate cheer their for team before a local tournament match against Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo
    Fans of River Plate cheer their for team before a local tournament match against Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo

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World in focus – best photos for December 12, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

December 12, 2016

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