• Real Madrid’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball during the team’s training session for the FIFA Club World Cup 2016 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan. Real Madrid will face Mexican club Club America​ in a semifinal match on December 15. Yuya Shino / EPA
    Real Madrid’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball during the team’s training session for the FIFA Club World Cup 2016 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan. Real Madrid will face Mexican club Club America​ in a semifinal match on December 15. Yuya Shino / EPA
  • Govermental Syrian forces fire into the sky, celebrating their victory against rebels in eastern Aleppo, Syria. Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
    Govermental Syrian forces fire into the sky, celebrating their victory against rebels in eastern Aleppo, Syria. Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
  • Members of the Shenyang Beiling Winter Swimming team swim in a frozen lake in -20°C temperatures at Beiling park in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. Ranging from from age 40 to 83, the 86 members of the Shenyang Beiling Winter Swimming team swim almost every day even during freezing temperatures. Winter swimming is known to have many health benefits including improving blood circulation. Tian Weitao / EPA
    Members of the Shenyang Beiling Winter Swimming team swim in a frozen lake in -20°C temperatures at Beiling park in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. Ranging from from age 40 to 83, the 86 members of the Shenyang Beiling Winter Swimming team swim almost every day even during freezing temperatures. Winter swimming is known to have many health benefits including improving blood circulation. Tian Weitao / EPA
  • Detailed view of a statue at Wincanton Racecourse in Wincanton, England. Harry Trump / Getty Images
    Detailed view of a statue at Wincanton Racecourse in Wincanton, England. Harry Trump / Getty Images
  • Children dressed as Santa Claus participate in a parade held to collect food for the needy, in Lisbon, Portugal. Rafael Marchante / Reuters
    Children dressed as Santa Claus participate in a parade held to collect food for the needy, in Lisbon, Portugal. Rafael Marchante / Reuters
  • Supporters taking part in a rally supporting Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama are reflected within a woman’s sunglasses outside the Northern Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mast Irham / EPA
    Supporters taking part in a rally supporting Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama are reflected within a woman’s sunglasses outside the Northern Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mast Irham / EPA
  • Lismai Aguilar, 18, uses a mobile phone to connect to the internet at a hotspot in downtown Havana, Cuba. Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters
    Lismai Aguilar, 18, uses a mobile phone to connect to the internet at a hotspot in downtown Havana, Cuba. Alexandre Meneghini / Reuters
  • Artists work on snow sculptures at an exhibition in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Stringer / Reuters
    Artists work on snow sculptures at an exhibition in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. Stringer / Reuters
  • Fish gather in a corner as they are fed by passers-by at the Ana Sagar Lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters
    Fish gather in a corner as they are fed by passers-by at the Ana Sagar Lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters

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World in focus – best photos for December 13, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

December 13, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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