• A reflection of Palestinians gathering around a crater is seen at the site targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis town, southern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
    A reflection of Palestinians gathering around a crater is seen at the site targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis town, southern Gaza Strip. Mohammed Saber / EPA
  • A Palestinian boy looks out from the window of his house that was damaged in an Israeli airstrike on a nearby Hamas base, in Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
    A Palestinian boy looks out from the window of his house that was damaged in an Israeli airstrike on a nearby Hamas base, in Khan Yunis town in the southern Gaza Strip. Said Khatib / AFP
  • Supporters of Islamist group Hefazot e Islam gather stand as police block a rally intending to reach the United States embassy in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka following US president Donald Trump's decision to officially recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP
    Supporters of Islamist group Hefazot e Islam gather stand as police block a rally intending to reach the United States embassy in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka following US president Donald Trump's decision to officially recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. Munir Uz Zaman / AFP
  • Protesters wearing masks with Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock Mosque participate in a rally against US president Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the venue of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul. Emrah Gurel / AP Photo
    Protesters wearing masks with Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock Mosque participate in a rally against US president Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near the venue of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul. Emrah Gurel / AP Photo
  • Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
    Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Alessandra Tarantino / AP Photo
  • Protestors burn posters depicting Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe and the Japanese wartime imperial flag outside the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong to mark 80 years since the wartime massacre in the Chinese city of Nanjing by Japanese troops. Anthony Wallace / AFP
    Protestors burn posters depicting Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe and the Japanese wartime imperial flag outside the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong to mark 80 years since the wartime massacre in the Chinese city of Nanjing by Japanese troops. Anthony Wallace / AFP
  • Chinese people sing the national anthem during a memorial ceremony commemorating China's National Memorial Day for Nanjing massacre victims at the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. How Hwee Young / EPA
    Chinese people sing the national anthem during a memorial ceremony commemorating China's National Memorial Day for Nanjing massacre victims at the Nanjing Massacre Museum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. How Hwee Young / EPA
  • Democrat Doug Jones waves to supporters after a stunning victory aided by scandal. Mr Jones won Alabama's special Senate election, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and president Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. John Bazemore / AP Photo
    Democrat Doug Jones waves to supporters after a stunning victory aided by scandal. Mr Jones won Alabama's special Senate election, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and president Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. John Bazemore / AP Photo

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World in focus - best photos for December 13, 2017

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