• British astronaut Tim Peake, a member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures to his child from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP Photo
    British astronaut Tim Peake, a member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures to his child from a bus prior the launch of Soyuz TMA-19M space ship at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP Photo
  • Children from the coastal village of Pigcale, in Legazpi city, Philippines, look at the destruction from Typhoon Melor. Rhaydz Barcia / Reuters
    Children from the coastal village of Pigcale, in Legazpi city, Philippines, look at the destruction from Typhoon Melor. Rhaydz Barcia / Reuters
  • Nepalese children perform a fist push-up as part of their self-defence class in Kathmandu, Nepal. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
    Nepalese children perform a fist push-up as part of their self-defence class in Kathmandu, Nepal. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
  • Pedestrians walk across a busy road in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Pedestrians walk across a busy road in New Delhi, India. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker jokes with a Member of the European Parliament ahead of a debate on the future of the Economic and Monetary Union in Strasbourg, France. Vincent Kessler / Reuters
    European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker jokes with a Member of the European Parliament ahead of a debate on the future of the Economic and Monetary Union in Strasbourg, France. Vincent Kessler / Reuters
  • France’s Allison Pineau, right, celebrates after scoring a goal past Spain’s goalkeeper Darly Zoqbi De Paula during the 2015 Women’s Handball World Championship in Kolding, Denmark. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo
    France’s Allison Pineau, right, celebrates after scoring a goal past Spain’s goalkeeper Darly Zoqbi De Paula during the 2015 Women’s Handball World Championship in Kolding, Denmark. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo
  • A man in a space suit watches a television with schoolchildren at the Science Museum ahead of the launch of space mission Principia from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Ben Pruchnie / Getty Images
    A man in a space suit watches a television with schoolchildren at the Science Museum ahead of the launch of space mission Principia from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 15, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. Ben Pruchnie / Getty Images
  • People observe a minute silence to commemorate the anniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege at Martin Place in Sydney. Saeed Khan / AFP Photo
    People observe a minute silence to commemorate the anniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege at Martin Place in Sydney. Saeed Khan / AFP Photo

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World in focus — best photos for December 15, 2015

Rob Gurdebeke

December 15, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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