• People look down from the ceiling of the Voortrekker monument as the sun shines onto the middle of the main shrine during the annual heritage day celebrations in Pretoria, South Africa on December 16, 2016. The sun shines directly onto the shrine only at noon on the 16th of December each year. The monument commemorates the Afrikaaner Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854 to escape the rule of the British. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
    People look down from the ceiling of the Voortrekker monument as the sun shines onto the middle of the main shrine during the annual heritage day celebrations in Pretoria, South Africa on December 16, 2016. The sun shines directly onto the shrine only at noon on the 16th of December each year. The monument commemorates the Afrikaaner Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854 to escape the rule of the British. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
  • Students on December 15, 2016, gaze at international banknotes pressed into acrylic glass at the newly opened museum of money of the German Federal Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Boris Roessler / EPA
    Students on December 15, 2016, gaze at international banknotes pressed into acrylic glass at the newly opened museum of money of the German Federal Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. Boris Roessler / EPA
  • Russian president Vladimir Putin, centre, is welcomed by former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori, left, and Japanese prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a visit to the Kodokan judo institute, the headquarters of the worldwide judo community, in Tokyo on December 16, 2016. Toru Yamanaka / Reuters
    Russian president Vladimir Putin, centre, is welcomed by former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori, left, and Japanese prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a visit to the Kodokan judo institute, the headquarters of the worldwide judo community, in Tokyo on December 16, 2016. Toru Yamanaka / Reuters
  • A woman jumps for a photo near an LED ceiling displaying images of gold and jewellery in Beijing, China, on December 16, 2016. Chinese leaders are meeting to set economic goals for 2017 amid pressure from US president-elect Donald Trump and European governments over trade and market access. Ng Han Guan / Associated Press
    A woman jumps for a photo near an LED ceiling displaying images of gold and jewellery in Beijing, China, on December 16, 2016. Chinese leaders are meeting to set economic goals for 2017 amid pressure from US president-elect Donald Trump and European governments over trade and market access. Ng Han Guan / Associated Press
  • A pedestrian makes his way to a streetcar as snow flies through the air during a squall in downtown Toronto on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Graeme Roy / Canadian Press via AP
    A pedestrian makes his way to a streetcar as snow flies through the air during a squall in downtown Toronto on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Graeme Roy / Canadian Press via AP
  • Martin Fourcade of France competes during the men’s 10km sprint competition of the IBU World Cup Biathlon in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2016. Fourcade won the event. Anton Shipulin of Russia was second, and Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway placed third. Michal Cizek / Agence France-Presse
    Martin Fourcade of France competes during the men’s 10km sprint competition of the IBU World Cup Biathlon in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, on December 15, 2016. Fourcade won the event. Anton Shipulin of Russia was second, and Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway placed third. Michal Cizek / Agence France-Presse

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World in focus — best photos for December 16, 2016

Rob Gurdebeke

December 16, 2016

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

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