• Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, tries to avoid Los Angeles Clippers’ Paul Pierce during the second half of an NBA basketball in Los Angeles. Danny Moloshok / AP Photo
    Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, tries to avoid Los Angeles Clippers’ Paul Pierce during the second half of an NBA basketball in Los Angeles. Danny Moloshok / AP Photo
  • A journalist holds up a poster to get attention and ask a question during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
    A journalist holds up a poster to get attention and ask a question during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow. Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters
  • An Indonesian navy ship on patrol near by the sinking MV Thorco Cloud after a collision with Stolt Commitment tanker. M Urip / EPA
    An Indonesian navy ship on patrol near by the sinking MV Thorco Cloud after a collision with Stolt Commitment tanker. M Urip / EPA
  • People walk on a bridge as Christmas lights illuminate the Darsena dei Navigli in Milan, Italy. Antonio Calanni / AP Photo
    People walk on a bridge as Christmas lights illuminate the Darsena dei Navigli in Milan, Italy. Antonio Calanni / AP Photo
  • Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroeder drives in between Philadelphia 76ers Robert Covington and Isaiah Canaan. Erik S Lesser / EPA
    Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroeder drives in between Philadelphia 76ers Robert Covington and Isaiah Canaan. Erik S Lesser / EPA
  • A group of soldiers practice bar exercises during a class taught by Kang Sue-jin, chief of the Korean National Ballet, at the Seoul Arts Centre. Yonhap / EPA
    A group of soldiers practice bar exercises during a class taught by Kang Sue-jin, chief of the Korean National Ballet, at the Seoul Arts Centre. Yonhap / EPA
  • A student lies on the floor waiting for help as he participates in a tsunami drill at a school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
    A student lies on the floor waiting for help as he participates in a tsunami drill at a school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
  • Maj Gen Jang Kyung-soo, left, of South Korea and Maj Gen Robert Hedelund of the US Forces Korea (USFK), the heads of a joint working group investigating the anthrax shipment to a US military base in South Korea in April, announce the results of the probe. Yonhap / EPA
    Maj Gen Jang Kyung-soo, left, of South Korea and Maj Gen Robert Hedelund of the US Forces Korea (USFK), the heads of a joint working group investigating the anthrax shipment to a US military base in South Korea in April, announce the results of the probe. Yonhap / EPA
  • A Filipino searches for salvageable materials following a fire in Manila. Mark R Cristino / EPA
    A Filipino searches for salvageable materials following a fire in Manila. Mark R Cristino / EPA
  • Barcelona’s Dani Alvesand Guangzhou Evergrande’s Zheng Long fight for the ball during their Club World Cup semi-final match in Yokohama. Tour Hanai / Reuters
    Barcelona’s Dani Alvesand Guangzhou Evergrande’s Zheng Long fight for the ball during their Club World Cup semi-final match in Yokohama. Tour Hanai / Reuters
  • Suspended Fifa President Sepp Blatter arrives at the Fifa headquarters in Zurich. Ruben Sprich / Reuters
    Suspended Fifa President Sepp Blatter arrives at the Fifa headquarters in Zurich. Ruben Sprich / Reuters
  • Jetty Jumpers escape the heat by cooling off at Henley Beach, west of Adelaide, Australia. Ben MacMahon / EPA
    Jetty Jumpers escape the heat by cooling off at Henley Beach, west of Adelaide, Australia. Ben MacMahon / EPA
  • A man walks past steam rising from underground heating pipes outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Greg Baker / AFP Photo
    A man walks past steam rising from underground heating pipes outside a shopping mall in Beijing. Greg Baker / AFP Photo

World in focus — best photos for December 17, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.