• A Newport Firefighter looks at a home that was damaged from storms in Newport, Oregon. Fresh storms barreled through the already sodden Pacific Northwest, triggering a landslide that killed a woman near the Oregon Coast and clogging mountain passes in the Washington Cascades. Steve Card / Newport News-Times via AP
    A Newport Firefighter looks at a home that was damaged from storms in Newport, Oregon. Fresh storms barreled through the already sodden Pacific Northwest, triggering a landslide that killed a woman near the Oregon Coast and clogging mountain passes in the Washington Cascades. Steve Card / Newport News-Times via AP
  • Golden State Warriors’ Festus Ezeli, left, fouls Milwaukee Bucks’ Miles Plumlee during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oakland, California. Ben Margot / AP
    Golden State Warriors’ Festus Ezeli, left, fouls Milwaukee Bucks’ Miles Plumlee during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oakland, California. Ben Margot / AP
  • US President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks on the recent shootings in San Bernardino, after meeting with victims’ families at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, California. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
    US President Barack Obama arrives to deliver remarks on the recent shootings in San Bernardino, after meeting with victims’ families at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, California. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
  • A Palestinian protester hurls a rock at Israeli security forces during clashes near Shejaiya, an eastern district of Gaza City along the border with Israel. Mahmud Hams / AFP
    A Palestinian protester hurls a rock at Israeli security forces during clashes near Shejaiya, an eastern district of Gaza City along the border with Israel. Mahmud Hams / AFP
  • Boats are seen at the Ganges river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi, one of the ancient seats of learning in India, is famous for its ‘ghats’, or ceremonial stairs, lining the west bank of Ganges river running through the city. Roman Pilipey / EPA
    Boats are seen at the Ganges river in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi, one of the ancient seats of learning in India, is famous for its ‘ghats’, or ceremonial stairs, lining the west bank of Ganges river running through the city. Roman Pilipey / EPA
  • A young girl, left, reacts as a man helps up the Rev Jesse Jackson after he tripped over a cable and fell to the floor while arriving to address graduates at the winter commencement exercises at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Jackson was uninjured from the fall and went on to address the graduates as planned. Bryan Woolston / Reuters
    A young girl, left, reacts as a man helps up the Rev Jesse Jackson after he tripped over a cable and fell to the floor while arriving to address graduates at the winter commencement exercises at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Jackson was uninjured from the fall and went on to address the graduates as planned. Bryan Woolston / Reuters
  • Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James falls into Ellie Day, wife of PGA Tour golf player Jason Day, at left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Cleveland. John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer via AP
    Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James falls into Ellie Day, wife of PGA Tour golf player Jason Day, at left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Cleveland. John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer via AP
  • Surfers leave the water after a surf session during an unusually warm winter day on Biarritz beach, southwestern France, as unseasonably warm temperatures reached 22 degrees Celsius. Regis Duvignau / Reuters
    Surfers leave the water after a surf session during an unusually warm winter day on Biarritz beach, southwestern France, as unseasonably warm temperatures reached 22 degrees Celsius. Regis Duvignau / Reuters
  • An Indian policeman is helped by colleagues after being attacked by a leopard in the Maligoan area of Guwahati. Two people were injured in the attack before the animal was tranquilised and taken to Assam state zoo. Biju Boro / AFP
    An Indian policeman is helped by colleagues after being attacked by a leopard in the Maligoan area of Guwahati. Two people were injured in the attack before the animal was tranquilised and taken to Assam state zoo. Biju Boro / AFP

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World in focus — best photos for December 19, 2015

Rob Gurdebeke

December 20, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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