World in focus - best photos for December 19, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

India's Virat Kohli walks off after being dismissed by Australia on the third day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India played in Adelaide. AFP

Rickshaw pullers along with a dog sit around a bonfire to warm themselves on a cold winter morning in Amritsar. AFP

A lioness interacts with newly acquired nine-year-old lion Atlas, left, at Parc Zoologique de Paris (Paris Vincennes zoo), in Paris, France. EPA

People gather at Yerablur Military Pantheon cemetery on the eve of the Armenian nationwide mourning to commemorate those killed in a conflict over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, Armenia. Reuters

Volcanic lightning over Mount Sakurajima is pictured from Tarumizu city, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. Reuters

A man works on a sailing ship which is built at a green shipyard in Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. EPA

A man reacts as he reunites with his son who was among those who were kidnapped upon their release in Katsina. AFP

A demonstrator looks through the window of a police van during a gathering to commemorate Trikora in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters

A woman walks past Christmas decorations at Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters

Children play in floodwaters in front of a mosque, after a night of heavy rain, in Ra-ngea district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat. AFP

A dust cloud is seen in Colonia Baron, La Pampa, Argentina in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. @VascoSallaberry via Reuters

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