• Kashmiri fishermen on Anchar Lake cover their heads with blankets on a cold day in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    Kashmiri fishermen on Anchar Lake cover their heads with blankets on a cold day in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • Notre Dame’s VJ Beachem is kicked in the head while competing for a loose ball with Colgate’s Jordan Swopshire during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in South Bend, Indiana. Robert Franklin / AP Photo
    Notre Dame’s VJ Beachem is kicked in the head while competing for a loose ball with Colgate’s Jordan Swopshire during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in South Bend, Indiana. Robert Franklin / AP Photo
  • Protesters fill the rotunda of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing before its state electoral college met to vote unanimously for US president-elect Donald Trump. Sarah Rice / Getty Images / AFP
    Protesters fill the rotunda of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing before its state electoral college met to vote unanimously for US president-elect Donald Trump. Sarah Rice / Getty Images / AFP
  • Afghan security forces in Kabul stand behind a burning pile of seized narcotics and alcohol. Omar Sobhani / Reuters
    Afghan security forces in Kabul stand behind a burning pile of seized narcotics and alcohol. Omar Sobhani / Reuters
  • A smoggy day in Jinan, Shandong province, China. Reuters
    A smoggy day in Jinan, Shandong province, China. Reuters
  • New Year decorations in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. Vyachelsav Oseledko / AFP Photo
    New Year decorations in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. Vyachelsav Oseledko / AFP Photo
  • US surfer Damien Hobgood walks on the beach at Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. MIGUEL A LOPES / EPA
    US surfer Damien Hobgood walks on the beach at Praia do Norte, Nazare, Portugal. MIGUEL A LOPES / EPA
  • A man looks to for goods amid the rubble of a burnt market in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. Manaure Quintero / AFP Photo
    A man looks to for goods amid the rubble of a burnt market in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela. Manaure Quintero / AFP Photo

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World in focus — best photos for December 20, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

December 20, 2016

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

Europe’s rearming plan
  • Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
  • Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
  • Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
  • Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
  • Create a savings and investments union to help companies access capital
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