• Students participate in a rally demanding a better and free education system, called by the Chilean Students Confederation (CONFECH) in Santiago de Chile, Chile. Elvis Gonzalez / EPA
    Students participate in a rally demanding a better and free education system, called by the Chilean Students Confederation (CONFECH) in Santiago de Chile, Chile. Elvis Gonzalez / EPA
  • Riot police throw water at students during a demonstration in demand of free state universities and for the quality of public education in Santiago. Claudio Reyes / AFP
    Riot police throw water at students during a demonstration in demand of free state universities and for the quality of public education in Santiago. Claudio Reyes / AFP
  • A Palestinian walks past a painted house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Shatihas always has been a symbol of poverty, a grey concrete jungle with 87,000 people packed into half a square kilometre. But now, overlooking the sewage-contaminated Mediterranean beachfront, the camp’s houses are covered in vibrant colors. Hatem Moussa / AP
    A Palestinian walks past a painted house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Shatihas always has been a symbol of poverty, a grey concrete jungle with 87,000 people packed into half a square kilometre. But now, overlooking the sewage-contaminated Mediterranean beachfront, the camp’s houses are covered in vibrant colors. Hatem Moussa / AP
  • Union workers and members of social and leftist organisations demonstrate with a banner against the government of Argentinian President Mauricio Macri in Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. Eitan Abramovich / AFP
    Union workers and members of social and leftist organisations demonstrate with a banner against the government of Argentinian President Mauricio Macri in Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires. Eitan Abramovich / AFP
  • Zylan Cheatham #14 of the San Diego State Aztecs waits for a rebound during the second half of a game against the Kansas Jayhawks at Viejas Arena in San Diego, California. Sean M Haffey / Getty Images / AFP
    Zylan Cheatham #14 of the San Diego State Aztecs waits for a rebound during the second half of a game against the Kansas Jayhawks at Viejas Arena in San Diego, California. Sean M Haffey / Getty Images / AFP
  • A man does a headstand as part of his routine exercises in a public park early morning in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A man does a headstand as part of his routine exercises in a public park early morning in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Oakland Golden Grizzlies guard Martez Walker (35) guards Michigan State Spartans guard Bryn Forbes (5) during the first half at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Tim Fuller / USA TODAY Sports
    Oakland Golden Grizzlies guard Martez Walker (35) guards Michigan State Spartans guard Bryn Forbes (5) during the first half at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Tim Fuller / USA TODAY Sports
  • A 19-year-old survivor receives temporary medical treatment after being found under a collapsed building by rescuers at the site of a landslide which hit an industrial park on Sunday, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Reuters / Stringer
    A 19-year-old survivor receives temporary medical treatment after being found under a collapsed building by rescuers at the site of a landslide which hit an industrial park on Sunday, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Reuters / Stringer

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World in focus — best photos for December 23, 2015

Rob Gurdebeke

December 23, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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