• Japan's highest peak Mount Fuji is covered with snow and visible through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
    Japan's highest peak Mount Fuji is covered with snow and visible through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
  • Reggie the dog is rescued with a boat from flooding at the Little Venice Country Park and Marina in Maidstone, southeast of London after flooding following heavy rain. AFP
    Reggie the dog is rescued with a boat from flooding at the Little Venice Country Park and Marina in Maidstone, southeast of London after flooding following heavy rain. AFP
  • An Afghan child walks with balloons he is selling on a street in Kabul. AFP
    An Afghan child walks with balloons he is selling on a street in Kabul. AFP
  • Aerial view of the pileup along Interstate 64 in Virginia, which authorities say involved nearly 70 vehicles, with more than 50 people hospitalized in a chain-reaction crash due to fog and ice near Williamsburg in Virginia. AFP
    Aerial view of the pileup along Interstate 64 in Virginia, which authorities say involved nearly 70 vehicles, with more than 50 people hospitalized in a chain-reaction crash due to fog and ice near Williamsburg in Virginia. AFP
  • People celebrate as they drive cars and motorbikes for the arrival of former Central African Republic's President François Bozize in the Boeing district of Bangui. AFP
    People celebrate as they drive cars and motorbikes for the arrival of former Central African Republic's President François Bozize in the Boeing district of Bangui. AFP
  • A displaced Syrian child from the south of Idlib province looks on in the countryside west of the town of Dana in the northwestern Syrian region. AFP
    A displaced Syrian child from the south of Idlib province looks on in the countryside west of the town of Dana in the northwestern Syrian region. AFP
  • A view shows the sunrise over the city of Bethlehem on Christmas eve, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. REUTERS
    A view shows the sunrise over the city of Bethlehem on Christmas eve, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. REUTERS
  • An ethnic Kayan hill tribe refugee girl, also known as long neck woman, poses at her tourist attraction village near Chiang Mai, Thailand. REUTERS
    An ethnic Kayan hill tribe refugee girl, also known as long neck woman, poses at her tourist attraction village near Chiang Mai, Thailand. REUTERS

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World in focus - best photos for December 24, 2019

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

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