• A Yemeni woman carries boxes of food on her head as she walks through the mountains along the only path accessible between the southern cities of Aden and Taez, since the main roads leading to the embattled city of Taez are blocked due to the ongoing fighting between forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abdrabu Mansur Hadii and Houthi rebels. Ahmad Al-Basha / AFP
    A Yemeni woman carries boxes of food on her head as she walks through the mountains along the only path accessible between the southern cities of Aden and Taez, since the main roads leading to the embattled city of Taez are blocked due to the ongoing fighting between forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abdrabu Mansur Hadii and Houthi rebels. Ahmad Al-Basha / AFP
  • Colombian bullfighter Sebastian Ritter is hit by the bull during a bullfight at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in the framework of the 58th Fair of Cali. Luis Robayo / AFP
    Colombian bullfighter Sebastian Ritter is hit by the bull during a bullfight at the Canaveralejo bullring in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in the framework of the 58th Fair of Cali. Luis Robayo / AFP
  • Canada’s Brendan Perlini (11) gets hit into the boards by United States’ Louie Belpedio during first period preliminary hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland. Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press via AP
    Canada’s Brendan Perlini (11) gets hit into the boards by United States’ Louie Belpedio during first period preliminary hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland. Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press via AP
  • A man walks on a beach as a flock of the seagulls flies over the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India. Migratory birds arrive in the winter season from different parts of India and neighbouring countries and are usually leaving the region again in the spring months. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    A man walks on a beach as a flock of the seagulls flies over the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India. Migratory birds arrive in the winter season from different parts of India and neighbouring countries and are usually leaving the region again in the spring months. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • The minaret of a mosque is seen as smog blankets the village of Ponijeri, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With severe air pollution affecting the cities nestled among the mountains, the authorities have declared the first level of preparedness, advising the segment of the population that is at health risk to reduce movement in the mornings and evenings, appealing to drivers to use motor vehicles less and ordering heating utilities to lower the emission of harmful gases. Dado Ruvic / Reuters
    The minaret of a mosque is seen as smog blankets the village of Ponijeri, Bosnia and Herzegovina. With severe air pollution affecting the cities nestled among the mountains, the authorities have declared the first level of preparedness, advising the segment of the population that is at health risk to reduce movement in the mornings and evenings, appealing to drivers to use motor vehicles less and ordering heating utilities to lower the emission of harmful gases. Dado Ruvic / Reuters
  • The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship to ever call at a North America port, is reflected in the window of a tour boat while docked at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California after arriving before dawn. Launched by the French shipping line CMA CGM S.A. on December 10, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is 396 metres long, 54 metres wide, and 60 metres tall and has a capacity of approximately 18,000 containers. Robyn Beck / AFP
    The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship to ever call at a North America port, is reflected in the window of a tour boat while docked at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California after arriving before dawn. Launched by the French shipping line CMA CGM S.A. on December 10, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin is 396 metres long, 54 metres wide, and 60 metres tall and has a capacity of approximately 18,000 containers. Robyn Beck / AFP
  • Lugano’s Alessio Bertaggia, left, fights for the puck with Mannheim’s Christopher Fischer and goalkeeper Florian Proske, during the game between Switzerland’s HC Lugano and Germany’s Adler Mannheim, at the 89th Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament in Davos, Switzerland. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA
    Lugano’s Alessio Bertaggia, left, fights for the puck with Mannheim’s Christopher Fischer and goalkeeper Florian Proske, during the game between Switzerland’s HC Lugano and Germany’s Adler Mannheim, at the 89th Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament in Davos, Switzerland. Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA
  • Fire photographer Tod Sudmeier gets hit with flying embers from strong winds at the Solimar brush fire that started early Saturday morning in Ventura County, California. A wildfire in Southern California burned over 1,000 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of two major highways and led to evacuations, fire officials said. Gene Blevins / Reuters
    Fire photographer Tod Sudmeier gets hit with flying embers from strong winds at the Solimar brush fire that started early Saturday morning in Ventura County, California. A wildfire in Southern California burned over 1,000 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of two major highways and led to evacuations, fire officials said. Gene Blevins / Reuters

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World in focus — best photos for December 27, 2015

Rob Gurdebeke

December 27, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

What is the FNC?

The Federal National Council is one of five federal authorities established by the UAE constitution. It held its first session on December 2, 1972, a year to the day after Federation.
It has 40 members, eight of whom are women. The members represent the UAE population through each of the emirates. Abu Dhabi and Dubai have eight members each, Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah six, and Ajman, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain have four.
They bring Emirati issues to the council for debate and put those concerns to ministers summoned for questioning. 
The FNC’s main functions include passing, amending or rejecting federal draft laws, discussing international treaties and agreements, and offering recommendations on general subjects raised during sessions.
Federal draft laws must first pass through the FNC for recommendations when members can amend the laws to suit the needs of citizens. The draft laws are then forwarded to the Cabinet for consideration and approval. 
Since 2006, half of the members have been elected by UAE citizens to serve four-year terms and the other half are appointed by the Ruler’s Courts of the seven emirates.
In the 2015 elections, 78 of the 252 candidates were women. Women also represented 48 per cent of all voters and 67 per cent of the voters were under the age of 40.
 

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Liverpool 4 Brighton and Hove Albion 0
Liverpool: Salah (26'), Lovren (40'), Solanke (53'), Robertson (85')    

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