World in focus - best photos for December 27, 2017

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

Alastair Cook of England bats during day two of the fourth test match in the 2017/18 Ashes series between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Scott Barbour / Getty Images.

A woman takes a photo in front of a statue and empty chairs symbolising victims of comfort women in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea announced on Wednesday a review of the 2015 agreement between South Korea and Japan over South Korea's comfort women issue. Lee Jin-man / AP

Workers climb scaffolding to clean the walls of the historic Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Saumya Khandelwal / Reuters.

A shrine maiden walks in front of "omikuji," or fortune slips, tied on strings at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, near Tokyo. Omikuji is a piece of paper written with fortunes on it. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo.

Firefighters try to contain a fire burning at Cheltenham Park in Cheltenham, south-east of Melbourne, Australia. According to reports, at least 40 homes were evacuated inMelbourne's south-east after a grassfire started to burn in Cheltenham Park. Luis Enrique / EPA.

LA Clippers center DeAndre Jordan shoots past Sacramento Kings guard Frank Mason III during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. Chris Carlson / AP Photo.

Storm clouds and lightning are seen passing over the Brisbane skyline, from the Kangaroo Point cliffs in Brisbane, Australia. Darren England / EPA.

A man exercises in the morning at Ramna Park in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters.

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