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

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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

Ashleigh Stewart

December 27, 2017

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