• A man walks through a park as the sun rises in London. A fog warning has been issued across parts of the country, with temperatures dropping across the capital. Frank Augstein / AP
    A man walks through a park as the sun rises in London. A fog warning has been issued across parts of the country, with temperatures dropping across the capital. Frank Augstein / AP
  • A woman walks through fog as the sun rises over Clapham Common in London, England. Freezing temperatures have created a cold, foggy and frosty start for much of England and Wales for a second day. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
    A woman walks through fog as the sun rises over Clapham Common in London, England. Freezing temperatures have created a cold, foggy and frosty start for much of England and Wales for a second day. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • Iraqi pro-government forces patrol the eastern part of the embattled Iraqi city of Mosul, during an ongoing military operation against ISIL. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
    Iraqi pro-government forces patrol the eastern part of the embattled Iraqi city of Mosul, during an ongoing military operation against ISIL. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
  • A vendor waits for customers as he sells New Year paper horns in Jakarta, Indonesia. Adi Weda / EPA
    A vendor waits for customers as he sells New Year paper horns in Jakarta, Indonesia. Adi Weda / EPA
  • Members of the Indonesian Presidential Security Forces show their skills during the simulation of a terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian security forces have already arrested 21 terrorist suspects and fatally shot five of them, who were allegedly planning attacks in the Indonesian capital during the Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations. Bagus Indahono / EPA
    Members of the Indonesian Presidential Security Forces show their skills during the simulation of a terrorist attack in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian security forces have already arrested 21 terrorist suspects and fatally shot five of them, who were allegedly planning attacks in the Indonesian capital during the Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations. Bagus Indahono / EPA
  • An Indian man walks with an umbrella in rain in a tea garden in Munnar, India. Munnar, with its sprawling tea plantations, is a popular hill station resort town in southern India. Sanjay Baid / EPA
    An Indian man walks with an umbrella in rain in a tea garden in Munnar, India. Munnar, with its sprawling tea plantations, is a popular hill station resort town in southern India. Sanjay Baid / EPA
  • The German national handball team warms up ahead of a training session in Kamen, Germany, ahead of the forthcoming handball World Championship in France. Guido Kirchner / EPA
    The German national handball team warms up ahead of a training session in Kamen, Germany, ahead of the forthcoming handball World Championship in France. Guido Kirchner / EPA
  • Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in the “Enfarinats” battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi. During this 200-year-old traditional festival, participants known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d’etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall. Jaime Reina / AFP
    Revellers dressed in mock military garb take part in the “Enfarinats” battle in the southeastern Spanish town of Ibi. During this 200-year-old traditional festival, participants known as Els Enfarinats (those covered in flour) dress in military clothes and stage a mock coup d’etat as they battle using flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall. Jaime Reina / AFP
  • Steam from cooking pots filling the air at the food stalls of the Kwangjang Market in downtown Seoul, South Korea, as locals seek comfort from the wintry weather in the evening. Snow began falling across the country late in the day. EPA / Yonhap
    Steam from cooking pots filling the air at the food stalls of the Kwangjang Market in downtown Seoul, South Korea, as locals seek comfort from the wintry weather in the evening. Snow began falling across the country late in the day. EPA / Yonhap
  • People run during sunrise at La Concha beach in San Sebastian, northern Spain. Maximum temperatures will rise up to 17°C in the north of Spain. Javier Etxezarreta / EPA
    People run during sunrise at La Concha beach in San Sebastian, northern Spain. Maximum temperatures will rise up to 17°C in the north of Spain. Javier Etxezarreta / EPA
  • Fans of actress Carrie Fisher honoured her death by pointing their lit “Star Wars” light sabers to the sky at 7pm at Downtown Disney, in Anaheim. Mark Eades / The Orange County Register via AP
    Fans of actress Carrie Fisher honoured her death by pointing their lit “Star Wars” light sabers to the sky at 7pm at Downtown Disney, in Anaheim. Mark Eades / The Orange County Register via AP
  • People walk along a decorated street with illuminations for Christmas and the New Year installed in Moscow, Russia. Sergei Ilnitsy / EPA
    People walk along a decorated street with illuminations for Christmas and the New Year installed in Moscow, Russia. Sergei Ilnitsy / EPA

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World in focus — best photos for December 29, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

December 29, 2016

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A look at the best photos from around the world today.

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