• Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy winces as Manchester City’s Nicolas Otamendi, partially pictured kicks the ball. Darren Staples / Reuters
    Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy winces as Manchester City’s Nicolas Otamendi, partially pictured kicks the ball. Darren Staples / Reuters
  • People gather to wait for the floats during the annual Calabar cultural festival in Calabar, Nigeria. Reuters
    People gather to wait for the floats during the annual Calabar cultural festival in Calabar, Nigeria. Reuters
  • Ottawa Senators right wing Chris Neil (25) and Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid (54) gouge each other’s eyes as they fight during the third period of a NHL hockey game. Charles Krupa / AP Photo
    Ottawa Senators right wing Chris Neil (25) and Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid (54) gouge each other’s eyes as they fight during the third period of a NHL hockey game. Charles Krupa / AP Photo
  • Iowa guard Mike Gesell, centre, fights for the ball with Michigan State’s Alvin Ellis III, left, and Matt McQuaid, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Iowa City, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo
    Iowa guard Mike Gesell, centre, fights for the ball with Michigan State’s Alvin Ellis III, left, and Matt McQuaid, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Iowa City, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall / AP Photo
  • People pile up wooden pallets prior to the traditional bonfire on New Year’s Evein Scheveningen. Netherlands. Bart Maar / AFP Photo
    People pile up wooden pallets prior to the traditional bonfire on New Year’s Evein Scheveningen. Netherlands. Bart Maar / AFP Photo
  • A West African crowned crane at Pata Zoo located on the top floor of a shopping centre in Bangkok. Diego Azubel / EPA
    A West African crowned crane at Pata Zoo located on the top floor of a shopping centre in Bangkok. Diego Azubel / EPA
  • Students hold portraits of deceased former South Korean “comfort women” during a weekly anti-Japan rally in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters
    Students hold portraits of deceased former South Korean “comfort women” during a weekly anti-Japan rally in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Kim Hong-ji / Reuters

World in focus — best photos for December 30, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.