• An Iraqi soldier holds a rocket-propelled grenade in Mosul’s eastern Al ntisar neighbourhood on December 30, 2016, during an continuing military operation against ISIL and the group’s last major stronghold in the country. Ahmad Al Rubaye / Agence France-Presse
    An Iraqi soldier holds a rocket-propelled grenade in Mosul’s eastern Al ntisar neighbourhood on December 30, 2016, during an continuing military operation against ISIL and the group’s last major stronghold in the country. Ahmad Al Rubaye / Agence France-Presse
  • Abu Khaled looks at the rubble of his destroyed house on December 30, 2016, in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, Syria. It was the first day of a nationwide truce, but clashes erupted between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters in the area, a monitor said. Abd Doumany / Agence France-Presse
    Abu Khaled looks at the rubble of his destroyed house on December 30, 2016, in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, Syria. It was the first day of a nationwide truce, but clashes erupted between Syrian government forces and opposition fighters in the area, a monitor said. Abd Doumany / Agence France-Presse
  • A sculpture of a rooster, that local media says bears a resemblance to US president-elect Donald Trump, stands outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, on December 30, 2016. Jon Woo / Reuters
    A sculpture of a rooster, that local media says bears a resemblance to US president-elect Donald Trump, stands outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China, on December 30, 2016. Jon Woo / Reuters
  • A Palestinian woman, who according to the Israeli police was shot and wounded after she attempted to stab Israeli officers, lies on the ground at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 30, 2016. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
    A Palestinian woman, who according to the Israeli police was shot and wounded after she attempted to stab Israeli officers, lies on the ground at Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 30, 2016. Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
  • Lionel D writes ‘2017’ with a torch in front of the Swiss Alps mountains on December 20, 2016, at the Gros Chatillon above Bex VD, Switzerland. Anthony Anex / EPA
    Lionel D writes ‘2017’ with a torch in front of the Swiss Alps mountains on December 20, 2016, at the Gros Chatillon above Bex VD, Switzerland. Anthony Anex / EPA
  • Cranes and pedestrians are silhouetted by the sun rising over the Elbe river in Hamburg, Germany, on December 30, 2016. Christian Charisius / EPA
    Cranes and pedestrians are silhouetted by the sun rising over the Elbe river in Hamburg, Germany, on December 30, 2016. Christian Charisius / EPA
  • Syrian refugee Fatima Slu, 5, and her brother Banken, 6, whose family fled from Aleppo, look out from their family’s shelter during snowfall at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometres north of Athens, on December 30, 2016. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and an European Union deal with Turkey to stop migrant flows. Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press
    Syrian refugee Fatima Slu, 5, and her brother Banken, 6, whose family fled from Aleppo, look out from their family’s shelter during snowfall at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometres north of Athens, on December 30, 2016. Over 62,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in Greece after a series of Balkan border closures and an European Union deal with Turkey to stop migrant flows. Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press
  • Chinese women wear masks on a bus in Beijing as the capital of China is blanketed by smog on December 30, 2016. The country has long had some of the worst air quality in the world because of its reliance on coal and a surplus of older, less efficient cars. Andy Wong / Associated Press
    Chinese women wear masks on a bus in Beijing as the capital of China is blanketed by smog on December 30, 2016. The country has long had some of the worst air quality in the world because of its reliance on coal and a surplus of older, less efficient cars. Andy Wong / Associated Press

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World in focus — best photos for December 30, 2016

James Ohara

December 30, 2016

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

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