• South Korean policemen detain a university student after protesters tried to enter the Japanese embassy in Seoul. Yang Ji-Woong / EPA
    South Korean policemen detain a university student after protesters tried to enter the Japanese embassy in Seoul. Yang Ji-Woong / EPA
  • Men chat as they sit in a half-dismantled car along a roadside on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, Kashmir. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    Men chat as they sit in a half-dismantled car along a roadside on a cold winter morning in Srinagar, Kashmir. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • Southern California wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster drops a pass as Wisconsin cornerback Darius Hillary defends during the first half of the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football in San Diego. Gregory Bull / AP Photo
    Southern California wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster drops a pass as Wisconsin cornerback Darius Hillary defends during the first half of the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football in San Diego. Gregory Bull / AP Photo
  • A rare winter flood threatened nearly two dozen federal levees in Missouri and Illinois as rivers rose, prompting evacuations in several places. Robert Cohen / St Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
    A rare winter flood threatened nearly two dozen federal levees in Missouri and Illinois as rivers rose, prompting evacuations in several places. Robert Cohen / St Louis Post-Dispatch via AP
  • Filipino Catholic devotees grimace as they jostle to get closer to the image of the Black Nazarene during a thanksgiving procession on New Year’s Eve in Manila. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo
    Filipino Catholic devotees grimace as they jostle to get closer to the image of the Black Nazarene during a thanksgiving procession on New Year’s Eve in Manila. Bullit Marquez / AP Photo
  • Tennessee’s Diamond DeShields, right, and Jaime Nared press Stetson’s DeAsia Beal during an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tennessee. Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP
    Tennessee’s Diamond DeShields, right, and Jaime Nared press Stetson’s DeAsia Beal during an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tennessee. Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP
  • A vehicle lies upside down in Garland, Texas. Tom Fox / The Dallas Morning News via AP
    A vehicle lies upside down in Garland, Texas. Tom Fox / The Dallas Morning News via AP
  • People dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, and his companion Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) take part in a New Year’s parade in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP Photo
    People dressed as Father Frost, the equivalent of Santa Claus, and his companion Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) take part in a New Year’s parade in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek. Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP Photo
  • The flooded Knavesmire in York, England. Nigel Roddis / Getty Images
    The flooded Knavesmire in York, England. Nigel Roddis / Getty Images
  • Seagulls fly on a snowy day at the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
    Seagulls fly on a snowy day at the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA
  • A woman prays in front of lanterns to celebrate the New Year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
    A woman prays in front of lanterns to celebrate the New Year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul. Ahn Young-joon / AP Photo
  • Real Betis’ goalkeeper Antonio Adan punches the ball away from Barcelona’s Lionel Messi at Camp Nou. Pau Barrena / AFP Photo
    Real Betis’ goalkeeper Antonio Adan punches the ball away from Barcelona’s Lionel Messi at Camp Nou. Pau Barrena / AFP Photo

World in focus — best photos for December 31, 2015


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A look at the best photos from around the world.