• Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov (1), of Russia, watches the puck as Minnesota Wild centre Ryan Carter (18) chases it during the first period of an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ann Heisenfelt / AP Photo
    Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov (1), of Russia, watches the puck as Minnesota Wild centre Ryan Carter (18) chases it during the first period of an NHL hockey game in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ann Heisenfelt / AP Photo
  • Tourists travel in a “Coco taxi” along the Malecon as waves break above the sea wall in Havana, Cuba. Coco taxis are one of many kinds of taxis in the capital fashioned out of motorcycles, popular with both tourists and locals. Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo
    Tourists travel in a “Coco taxi” along the Malecon as waves break above the sea wall in Havana, Cuba. Coco taxis are one of many kinds of taxis in the capital fashioned out of motorcycles, popular with both tourists and locals. Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo
  • Local residents watch from their home as Storm Desmond causes flooding in Carlisle, England. Storm Desmond has brought severe disruption to areas of northern England as dozens of flood warnings remain in place. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
    Local residents watch from their home as Storm Desmond causes flooding in Carlisle, England. Storm Desmond has brought severe disruption to areas of northern England as dozens of flood warnings remain in place. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
  • People look at the wreckage of a car at the site of the a car-bomb attack that killed the governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden. Jaafar Mohammed Saad was killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed his car into the governor’s convoy in the western part of Aden city, residents and a local official said. Nasser Awad / Reuters
    People look at the wreckage of a car at the site of the a car-bomb attack that killed the governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden. Jaafar Mohammed Saad was killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed his car into the governor’s convoy in the western part of Aden city, residents and a local official said. Nasser Awad / Reuters
  • People stand behind a curtain in a polling booth during the first round of the regional elections in Henin-Beaumont, France. Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
    People stand behind a curtain in a polling booth during the first round of the regional elections in Henin-Beaumont, France. Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
  • Indonesian firefighters move the wreckage of a minibus after it collided with a train in Jakarta. A collision between a commuter train and a minibus on a level crossing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on December 6 killed at least 14 people and injured several others, an official said. Adek Berry / AFP Photo
    Indonesian firefighters move the wreckage of a minibus after it collided with a train in Jakarta. A collision between a commuter train and a minibus on a level crossing in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on December 6 killed at least 14 people and injured several others, an official said. Adek Berry / AFP Photo
  • Callum Booth #30 of the Quebec Remparts makes a save against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada during their CHL hockey game at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Mathieu Belanger / Getty Images / AFP
    Callum Booth #30 of the Quebec Remparts makes a save against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada during their CHL hockey game at the Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Mathieu Belanger / Getty Images / AFP

World in focus — best photos for December 6, 2015


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