• US veterans join activists in a march against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Lucas Jackson / Reuters
    US veterans join activists in a march against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. Lucas Jackson / Reuters
  • A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds fish at Tokyo’s Sunshine International Aquarium. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
    A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds fish at Tokyo’s Sunshine International Aquarium. Shizuo Kambayashi / AP Photo
  • Displaced Iraqi children, who fled Mosul from ISIL, play football at the Khazer camp. Alaa Al Marjani / Reuters
    Displaced Iraqi children, who fled Mosul from ISIL, play football at the Khazer camp. Alaa Al Marjani / Reuters
  • Movie director Zhang Yimou, centre, and actors react on stage as they watch a screen showing the monster from the movie “The Great Wall”. Andy Wong / AP Photo
    Movie director Zhang Yimou, centre, and actors react on stage as they watch a screen showing the monster from the movie “The Great Wall”. Andy Wong / AP Photo
  • Middlesbrough’s Victor Valdes exhales during his team’s 1-0 against Hull City. Scott Heppell / Reuters
    Middlesbrough’s Victor Valdes exhales during his team’s 1-0 against Hull City. Scott Heppell / Reuters
  • Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak celebrates his game-winning goal against the Florida Panthers. Charles Krupa / AP Photo
    Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak celebrates his game-winning goal against the Florida Panthers. Charles Krupa / AP Photo
  • People take part in an ancient Swiss parade called 'Klausjagen' in Kuessnacht, Switzerland. Originally from a pagan rite to expel the winter spirits with noisy instruments, the custom was later intermixed with Christmas traditions. Alexandra Wey / EPA
    People take part in an ancient Swiss parade called 'Klausjagen' in Kuessnacht, Switzerland. Originally from a pagan rite to expel the winter spirits with noisy instruments, the custom was later intermixed with Christmas traditions. Alexandra Wey / EPA
  • Taiwanese protesters scuffle with police officers outside Taipei’s parliament building. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA
    Taiwanese protesters scuffle with police officers outside Taipei’s parliament building. Ritchie B Tongo / EPA

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World in focus — best photos for December 6, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

December 06, 2016

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

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