World in focus - best photos for December 7, 2018

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Hawaii's pro surfer Kalani Chapman wipes out while surfing Banzai Pipeline ahead of the Billabong Pipe Masters on the north shore of Oahu in Hawaii. AFP

A winter swimmer in a frozen river at a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. Reuters

A woman looks at the artwork 'Love is in the Air, Flower Thrower', by British artist Banksy, as she visits the 'unauthorised' exhibition 'Banksy, genious or vandal?' during its opening in Madrid, Spain. EPA

Scuba divers dressed as Santa Claus decorate a Christmas tree with seashells in a fish tank of the Tropicarium in Budapest, Hungary. EPA

A woman collects plastic bottles while pigs feed at a landfill site in front of the country's biggest thermal power station near the city of Bitola, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. EPA

A general view of St. Martin's church is seen prior to former President George HW Bush's funeral in Houston, Texas, USA. EPA

Fans of Colombia's Junior burn a flare in the stands prior a Copa Sudamericana first leg final match against Brazil's Atletico Paranaense at Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla. AP

A heating plant is seen in Minsk, Belarus, partially covered by fog. AP

Martin Fourcade of France competes to win the Men's 20 km Individual competition in Pokljuka, in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia. AFP

Russian artist Ilya Filimontsev sculpts sand to construct a nativity scene at Piazza San Pietro in The Vatican. AFP

A van with a mural of former Ivorian President Felix Houphouet-Boigny painted on its back pass in a street in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. AFP

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