• An Afghan security guard inspects the damage after clashes between police and Taliban militants at a police station in Kandahar, south of Kabul. Allauddin Khan / AP Photo
    An Afghan security guard inspects the damage after clashes between police and Taliban militants at a police station in Kandahar, south of Kabul. Allauddin Khan / AP Photo
  • Serena Williams of the Philippine Mavericks reacts during her International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) match at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila. Mark R Cristino / EPA
    Serena Williams of the Philippine Mavericks reacts during her International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) match at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila. Mark R Cristino / EPA
  • People walk on a bridge amid heavy smog in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
    People walk on a bridge amid heavy smog in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
  • A hooded demonstrator prepares to hurl a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes that broke after a rally marking the anniversary of the killing of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos by a Greek police officer, in Athens, Greece. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
    A hooded demonstrator prepares to hurl a Molotov cocktail at riot police during clashes that broke after a rally marking the anniversary of the killing of teenager Alexis Grigoropoulos by a Greek police officer, in Athens, Greece. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA
  • A railwayman looks through the wreckage after two trains collided at Janauli in the northern state of Haryana, India. Saurabh Das / AP Photo
    A railwayman looks through the wreckage after two trains collided at Janauli in the northern state of Haryana, India. Saurabh Das / AP Photo
  • A television transmission tower is seen in a huge cloud of fog in Pecs, 196 kms south of Budapest, Hungary. Tamas Soki / MTI via AP
    A television transmission tower is seen in a huge cloud of fog in Pecs, 196 kms south of Budapest, Hungary. Tamas Soki / MTI via AP
  • University students create an image of Marilyn Monroe by clearing snow off a football pitch, in Changchun, China. Reuters
    University students create an image of Marilyn Monroe by clearing snow off a football pitch, in Changchun, China. Reuters
  • Stranded migrants gather at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni. Giannis Papanikos / AP Photo
    Stranded migrants gather at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni. Giannis Papanikos / AP Photo

World in focus — best photos for December 8, 2015


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