• An expo attendee lies inside a casket on display at the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg
    An expo attendee lies inside a casket on display at the Life Ending Industry Expo in Tokyo. Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg
  • A light installation is seen on the facade on the banks of the Saone river to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks in Lyon, France. Robert Pratta / Reuters
    A light installation is seen on the facade on the banks of the Saone river to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks in Lyon, France. Robert Pratta / Reuters
  • Afghanis gather around a fire in Herat, Afghanistan. Jalil Rezayee / EPA
    Afghanis gather around a fire in Herat, Afghanistan. Jalil Rezayee / EPA
  • The Rockettes tumble down in the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”. Timothy A Clary / AFP Photo
    The Rockettes tumble down in the “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”. Timothy A Clary / AFP Photo
  • Cristiano Ronaldo tries a s scissor-kick during Real Madrid CF v Malmo FF at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP Photo
    Cristiano Ronaldo tries a s scissor-kick during Real Madrid CF v Malmo FF at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP Photo
  • An Iranian woman walks along Enghelab-e-Eslami Street in Tehran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
    An Iranian woman walks along Enghelab-e-Eslami Street in Tehran. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Photo
  • A man sits on train tracks as refugees wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni. Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP Photo
    A man sits on train tracks as refugees wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near Idomeni. Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP Photo
  • Germany’s Susann Muller, left, vies with Brazil’s Ana Belo during the 2015 Women’s Handball World Championship Group C match in Kolding, Denmark. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo
    Germany’s Susann Muller, left, vies with Brazil’s Ana Belo during the 2015 Women’s Handball World Championship Group C match in Kolding, Denmark. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP Photo
  • TJ Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals is tripped by Jonathan Ericsson #52 of the Detroit Red Wings in Washington, DC. Patrick Smith / Getty Images / AFP
    TJ Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals is tripped by Jonathan Ericsson #52 of the Detroit Red Wings in Washington, DC. Patrick Smith / Getty Images / AFP

World in focus — best photos for December 9, 2015


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