• Thousands of Scots dressed in Santa suits make their way through the streets of Glasgow to raise money for charity. Getty Images
    Thousands of Scots dressed in Santa suits make their way through the streets of Glasgow to raise money for charity. Getty Images
  • A participant's feet show after jumping into cold water, wearing a Dirndl dress, of the Grundlseer Traun river in Bad Aussee, Austria. EPA
    A participant's feet show after jumping into cold water, wearing a Dirndl dress, of the Grundlseer Traun river in Bad Aussee, Austria. EPA
  • Swimmers await the judge's ruling at the end of the Men's 4 x 50m Medley Final at the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. EPA
    Swimmers await the judge's ruling at the end of the Men's 4 x 50m Medley Final at the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. EPA
  • Members of the US Air Force carry the body of Ensign Joshua Caleb Watson, of Coffee, Alabama, during the transfer of three soldiers killed in a mass shooting at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. EPA
    Members of the US Air Force carry the body of Ensign Joshua Caleb Watson, of Coffee, Alabama, during the transfer of three soldiers killed in a mass shooting at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. EPA
  • Activists hold portraits of President Emmanuel Macron upside down to urge France to take action during the UN COP 25 climate talks in Madrid, during a gathering at Place du Trocadero facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AP Photo
    Activists hold portraits of President Emmanuel Macron upside down to urge France to take action during the UN COP 25 climate talks in Madrid, during a gathering at Place du Trocadero facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AP Photo
  • A dog presses its nose against a window while watching passers by in Bucharest, Romania. AP Photo
    A dog presses its nose against a window while watching passers by in Bucharest, Romania. AP Photo
  • People attend a Human Rights Day march in the district of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. Reuters
    People attend a Human Rights Day march in the district of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. Reuters
  • Ribbon wands are thrown in the air over the ice rink as figure skaters celebrate at the end of the exhibition gala of the ISU Grand Prix of figure skating final in Turin. AFP
    Ribbon wands are thrown in the air over the ice rink as figure skaters celebrate at the end of the exhibition gala of the ISU Grand Prix of figure skating final in Turin. AFP
  • Borge Ousland of Norway and South African-born Swiss Mike Horn arrive at the Lance icebreaker boat after successfully crossing the frozen Arctic Ocean on skis. AFP
    Borge Ousland of Norway and South African-born Swiss Mike Horn arrive at the Lance icebreaker boat after successfully crossing the frozen Arctic Ocean on skis. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for December 9, 2019

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

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