• Carnival revellers celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne. In many parts of Germany, at 11:11am on November 11, people mark the official start of carnival, a season of controlled raucous fun that reaches a climax during the days before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
    Carnival revellers celebrate the start of the carnival season in Cologne. In many parts of Germany, at 11:11am on November 11, people mark the official start of carnival, a season of controlled raucous fun that reaches a climax during the days before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
  • Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith watches the puck fly in front of him during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill / AP
    Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith watches the puck fly in front of him during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Los Angeles Kings, in Los Angeles. Mark J. Terrill / AP
  • Indonesian firemen ride on the back of an elephant as they patrol an area affected by forest fire in Siak, Riau province, Indonesia. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants to carry water pumps and other equipments to help patrol burned areas in the national forest to ensure that fires don’t reappear after smoldering beneath the peat lands. Rony Muharrman / AP
    Indonesian firemen ride on the back of an elephant as they patrol an area affected by forest fire in Siak, Riau province, Indonesia. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants to carry water pumps and other equipments to help patrol burned areas in the national forest to ensure that fires don’t reappear after smoldering beneath the peat lands. Rony Muharrman / AP
  • A person takes pictures in smog at the square in front of a church in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Reuters / Stringer
    A person takes pictures in smog at the square in front of a church in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Reuters / Stringer
  • Jamie Donaldson of Wales horses around as his caddie Guy Tilston looks on during the Pro Am event prior to the start of the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Andrew Redington / Getty Images
    Jamie Donaldson of Wales horses around as his caddie Guy Tilston looks on during the Pro Am event prior to the start of the BMW Masters at Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, China. Andrew Redington / Getty Images
  • A real-scale head of Godzilla is seen at the balcony of a commercial in Tokyo’s Kabukicho shopping and amusement district, Japan. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    A real-scale head of Godzilla is seen at the balcony of a commercial in Tokyo’s Kabukicho shopping and amusement district, Japan. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • An alarm clock is seen on a table as a man sleeps at a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant in Hong Kong. A large number of homeless people sleeping on the street has long been been a problem in Hong Kong mainly due to its high rents and soaring property prices. In recent years, the opening of McDonald’s 24-hour fast food restaurants all over the city have become popular alternatives for homeless people known as McRefugees or McSleepers to spend the night in a safer and more comfortable way than on the street. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
    An alarm clock is seen on a table as a man sleeps at a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant in Hong Kong. A large number of homeless people sleeping on the street has long been been a problem in Hong Kong mainly due to its high rents and soaring property prices. In recent years, the opening of McDonald’s 24-hour fast food restaurants all over the city have become popular alternatives for homeless people known as McRefugees or McSleepers to spend the night in a safer and more comfortable way than on the street. Tyrone Siu / Reuters
  • Indian widows hold lit diyas - oil lamps - during Diwali celebrations at Kesi Ghat on the banks of the Yamuna river in Vrindavan. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory of good over evil and the triumphant return of Lord Ram to the city Ayodha after vanquishing Ravana in the kingdom of Lanka. Anna Zieminski / AFP
    Indian widows hold lit diyas - oil lamps - during Diwali celebrations at Kesi Ghat on the banks of the Yamuna river in Vrindavan. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the victory of good over evil and the triumphant return of Lord Ram to the city Ayodha after vanquishing Ravana in the kingdom of Lanka. Anna Zieminski / AFP
  • A man walks underneath autumn colors at a business district in Tokyo. Shuji Kajiyama / AP
    A man walks underneath autumn colors at a business district in Tokyo. Shuji Kajiyama / AP
  • A close-up view of a cow as Nepalese devotees worship it by offering fruits, vegetables and ‘Tika’ red color during the ‘Gai Puja’ cow worship day as part of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Tihar festival is the second most important event for Nepalese Hindus. During the celebrations people worship cows, considered the incarnation of Lord Laxmi, the god of wealth. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
    A close-up view of a cow as Nepalese devotees worship it by offering fruits, vegetables and ‘Tika’ red color during the ‘Gai Puja’ cow worship day as part of the Tihar festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Tihar festival is the second most important event for Nepalese Hindus. During the celebrations people worship cows, considered the incarnation of Lord Laxmi, the god of wealth. Narendra Shrestha / EPA
  • Cologne’s French forward Anthony Modeste wears carnival fashion as he attends a training session of his club in Cologne, western Germany, during the launch of the carnival season. Rolf Vennenbernd / AFP / DPA
    Cologne’s French forward Anthony Modeste wears carnival fashion as he attends a training session of his club in Cologne, western Germany, during the launch of the carnival season. Rolf Vennenbernd / AFP / DPA
  • People look out to the Mediterranean Sea from a rocky coastal area in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP
    People look out to the Mediterranean Sea from a rocky coastal area in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP
  • The Fuego volcano, seen from San Juan Alotenango municipality, Sacatepequez department, about 65km southwest of Guatemala City, erupts. Emergency service officials in Guatemala on Tuesday issued an orange alert over increasing eruptions from the country’s southeastern Fuego volcano and ordered the evacuation of a nearby hotel. Johan Ordonez / AFP
    The Fuego volcano, seen from San Juan Alotenango municipality, Sacatepequez department, about 65km southwest of Guatemala City, erupts. Emergency service officials in Guatemala on Tuesday issued an orange alert over increasing eruptions from the country’s southeastern Fuego volcano and ordered the evacuation of a nearby hotel. Johan Ordonez / AFP
  • Military vehicles move down a deserted street in Silvan, southeastern Turkey, during a curfew following clashes between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants. Turkish warplanes bombed targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq on on November 3 and 4. Ilyas Akengin / AFP
    Military vehicles move down a deserted street in Silvan, southeastern Turkey, during a curfew following clashes between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants. Turkish warplanes bombed targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq on on November 3 and 4. Ilyas Akengin / AFP

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World in focus — best photos for November 11, 2015

Brian Kerrigan

November 11, 2015

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A look at the best photos from around the world.

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