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World in focus - best photos for November 11, 2020

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

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Published: November 11, 2020 02:46 PM

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Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab made the threat during a televised speech on Saturday evening. EPA

Lebanese PM refuses to carry out official duties

Lebanon
Brig Gen Turki Al Malki, spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, said the coalition continued to thwart airborne attacks. AFP

Saudi Arabia intercepts 10 armed drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels

Saudi Arabia
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stands next to Queen Elizabeth II, at a military flypast in 2018. Getty Images

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Lise Grande, former UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen at the 2018 UAE Security Forum 2018 in NYU Abu Dhabi. The National 

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Police released this image and footage of shoppers tightly packed in lines in the unidentified discount store. Courtesy: Ajman Police

UAE department store closed as flash sale draws in crowds of shoppers

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The Ras Ghanada coral reef off the coast of Abu Dhabi. NYU Abu Dhabi

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Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed , Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, witness Hope's orbit insertion at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. Rashid Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs 

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A rally against Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations in New York's Times Square, February 19, 2017. AP Photo

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Healthcare workers attend to a Covid-19 patient in the new emergency-care tent at Saint Georges Hospital in Beirut. EPA

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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington. AFP

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Sexual harassment in Egypt was the inspiration for photographer Eman Helal’s essay ‘Just Stop’. Courtesy Eman Helal

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A syringe and a vial containing the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. AFP

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An Iraqi demonstrator walks among smoke from burning tires during ongoing anti-government protests in Kerbala. Reuters

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend a military parade in Baku on December 10, 2020 to mark Azerbaijan's victory in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Turkish Presidential Press Service / AFP

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Damaged buildings in Mosul are surrounded by mounds of rubble three years after Iraqi forces liberated the city from ISIS. AP Photo

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