• Mahiro Takano, a three-time Japan karate champion in her age group, practices in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo. The nine-year-old stars in singer Sia’s latest music video “Alive,” which will be on the singer’s upcoming album. Mahiro’s kicks, turns and punches in the air are part of “kata” forms that are like choreography in the Japanese defensive martial art of karate. Kata competition is separate from the sport’s combat matches. Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press
    Mahiro Takano, a three-time Japan karate champion in her age group, practices in Nagaoka, Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo. The nine-year-old stars in singer Sia’s latest music video “Alive,” which will be on the singer’s upcoming album. Mahiro’s kicks, turns and punches in the air are part of “kata” forms that are like choreography in the Japanese defensive martial art of karate. Kata competition is separate from the sport’s combat matches. Eugene Hoshiko / Associated Press
  • Migrants and refugees walk up to the hill on November 19, 2015, on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. European leaders tried to focus on joint action with Africa to tackle the migration crisis, as Slovenia became the latest EU member to abarricade its border. Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse
    Migrants and refugees walk up to the hill on November 19, 2015, on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. European leaders tried to focus on joint action with Africa to tackle the migration crisis, as Slovenia became the latest EU member to abarricade its border. Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse
  • A Bangladeshi woman walks past movie posters on November 19, 2015, during a nationwide strike called by the Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The country’s supreme court on Wednesday upheld death sentences for two influential opposition leaders, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid of Jamaat-e-Islami, who were convicted of war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Mujahid’s party called for a nationwide strike to protest the court’s decision. Associated Press
    A Bangladeshi woman walks past movie posters on November 19, 2015, during a nationwide strike called by the Jamaat-e-Islami in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The country’s supreme court on Wednesday upheld death sentences for two influential opposition leaders, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid of Jamaat-e-Islami, who were convicted of war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Mujahid’s party called for a nationwide strike to protest the court’s decision. Associated Press
  • Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his second shot on the first hole on November 19, 2015, during the first round of the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Andrew Redington / Getty Images
    Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his second shot on the first hole on November 19, 2015, during the first round of the DP World Tour Championship on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Andrew Redington / Getty Images
  • Camels stand in a field at sunrise on November 19, 2015, at the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. Pushkar is a popular Hindu pilgrimage spot that is also frequented by foreign tourists who come to the town for its the fair. Deepak Sharma / Associated Press
    Camels stand in a field at sunrise on November 19, 2015, at the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. Pushkar is a popular Hindu pilgrimage spot that is also frequented by foreign tourists who come to the town for its the fair. Deepak Sharma / Associated Press
  • A Syrian family cheers on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey with other refugees and migrants on November 19, 2015. Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse
    A Syrian family cheers on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey with other refugees and migrants on November 19, 2015. Bulent Kilic / Agence France-Presse
  • A farmer waves a Greek flag in front of riot police standing guard in front of the parliament on November 18, 2015, during an anti-government protest at central Syntagma square in Athens. Greek farmers protesting over planned tax and pension reforms demanded by the country’s bailout creditors have clashed outside parliament with police, who used tear gas to disperse them. Yorgos Karahalis / Associated Press
    A farmer waves a Greek flag in front of riot police standing guard in front of the parliament on November 18, 2015, during an anti-government protest at central Syntagma square in Athens. Greek farmers protesting over planned tax and pension reforms demanded by the country’s bailout creditors have clashed outside parliament with police, who used tear gas to disperse them. Yorgos Karahalis / Associated Press

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World in focus — best photos for November 19, 2015

Mark Asquith

November 19, 2015

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