World in focus - best photos for November 23, 2017

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

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  A demonstrator drags burning tyres during a day-long strike to protest against the killing of Sudip Datta Bhowmik, a local journalist, who according to local media was shot dead by a Tripura State Rifles trooper in Agartala, India. Jayanta Dey / Reuters

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  Bavarian prime minister and head of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer arrives for a fraction meeting at the state parliament in Munich, Germany. Michael Dalder / Reuters

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  A gardener checks poinsettia (Christmas Star) at the greenhouse of The Silva Arauca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening in Prague, Czech Republic. Around 15,000 poinsettia plants, traditional Christmas flowers, will be delivered from the institute to shops in the region where they will be sold as a common floral decoration in the pre-Christmas season. Martin Divisek / EPA

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  A Rohingya refugee woman walks with a child in her lap in Balukhali refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia. An estimated 618,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled mainly Buddhist Myanmar since a military crackdown was launched in Rakhine in August triggered an exodus, straining resources in the impoverished country. Munir Uz Zaman /AFP

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  Employees pose with a 20ft Nordmann Fir tree from Windsor Great Park in St George's Hall which has been decorated for the Christmas period in Windsor Castle, England. Jack Taylor / Getty Images

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  An Indian Sikh devotee bathes in the holy sarovar on the occasion of martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP

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  Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP looks on in the Drivers Press Conference during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. Clive Mason / Getty Images

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  A man fishes from a boat on the Yenisei River outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

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  France's president Emmanuel Macron welcomes Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo, centre left, prior to a meeting, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris. Thibault Camus / AP Photo

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Fans gear up for the Abu Dhabi GP

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  Fans walk through the pit lane during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  Fans walk through the pit lane during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  A fan on the track during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  Fans take part in the pit lane walk during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  Fans walk through pit lane during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  Fans walk through pit lane during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  An F1 fan takes a picture during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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  Fans walk through pit lane during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 23, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National