• Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the number 5 Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H Ferrari 059/5 turbo on track during the final practice for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. Mark Thompson / Getty Images
    Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the number 5 Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H Ferrari 059/5 turbo on track during the final practice for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. Mark Thompson / Getty Images
  • An Iraqi shepherd watches over his flock of sheep, their fleece blackened by smoke from burning oil wells set ablaze by ISIL before retreating towards Mosul, as they graze near the town of Qayyarah. AFP
    An Iraqi shepherd watches over his flock of sheep, their fleece blackened by smoke from burning oil wells set ablaze by ISIL before retreating towards Mosul, as they graze near the town of Qayyarah. AFP
  • A student dressed up as Father Christmas takes a selfie as he waits for the start of a Father Christmas workshop organised by Studenwerk Berlin, a student organisation in Berlin. Students, after completing the workshop, are bookable for a fee over the holiday season. AFP
    A student dressed up as Father Christmas takes a selfie as he waits for the start of a Father Christmas workshop organised by Studenwerk Berlin, a student organisation in Berlin. Students, after completing the workshop, are bookable for a fee over the holiday season. AFP
  • Shoppers with their arms full walk to their cars during the Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Culver City, California. AFP
    Shoppers with their arms full walk to their cars during the Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Culver City, California. AFP
  • Afghan children fly kites during a kite festival at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul. The event was held to promote environmental awareness. AFP
    Afghan children fly kites during a kite festival at the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul. The event was held to promote environmental awareness. AFP
  • Two men stand on a balcony of a house as they look at the floods due to heavy rains in Moncalieri, near Turin. Flooding caused by torrential rain in northern Italy was feared to have claimed at least one victim after a man was swept away by a swollen river near Turin. Several hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes and many roads, schools and businesses were closed across the northwestern regions of Piedmont and Liguria as the River Po and its tributaries burst their banks in numerous places. AFP
    Two men stand on a balcony of a house as they look at the floods due to heavy rains in Moncalieri, near Turin. Flooding caused by torrential rain in northern Italy was feared to have claimed at least one victim after a man was swept away by a swollen river near Turin. Several hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes and many roads, schools and businesses were closed across the northwestern regions of Piedmont and Liguria as the River Po and its tributaries burst their banks in numerous places. AFP
  • South Koreans shout slogans as they carry placards reading Park Geun-Hye Out during a rally against South Korean president Park Geun-Hye on a main street in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
    South Koreans shout slogans as they carry placards reading Park Geun-Hye Out during a rally against South Korean president Park Geun-Hye on a main street in Seoul, South Korea. EPA
  • A participant has her make-up done during a traditional Chinese opera competition at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing, China. Thomas Peter / Reuters
    A participant has her make-up done during a traditional Chinese opera competition at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing, China. Thomas Peter / Reuters
  • Fans outside the stadium before the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Sunderland at Anfield. Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith
    Fans outside the stadium before the English Premier League match between Liverpool and Sunderland at Anfield. Action Images via Reuters / Lee Smith
  • Displaced Iraqi civilians drive back to their village of Tall Abtah, near the city of Mosul after Iraqi forces retook the village from ISIL. AFP
    Displaced Iraqi civilians drive back to their village of Tall Abtah, near the city of Mosul after Iraqi forces retook the village from ISIL. AFP
  • Runners clear the water jump in the Steeple Chase at Newbury Racecourse in England. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
    Runners clear the water jump in the Steeple Chase at Newbury Racecourse in England. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images

World

World in focus – best photos for November 26, 2016

Liz Claus

November 26, 2016

  • English
  • Arabic

Take a look at some of the best photos from around the world on Saturday, November 26.

AfghanistanKuwaitLiverpoolMosul