• Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (No 13) stops a drive by Brooklyn Nets’ Jarrett Jack (No 2) during an NBA basketball game on November 28, 2015, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 90-88. Tony Dejak / Associated Press
    Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (No 13) stops a drive by Brooklyn Nets’ Jarrett Jack (No 2) during an NBA basketball game on November 28, 2015, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 90-88. Tony Dejak / Associated Press
  • A man attends a commemoration ceremony on November 28, 2015, at a monument for Holodomor victims marking the 82nd anniversary of the famine of 1932-33 in which millions died of hunger in Kiev, Ukraine. Gleb Garanich / Reuters
    A man attends a commemoration ceremony on November 28, 2015, at a monument for Holodomor victims marking the 82nd anniversary of the famine of 1932-33 in which millions died of hunger in Kiev, Ukraine. Gleb Garanich / Reuters
  • Kansas State wide receiver Kody Cook (No 19) catches a pass while being covered by Kansas safety Bazie Bates IV (No 24) on November 28, 2015, during an NCAA college football game in Lawrence, Kan. Orlin Wagner / Associated Press
    Kansas State wide receiver Kody Cook (No 19) catches a pass while being covered by Kansas safety Bazie Bates IV (No 24) on November 28, 2015, during an NCAA college football game in Lawrence, Kan. Orlin Wagner / Associated Press
  • Mississippi’s Sebastian Saiz tries to pass the ball to a teammate after Bradley’s Antoine Pittman, left, and Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye fell to the floor in pursuit of a loose ball during an NCAA college basketball game in Peoria, Illinois, on November 28, 2015. Mississippi won 67-54. Ron Johnson / Journal Star via AP
    Mississippi’s Sebastian Saiz tries to pass the ball to a teammate after Bradley’s Antoine Pittman, left, and Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye fell to the floor in pursuit of a loose ball during an NCAA college basketball game in Peoria, Illinois, on November 28, 2015. Mississippi won 67-54. Ron Johnson / Journal Star via AP
  • An Indian youth plays cricket in the Maidan area of Kolkata on November 29, 2015. Dibyangshu Sarkar / Agence France-Presse
    An Indian youth plays cricket in the Maidan area of Kolkata on November 29, 2015. Dibyangshu Sarkar / Agence France-Presse
  • The airplane carrying Pope Francis lands in Bangui, Central African Republic, on November 29, 2015. This is the pope’s final stop in Africa, and where he will seek to heal a country wracked by conflict between Muslims and Christians. Jerome Delay / Associated Press
    The airplane carrying Pope Francis lands in Bangui, Central African Republic, on November 29, 2015. This is the pope’s final stop in Africa, and where he will seek to heal a country wracked by conflict between Muslims and Christians. Jerome Delay / Associated Press
  • A Kurdish militant fires fireworks at Turkish riot police on November 28, 2015, during a demonstration in the Gazi district of Istanbul, after a top Kurdish lawyer was killed in the mainly Kurdish province of Diyarbakir. The lawyer and 40 other activists were holding a press conference near a mosque in the city’s Sur district when unknown attackers opened fire on the gathering, triggering a shoot-out with police, witnesses said. Cagdas Erdogan / Agence France-Presse
    A Kurdish militant fires fireworks at Turkish riot police on November 28, 2015, during a demonstration in the Gazi district of Istanbul, after a top Kurdish lawyer was killed in the mainly Kurdish province of Diyarbakir. The lawyer and 40 other activists were holding a press conference near a mosque in the city’s Sur district when unknown attackers opened fire on the gathering, triggering a shoot-out with police, witnesses said. Cagdas Erdogan / Agence France-Presse
  • About 1,500 motocross racers took to the sands of The Hague beach in the Netherlands, on November 28, 2015, in hopes of qualifying for the Red Bull Knock Out final. The event is the largest and toughest motocross beach race in the world. Amateur and pro motocross riders not only compete against each other, but also battle the sea and sand. Remko De Waal / EPA
    About 1,500 motocross racers took to the sands of The Hague beach in the Netherlands, on November 28, 2015, in hopes of qualifying for the Red Bull Knock Out final. The event is the largest and toughest motocross beach race in the world. Amateur and pro motocross riders not only compete against each other, but also battle the sea and sand. Remko De Waal / EPA
  • The shadows of photographers taking photos of blood stains on November 29, 2015, at Damascus Gate, a main entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, where a Palestinian man stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli border policeman before being killed by Israeli officers. The attack brought to 99 the number of Palestinians killed in a wave of unrest since October 1. Over half of them have been alleged perpetrators of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks aimed at Israeli civilians and security forces. Ahmad Gharabli / Agence France-Presse
    The shadows of photographers taking photos of blood stains on November 29, 2015, at Damascus Gate, a main entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City, where a Palestinian man stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli border policeman before being killed by Israeli officers. The attack brought to 99 the number of Palestinians killed in a wave of unrest since October 1. Over half of them have been alleged perpetrators of stabbing, shooting and car-ramming attacks aimed at Israeli civilians and security forces. Ahmad Gharabli / Agence France-Presse

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World in focus — best photos for November 29, 2015

Rob Gurdebeke

November 29, 2015

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