World in focus - best photos for November 8, 2017

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

Firefighters battle in thick smoke to put out a fire encroaching the suburb of Scarborough in Cape Town, South Africa. Nic Bothma / EPA

Nov 08, 2017

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