• The Lakers' Lance Stephenson tries to grab the ball during an NBA match in Brooklyn, New York. EPA
    The Lakers' Lance Stephenson tries to grab the ball during an NBA match in Brooklyn, New York. EPA
  • Kashmiri Muslims pray as a priest displays a relic at the shrine ceremony of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Geelani in Srinagar. AFP
    Kashmiri Muslims pray as a priest displays a relic at the shrine ceremony of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Geelani in Srinagar. AFP
  • Supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party shout slogans during a protest against what they call 'disinformation' by India's main opposition Congress party on a deal to buy Rafale fighter planes from a French company, in Chandigarh, India. Reuters
    Supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party shout slogans during a protest against what they call 'disinformation' by India's main opposition Congress party on a deal to buy Rafale fighter planes from a French company, in Chandigarh, India. Reuters
  • Children cheer around men dressed as Santa Claus during Christmas celebrations inside their school in Agartala, India. Reuters
    Children cheer around men dressed as Santa Claus during Christmas celebrations inside their school in Agartala, India. Reuters
  • Members of Honduran migrant family Aguilar Duarte, who traveled with the Central American migrants caravan to the Mexico-US border, pose for a picture with a Christmas tree inside their tent at a temporary shelter in downtown Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. AFP
    Members of Honduran migrant family Aguilar Duarte, who traveled with the Central American migrants caravan to the Mexico-US border, pose for a picture with a Christmas tree inside their tent at a temporary shelter in downtown Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. AFP
  • General view of Educandos neighbourhood the day after a massive fire ravaged the area, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. AFP
    General view of Educandos neighbourhood the day after a massive fire ravaged the area, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. AFP
  • North Koreans wait for trolley bus at a bus stop in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea. AP Photo
    North Koreans wait for trolley bus at a bus stop in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea. AP Photo
  • A mother plays with her baby, as they are heading to a nearby bus stop early cold morning in Karachi, Pakistan. Reuters
    A mother plays with her baby, as they are heading to a nearby bus stop early cold morning in Karachi, Pakistan. Reuters
  • Women sit in a store selling Christmas products at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
    Women sit in a store selling Christmas products at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
  • Workers carving a dragon sculpture from snow and ice in preparation for the winter tourism season in Mohe in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. AFP
    Workers carving a dragon sculpture from snow and ice in preparation for the winter tourism season in Mohe in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. AFP

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World in focus - the best photos for December 19, 2018

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