• Thousands of snow geese take flight over a farm field at their winter grounds in the Skagit Valley near Conway, Washington. AP Photo
    Thousands of snow geese take flight over a farm field at their winter grounds in the Skagit Valley near Conway, Washington. AP Photo
  • Suega Apelu bathes a child in the lagoon in Funafuti, Tuvalu. The low-lying South Pacific island nation of about 11,000 people has been classified as extremely vulnerable to climate change by the United Nations Development Programme. Getty Images
    Suega Apelu bathes a child in the lagoon in Funafuti, Tuvalu. The low-lying South Pacific island nation of about 11,000 people has been classified as extremely vulnerable to climate change by the United Nations Development Programme. Getty Images
  • Russian fire fighters extinguish a burning warehouse in the southern outskirt of Moscow, Russia. EPA
    Russian fire fighters extinguish a burning warehouse in the southern outskirt of Moscow, Russia. EPA
  • An abandoned elementary school classroom is cluttered with school bags and other belongings left by students as they rushed out after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. AP Photo
    An abandoned elementary school classroom is cluttered with school bags and other belongings left by students as they rushed out after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant, in Futaba, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. AP Photo
  • High school students light up their mobile phones as they sing 'Glory to Hong Kong' during a pro-democracy rally at the Salisbury Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong. AFP
    High school students light up their mobile phones as they sing 'Glory to Hong Kong' during a pro-democracy rally at the Salisbury Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui district of Hong Kong. AFP
  • Australia's batsman Travis Head dives to gain his ground during day two of the first Test cricket match between Australia and New Zealand at the Perth Stadium in Perth. AFP
    Australia's batsman Travis Head dives to gain his ground during day two of the first Test cricket match between Australia and New Zealand at the Perth Stadium in Perth. AFP
  • Singer Taylor Swift's eyes are caught in a photographer's flash as she arrives on the red carpet for the "Billboard Women in Music" event in Los Angeles, California. Reuters
    Singer Taylor Swift's eyes are caught in a photographer's flash as she arrives on the red carpet for the "Billboard Women in Music" event in Los Angeles, California. Reuters
  • Police detain a protester outside Jamia Millia Islamia University during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a bill that seeks to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, in New Delhi, India. Reuters
    Police detain a protester outside Jamia Millia Islamia University during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a bill that seeks to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, in New Delhi, India. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for December 14, 2019

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