• Schoolchildren dressed in religious attire and make-up are reflected in the sunglasses of another student on December 27, 2016, as they prepare to perform at their school’s Annual Day function in Amritsar, India. Reminder Pal Singh / EPA
    Schoolchildren dressed in religious attire and make-up are reflected in the sunglasses of another student on December 27, 2016, as they prepare to perform at their school’s Annual Day function in Amritsar, India. Reminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • A man skates on a frozen river in Beijing, China, on December 27, 2016. Wu Hong / EPA/
    A man skates on a frozen river in Beijing, China, on December 27, 2016. Wu Hong / EPA/
  • An employee controls the arms of “METHOD-2”, a walking robot, during a demonstration in Gunpo, South Korea, on December 27, 2016. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
    An employee controls the arms of “METHOD-2”, a walking robot, during a demonstration in Gunpo, South Korea, on December 27, 2016. Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
  • People attend the 15th birthday party celebrations of Rubi Ibarra on December 26, 2016 in Villa Guadalupe, San Luis Potosi State, Mexico. The teen from a small Mexican town welcomed thousands of guests after her parents’ video invitation to the milestone event went viral online. Ronaldo Schemidt / Agence France-Presse
    People attend the 15th birthday party celebrations of Rubi Ibarra on December 26, 2016 in Villa Guadalupe, San Luis Potosi State, Mexico. The teen from a small Mexican town welcomed thousands of guests after her parents’ video invitation to the milestone event went viral online. Ronaldo Schemidt / Agence France-Presse
  • A girl plays on a swing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 27, 2016. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters
    A girl plays on a swing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on December 27, 2016. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters
  • A vendor balances a bowl of wares on her head to sell to passengers, as she walks along coaches of a Mandalay-Lashio transport train near Naung Hkio station in Shan State, Myanmar, on December 26, 2016. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
    A vendor balances a bowl of wares on her head to sell to passengers, as she walks along coaches of a Mandalay-Lashio transport train near Naung Hkio station in Shan State, Myanmar, on December 26, 2016. Lynn Bo Bo / EPA
  • Runners clear a flight of hurdles on December 27, 2016, at a racecourse in Chepstow, Wales. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
    Runners clear a flight of hurdles on December 27, 2016, at a racecourse in Chepstow, Wales. Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images
  • A bird flies over the foggy country in Zlebe, Slovenia on December 26, 2016. Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters
    A bird flies over the foggy country in Zlebe, Slovenia on December 26, 2016. Srdjan Zivulovic / Reuters
  • The sea sprays a woman on December 26, 2016, as she walks on the coast in Hirtshals in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark. Anthon Unger / AP via Polfoto
    The sea sprays a woman on December 26, 2016, as she walks on the coast in Hirtshals in the northern part of Jutland, Denmark. Anthon Unger / AP via Polfoto

World in focus — best photos for December 27, 2016


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A look at the best photos from around the world today.