World in focus - best photos for December 3, 2020

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

Amrik Singh Mikka, 78, sits for a photograph on the back of his tractor trailer parked on a road during a protest against new farm bills at the Delhi-Haryana state border, India. AP Photo

A father hugs her daughter before she takes the annual college entrance examinations in Seoul, South Korea. Reuters

Fishermen prepare to go out in sea in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. AFP

Rescue workers stand next to a lava flow area following the eruption of Mount Semeru volcano in Lumajang, East Java province. AFP

New Zealand's Tom Latham bats during the first day of the first Test cricket match between New Zealand and West Indies at Seddon Park in Hamilton. AFP

Players from Garuda Indonesia Amputee Football (Garuda INAF) rest after playing football in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters

A lightning strikes above the Beira Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Reuters

A figure dressed in a sequined Los Angeles Dodgers uniform, resembling one worn by Elton John during a concert, is suspended next to a piano during the Dodgers Holiday Festival in Los Angeles. The Orange County Register via AP

A dancer attends a ballet class at the Corella Dance Academy in Barcelona. AFP

The waning moon sets behind the Lady of Wisdom at the top of the State House dome in Augusta, Maine. AP Photo

Ethiopian refugees rest in the shadow of a warehouse erected by the World Food Programme at Village Eight transit centre near the Ethiopian border in Gedaref, eastern Sudan. AFP

A bird's-eye view of the cable-stayed bridge on the "Martwa Wisla" river in Gdansk, Poland. EPA

Steam rises from chimneys of a thermal power station as a plane flies above the smog-shrouded city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Reuters

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