World in focus - best photos for December 5, 2020

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

A police officer lies on the ground after collapsing during a police Attestation Parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia. EPA

Nativity scenes are on display as part of the 78th Krakow Nativity Scenes (Szopka Krakowska) Competition at the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow, Poland. This year, there will be no traditional presentation at the city's Main Square, and the nativity scene makers had to deliver their works directly to the museum. EPA

Afghan vendors sort out oranges for sale at a wholesale market in the Bati kot district in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The orange fruit floods markets across Afghanistan due to a bumper crop in the winter season. Oranges are rich in vitamin C, which may reduce the severity of the common cold. EPA

People walk through a Christmas-themed tunnel lit up with decorations outside a shopping mall in Bangkok. AFP

Snowy mountains and trees at Super Bagneres ski station near Bagneres-de-Luchon in southern France. The French government decided to keep the ski lifts closed during the Christmas holidays as part of a preventive measures taken to curb the spread of coronavirus. AFP

A boy carries a fish at a fish market in Prayagraj, India. AP Photo

German Soul and R&B singer Joy Denalane performs during 13th German Sustainability Award (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis) at Maritim Hotel in Duesseldorf, Germany. The German Sustainability Award was established in 2008 to encourage the acceptance of social and ecological responsibility and to identify role models in this area. Getty Images

An 18-metre-high nativity scene in Alicante has set a Guinness world record for 'the largest nativity scene figurines'. Alicante smashed Mexico's previous 5-meter-high nativity record with three monumental sculptures of Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus. AFP

An Indonesian woman carries a stray cat which was rescued from an area affected by floods in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Torrential rains in the country's third-largest city swelled rivers and flooded thousands of homes, leaving a number of people killed and missing. AP Photo

The sun sets behind the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament in central London as talks continue on a trade deal between the EU and the UK. With just a month until Britain's post-Brexit future begins and trade talks with the European Union still deadlocked, the UK government on Tuesday urged firms to prepare as it scrambles to finish essential infrastructure. AFP

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