World in focus — best photos for June 17, 2016

A police officer directs traffic in central Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein / AP Photo

Labour MPs, left to right, Lucy Powell, Paula Sheriff, Jeff Smith, and former Labour Party councillor Karen Rowling, read tributes near the scene of the murder of Labour Member of Parliament Jo Cox in Birstal near Leeds, Britain. Craig Brough / Reuters

US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates a breakdancer during a tour of GAME, an organisation that promotes youth sports, in Copenhagen. Evan Vucci / Reuters

Young Palestinian men climb through a barbed wire fence near Bethlehem, in an attempt to enter Jerusalem to attend the second Friday Ramadan prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque. Abed Al Hashlamoun / EPA

French president Francois Hollande awards posthumously the Legion d’Honneur at a ceremony in Versailles, near Paris, for one of the police officers killed by an alleged ISIL attack. Dominique Faget / AP Photo

Afghan riot police clash with protesters during a demonstration against Taliban militants and the kidnapping of civilians in a northern province, near Zanbaq Square in Kabul. / Wakil Kohsar / AFP Photo

Indian Muslims perform ablution before prayers on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo

People look on as fires break out in Cefal near Palermo, southern Italy. Guglielmo Mangiapane / Reuters

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car at the Baku City Circuit during the first practice session for the European Formula One Grand Prix. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP Photo

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