World in focus – best photos for November 17, 2016

A woman walks her dog in the rain through Calderstones Park in Liverpool, northern England. Phil Noble / Reuters

An Indian woman displays her 2,000 rupee notes as she has her finger inked with indelible ink after exchanging withdrawn 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes at a bank in Chennai. India is to use indelible ink to prevent people from exchanging old notes more than once, the government said, a week after the withdrawal of high-value banknotes from circulation in a crackdown on “black money”. AFP

A boy plays with sand as his mother works in a nearby restaurant on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters

A woman looks at the boat ice sculpture at the launch of Hyde Park Winter Wonderland’s Magical Ice Kingdom in London. Frank Augstein / AP Photo

A woman walks past a monument to Maya Plisetskaya, one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century who died last year at age 89, ahead of an unveiling ceremony in central Moscow. AFP

Mosul resident Hassan suffering from shrapnel wounds to his upper body cries out for his son, 18-month-old Jassem being treated for head injuries at an Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division open air field clinic in the Samah neighbourhood of Mosul. AFP

The restored Muenster Mummy is on display in the Museum of Archeology at the University of Muenster, Germany. The mummy has been dated back to 950 BCE. It was previously not displayed due to its poor condition. EPA

A visitor takes photographs inside the Universal Journey during a media preview of Santa’s All-Star Christmas at Universal Studios Singapore in Resorts World Sentosa. Singapore’s Universal Studio broke the Guinness World Record for having the largest indoor display of lightbulbs with 824,961 bulbs in a festive light display separated into eight thematic zones. AFP

Pakistani students of the private PakTurk International Schools and Colleges hold placards during a protest in Islamabad against the Pakistani government’s ordered deportation of 130 teachers. Pakistan has ordered the deportation of 130 teachers affiliated with the alleged mastermind of an attempted coup in Turkey, officials said, as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the South Asian country. AFP

A look at the best photos from around the world.