World in focus - best photos for November 17, 2020

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

Riot police stand in formation as pro-democracy protesters throw smoke bombs near the Parliament in Bangkok. Thailand's political battleground shifted to the country's Parliament on Tuesday, where lawmakers are considering proposals to amend the country's constitution - one of the core demands of the student-led pro-democracy movement. AP Photo

People rest in hammocks at a school being used as a temporary shelter as Hurricane Iota approaches Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. REUTERS

A resident carries relief goods in his village damaged by Typhoon Vamco in Marikina, Philippines. The typhoon left dozens of people dead as it swelled rivers and flooded low-lying areas while it passed over the capital, Manila, and storm-battered northeast Philippines. AP Photo

An El Paso County Sheriff's Officer tries to stop photographs from being taken as bodies are moved to refrigerated trailers - deployed during a surge of coronavirus deaths - outside the County of El Paso Medical Examiners Office in El Paso, Texas, US. REUTERS

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS

A figurine of Santa Klaus is displayed on a fake coffin as shop owners rally to call for the reopening of their stores which were closed as part of measures taken by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Lyon, France. AFP

Migrants wearing disposable masks wait to be evacuated by Gendarmerie forces at a makeshift camp set below the A1 highway in Saint-Denis, a suburb in the north of Paris, France. AFP

Teddy bears are seen on a chain-link cage to represent children separated from their families by US immigration policies, during a protest exhibit near the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Over 600 teddy bears were placed on the exhibit by volunteers and staff with Families Belong Together and the Franciscan Action Network (FAN). AFP

Sakura Koiwai of Japan putts at the practice green prior to the final round of the Ito-En Ladies Golf Tournament at the Great Island Club in Chonan, Chiba, Japan. Getty Images

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