World in focus - best photos for November 18, 2020

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

Police officers carry a demonstrator away from a protest against the extension of the A49 motorway, in a forest near Stadtallendorf, Germany. Reuters

US President-elect Joe Biden removes his face mask to speak about the economy after attending a briefing in Wilmington, Delaware, US. Reuters

Women hold their children at a school turned into a makeshift shelter as Storm Iota approaches, in Choluteca, Honduras. Reuters

Members of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) flee tear gas and a water cannon during clashes with riot police in Athens, Greece. The Greek government banned the annual march to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student revolt against the then military junta due to the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters

Royalists hold national flags while travelling towards a rally in front of parliament to protest the proposed motion to amend the constitution on articles related to the monarchy, in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters

A member of Ethiopia's Amhara region militia poses in the town of Musebamb, 44 kilometres northwest from Gondar, as Ethiopian lawmakers vote to replace the current government of the nearby federal state of Tigray, after the army launched air strikes to destroy military assets in the region in a worsening internal conflict. Ethiopia's military announced this week it had "entered into a war" with the northern region of Tigray, leading to fears of a protracted conflict in Africa's second most populous nation. AFP

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece celebrates his win over Russia's Andrey Rublev during a Nitto ATP finals tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, Britain. EPA

Boys play cricket near the banks of the Brahmaputra river as the sun goes down in Guwahati, Assam, India. EPA

Purple lights illuminate the Frank Gehry-designed Dancing House to mark World Prematurity Day in Prague, Czech Republic. World Prematurity Day is observed annually on 17 November since 2011 to raise awareness of the consequences and health risks related to preterm child delivery. EPA

Anita Iacovelli (left) and her friend Lisa Rogliatti, both aged 12, sit in front of the Italo Calvino school in Turin as they protest against no school from the seventh grade up because of government restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Italy has shut some schools, bars, restaurants and shops in the worst-affected areas and introduced a 10pm-5am nationwide curfew, but has so far swerved a second shutdown, with fast antigen tests becoming a crucial part of its efforts. AFP

A man gestures in front of anti-riot police during a protest involving hundreds of football hooligans and far-right voters of Kotleba's LSNS party against the government's measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, at the Government Office in Bratislava. AFP

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