World in focus - best photos for November 21, 2019

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

Chet Bahadur Thing, a renowned shaman in the ethnic Tamang community, gets ready for his guru's birthday in Kathmandu, Nepal. EPA

President of the European Council Donald Tusk leaves after his speech at the European Peoples Party (EPP) congress in Zagreb, Croatia. AP

Children share a meal they received from a government sponsored feeding scheme at the Delta Primary School in Vosburg, South Africa. AP

A hyperrealist artwork called "Baby" by Ron Mueck is seen at the hyperrealism sculptures exhibition "Ceci n'est pas un corps" in Liege, Belgium. Reuters

An installation for a sacrificial ceremony is seen at the Taoist Jian temple to mark the 230th anniversary of the temple's founding, in the Shulin district in New Taipei City. AFP

People cross from San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela to Cucuta in Colombia through "trochas" -illegal trails- near the Simon Bolivar international bridge. AFP

A boat carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary sailing on a river a procession by Thai Catholics of Vietnamese descent in the central Thai province of Suphan Buri, ahead of Pope Francis' visit to Thailand. AFP

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