Best photos of the day: a festive Berlin tower and a room ablaze
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including Christmas preparations, Florida street art and a fire safety test
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Maidenhead, UK
The prime minister, Theresa May, visits butcher J&S Rook in her constituency of Maidenhead, ahead of Small Business Saturday
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/PA
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Vienna, Austria
Norbert Hofer, candidate for the right-wing populist Austria Freedom Party, arrives for the final campaign rally ahead of presidential elections
Photograph: Alex Domanski/Getty Images
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Washington DC, US
President Barack Obama gestures towards the performers on stage during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony near the White House
Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
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Maiduguri, Nigeria
A woman feeds her daughter, who is suffering brain damage resulting from cerebral spinal meningitis, at a Save the Children stabilisation ward
Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters
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London, UK
The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, and the party’s newly elected MP, Sarah Olney, greet supporters after her Richmond Park byelection win
Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
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Frankfurt, Germany
A lion yawns at the city zoo
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
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Villepinte, France
Marine Le Pen, the National Front party leader, visits a horse show near Paris
Photograph: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters
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Worcester, Massachusetts, US
Flames engulf a room 35 seconds after a Christmas tree was ignited during a test to raise awareness about fire safety
Photograph: Matthew Burgos/AP
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Bangalore, India
Newly recruited Indian air force officers celebrate their graduation
Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP
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Serrekunda, Gambia
Gambians celebrate the victory of opposition coalition candidate Adama Barrow in the country’s presidential election
Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
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Pabradė, Lithuania
A Lithuanian soldier takes part in an urban warfare exercise during a Nato training programme
Photograph: Ints Kalnins/Reuters
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Berlin, Germany
A communist-era former East German watchtower decorated with an oversized Christmas hat
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Dala, Myanmar
An eight-metre tall wicker puppet marks the opening of the Mingalabar festival, which marks 55 years of cultural relations between France and Myanmar
Photograph: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images
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Las Vegas, USA
Jordan Spears competes in the opening day of the National Finals Rodeo
Photograph: Miranda Alam/AP
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London, England
Workers hang Portrait of Two Boys by Titian and studio ahead of a Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale
Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Sotheby’s
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Chiba, Japan
A man in a Spider-Man costume takes a rest at Tokyo Comic Con
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters
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Tokyo, Japan
Visitors attend an illuminated show held to celebrate the upcoming Christmas and the New Year holidays
Photograph: Kimimasa Mayama/EPA
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Hong Kong
Members of South Korean K-Pop girl group I.O.I attend the Mnet Asian Music awards
Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP
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Monte Carlo, Monaco
Usain Bolt poses before a press conference for the IAAF Athletics Awards
Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters
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Florida, USA
Spanish artist Theo Magma works on a mural in Miami’s Wynwood Art District during the annual Art Basel festival
Photograph: Alan Diaz/AP
