The best images from around the world for Dec. 5
A South African official takes photos of the auditorium before the arrival of South African President Jacob Zuma for a speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing.Greg Baker/AFP / Getty Images
The Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Orion spacecraft lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.Steve Nesius/Reuters
Military cadets attend a ceremony celebrating the birthday of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok.Damir Sagolj/Reuters
Florent Manaudou of France celebrates after winning the Men's 50m Freestyle Final in Doha, Qatar.Francois Nel/Getty Images
Iraqis inspect the aftermath scene of a car bomb attack in the mostly Shiite Sadr City district.Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP / Getty Images
People watch as protesters walk pass their building in New York City.Timothy A. Clark/AFP / Getty Images
Sana, a 30-day-old Afghan girl, sleeps on her grandmother's lap in her home on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.Rahmat Gul/The Associated Press
Malaysian boys wait for their turn during a mass-circumcision ceremony at the Tuanku Mizan Army hospital in Kuala Lumpur.Manan Vatsyayana/AFP / Getty Images
Scott Riddell (C) of Scotland jumps for the ball during their rugby match against Samoa on the first day of the Dubai leg of IRB's Sevens World Series.Karim Sahib/AFP / Getty Images
Ukrainian servicemen fire mortar to pro-Russian separatists positions, at the village of Pisky near Donetsk airport.Anatoli Stepanov/AFP / Getty Images