Photos of the day - December 8, 2013

The best news photos of the day for December 8, 2013.

A contestant bites the tail of one of the bulls to make it run faster, as he races a pair of bulls at an oxen race competition held at a paddy field in Malappuram, a woman stands next to a photograph of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Afghan man walks inside the blue mosque in Herat and a performer blows fire from his mouth as he performs outside the headquarters of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the celebrations in New Delhi are some of the photos of the day. (AP/Reuters)

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