Gallery: The best photos from around the world
8 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Graffiti depicts a child on the wall of the former supermarket in the deserted town of Pripyat, some 3 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.Credit:AP
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, tears her copy of President Donald Trump's s State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.Credit:AP
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Medical workers in protective suits lead a passenger tested positive for a new coronavirus from the cruise ship Diamond Princess at Yokohama Port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. Japan said Wednesday 10 people on the cruise ship have tested positive for the new virus and were being taken to hospitals. Health Minister Nobukatsu Kato said all the 3,700 people and passengers on the ship will be quarantined on board for up to 14 days under Japanese law.Credit:Hiroko Harima/Kyodo News
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A worker walks among beds in a convention center that has been converted into a temporary hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province.Credit:AP
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A small group of anti-government protesters set a section of the stadium on fire during the Copa Libertadores soccer game between Universidad de Chile and Brazil's SC Internacional, in Santiago, Chile.Credit:AP
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A Guarani Mbya man in traditional indigenous dress joins a protest on property being developed by the real estate company Tenda to make way for apartment buildings, next to his community's land in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Credit:AP
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Sri Lankan military personnel march during an event to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka.Credit:AP
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A man wearing a protective mask stands on a platform at Disneyland Resort station, operated by MTR Corp., in Hong Kong, China.Credit:Bloomberg