Gallery: The best photos from around the world
11 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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An Indian lift operator stands inside a dedicated lift for people suspected to be infected with the new corona virus at the Government Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, India.Credit:AP
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Germany's leading Catholic clergy gather for mass at Mainzer Dom cathedral on the first day of the German Bishops' Conference in Mainz, Germany.Credit:Getty
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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Bojangles Coliseum, in Charlotte, North Carolina.Credit:AP
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The sun rises between clouds in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP
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Anti-government protesters are hit by a police water canon during clashes in Santiago. Chile has been roiled by continuing street protests since Oct. 18, of last year when a student protest over a modest increase in subway fares turned into a much larger and broader movement with a long list of demands that largely focus on inequality.Credit:AP
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Police detain Congress party workers during a protest against last week's deadly communal riots in New Delhi, India.Credit:AP
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A large crowd wearing masks commutes through Shinagawa Station in Tokyo. The Japanese government has indicated it sees the next couple of weeks as crucial to containing the spread of COVID-19, which began in China late last year.Credit:AP
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Rush hour traffic fills the main arterial road near to the European Council Buildings in Brussels, Belgium.Credit:Getty
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An ultra-Orthodox Jew prays next to a highway, near Petah Tikva, Israel.Credit:AP
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Visitors pose for a photograph near at the main hall of the Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto, Japan.Credit:Bloomberg
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Tourists pull their trolleys as they walk through a nearly empty St. Mark's Square on a rainy day in Venice.Credit:AP