Gallery: The best photos from around the world
10 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A supermoon rises behind a statue of the Roman god Mercury mounted on top of a hotel tower in Nashville, Tennessee.Credit:AP
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A medical worker from China's Jilin Province, in red, embraces a colleague from Wuhan as she prepares to return home at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Within hours of China lifting an 11-week lockdown on the central city of Wuhan early Wednesday, tens of thousands people had left the city by train and plane.Credit:AP
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Street musicians entertain residents, as people stay in their houses to counter the spread of coronavirus, in Prague, Czech Republic.Credit:AP
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French President Emmanuel Macron, gesture to local residents after visiting a medical center in Pantin, near Paris.Credit:AP
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A firefighter puts out the embers of a fire near the Central de Abasto, the main food distribution center in Mexico City.Credit:AP
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Workers from the Vila Isabel samba school make scrubs, for medical workers to wear during the new coronavirus pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Samba schools that a spend all year making Carnival costumes have turned their sewing machines to a different purpose, making scrubs and face masks for medical workers.Credit:AP
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A healthcare worker washes her hands during her shift at an intensive care unit (ICU) at the General University Hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 are treated in Prague, Czech Republic.Credit:PETR DAVID JOSEK
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A man stretches, at the entrance of his home in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, as South Africa continued its 21 days lockdown in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus. Credit:AP
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Tokyo's Shinjuku district seen less busier than usual in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency to take effect from Wednesday for Tokyo and six additional prefectures, enabling prefectural governors to take stronger preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus, from instructing people to stay at home except for urgent matters to restricting the operation of schools and facilities.Credit:Getty
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A woman walks her dog on a Paris bridge, with the Eiffel tower seen in background, during a nationwide confinement to counter the COVID-19.Credit:AP