Gallery: The best photos from around the world
12 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A woman on a bicycle passes a coronavirus graffiti by street artist 'Uzey' showing a nurse as Superwoman, the lettering reads "for the real heroes" on a wall in Hamm, Germany.Credit:AP
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A Russian traffic police officer checks documents of a driver to ensure a self-isolation regime due to coronavirus, with the Christ the Savior Cathedral in the background, in Moscow, Russia.Credit:AP
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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to a Coronavirus Task Force news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C.Credit:Abaca
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Protesters stand outside the Statehouse Atrium where reporters listen during the State of Ohio's Coronavirus response update at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.Credit:Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch
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Homeless people waiting to receive food baskets from private donors, get their hands sanitized downtown Johannesburg.Credit:AP
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Members of the military in protective gear disinfect the National Army of Colombia's Engineers Battalion building in Bogota, Colombia. Bogota is making it easier for police to make sure citizens are complying with a lockdown: on even days women can go out to buy basic necessities such as food and medicine, on odd days just men.Credit:Bloomberg
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An elderly woman wearing a protective mask comes out of her building to pick up food delivered by city workers in the Chacao neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:Bloomberg
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Public hospital workers shout to demand protective gear and training as they protest outside a public hospital in Mexico City. Doctors, nurses and other personnel have demonstrated at a number of public hospitals around the country as the new coronavirus sickens medical personnel. Credit:AP
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A man swims in the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Despite the partial lift of the 76 day long lockdown, Wuhan's residential communities are still strictly controlling the flow of people.Credit:Getty
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The photographer's wife, Elisenda Canari, carries the birthday cake during the birthday party of the photographer's daughter, Julia in Barcelona, Spain. More than 17,000 people are reported to have died in Spain due to the COVID-19 outbreak, although the country has reported a decline in the daily number of deaths.Credit:Getty
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People practice social distancing while waiting in line to enter the Flatbush Food Coop, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Credit:AP
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A man walks alone in a Kansas City, Missouri, park at sunset, as stay-at-home orders continue in much of the country in an effort to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Credit:AP