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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Startrails are seen during the Lyrids meteor shower over Michaelskapelle in Niederhollabrunn, Austria. Credit:Getty
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Aerial view of empty basketball playgrounds at the Olympic Gym Juan de la Barrera during lockdown to halt spread of COVID-19 in Mexico City, Mexico.Credit:Getty
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Street artist Chris Shea works on his 100th 'Rainbow Boy' artwork at The Swan public house in West Wickham, United Kingdom. Credit:Getty
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A male blackbird takes a bath in a fountain in Christchurch, New Zealand.Credit:AP
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A man holds a flag as he attends a rally to protest stay-at-home orders put into place due to the COVID-19 outbreak, outside the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. Credit:AP
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Counter-protesters stand as people with ReopenNC demonstrate in Raleigh, North Carolina, to press Gov. Roy Cooper to allow businesses to reopen during the COVID-19 outbreak.Credit:AP
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Silvia Guevara rests with her son Alex Guevara on the railroad tracks, at a makeshift camp on the side of a highway on their way home to the provinces, near Lima, Peru. After not being allowed to leave the capital because the strict quarantine rules amid the new coronavirus pandemic, day laborers and informal workers are now allowed to travel home.Credit:AP
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Sri Lankan Catholics priests stand at the entrance of St. Anthony's church, one of the sites of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, on the first anniversary of the deadly bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka.Credit:AP
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A beggar sits in an empty Ermou street in front of Kapnikarea church during lockdown measures by the Greek government to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Athens.Credit:AP
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A man wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus stretches at a business district in Tokyo. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expanded a state of emergency to all of Japan from just Tokyo and other urban areas as the virus continues to spread. Credit:AP
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A pumpjack as a storm moves in Oklahoma City. Oil prices continue to drop, because very few people are flying or driving, and factories have shut amid widespread stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus concerns.Credit:AP
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Crows sitting on a pole are silhouetted against setting sun during lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus in Prayagraj, India.Credit:AP