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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Clerics of Pakistan's Moon Sighting Committee search the sky with a telescope for the new moon that signals the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan.Credit:AP
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Neighbours speak from their decorated balconies with red roses during Sant Jordi Day in El Prat del Llobregat, Spain. Credit:Getty Images
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Anamaria Bud shows her "cat number" at the Romina Orfei Circus, parked in San Nicola la Strada, near Naples, Italy.Credit:AP
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Josh Valderez helps salvage items out of Julie Black's home after a tornado ripped through Onalaska, Texas. Credit:AP
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Customers sit on chairs spaced to enforce social distancing as they queue outside a wet market on in Manila, Philippines.Credit:Getty Images
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Imported automobiles sit at the docks in Sheerness, United Kingdom.Credit:Getty Images
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A coronavirus patient is seen at the COVID-19 IFEMA Hospital in Madrid, Spain.Credit:Getty Images
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Monkeys eat puffed rice distributed by social workers near a Hindu temple during nationwide lockdown in Gauhati, India.Credit:AP
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NHS Workers outside of the Newham University Hospital are applauded as part of the "Clap for Our Carers" campaign in London, United Kingdom.Credit:Getty Images
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An employee works with a coffin at the Adean coffin-making factory in Puente Genil, Spain.Credit:Getty Images
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South African National Defense Forces patrol the Sjwetla settlement on the outskirts of the Alexandra township in Johannesburg, South Africa.Credit:AP
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A man watches a sunset over a nearly empty Gediminas avenue in Vilnius, Lithuania.Credit:AP