Gallery: The best photos from around the world

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Gallery: The best photos from around the world

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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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Mandy Alison adds to the thousands of birthday cards sent to Captain Tom Moore for his 100th birthday, displayed in the Hall of Bedford School, Bedford, UK.Credit:Getty Images

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Two swans swim in the Vltava river as the sun sets in Prague, Czech Republic.Credit:AP

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Children wait to receive free food distributed in a slum during a lockdown to check the spread of the new coronavirus in Mumbai, India.Credit:AP

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A bolt of lightning strikes as a thunderstorm rolls through Lewiston, Idaho.Credit:AP

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Gala, 7, speaks with her friend and classmate Oliver, 6, as they jump on the wall of their courtyard in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:AP

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Two cleaners clean the ground in front of the portrait of the late Communist Party leader Mao Zedong in Beijing, China.Credit:Getty Images

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A worker from the Madrid city council cleaning service disinfects bins with the new 'Bikelecing' system in Madrid, Spain.Credit:Getty Images

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People attend a rally to protest what they say is a chaotic response of the government to the coronavirus pandemic in Prague, Czech Republic.Credit:Getty Images

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The Duke of Wellington statue outside the Gallery of Modern Art sporting a face mask in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Getty Images

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Children feed pigeons at Plaça Catalunya square in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:Getty Images

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Firefighters gather at a fire at a warehouse construction site in Icheon, South Korea.Credit:Getty Images