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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A street performer dressed as Batman takes a selfie during a protest in Mexico City.Credit:AP

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Buddhists monks wearing faces masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus pray to celebrate the Buddha's birthday at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP

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Orfelinda Paulino, right, is embraced by her 13-year-old daughter Mar y Cielo, at a makeshift camp of Peruvians who want to return to their home provinces, in Lima, Peru.Credit:AP

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Men fish on the shore of the Paraguay River during the 7th week of the Government's lockdown to prevent spread of the new coronavirus, in Lambare, Paraguay.Credit:AP

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An Indian woman carries bricks as she works at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.Credit:AP

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Resident Waltrud Bornschein, 90, touches the glass of her room's window to make contact with caregiver Marine Lehmberg, who is wearing a protective face mask, while Lehmberg was dancing to a singer's live performance at the Hermann Radtke Haus nursing home during the novel coronavirus crisis.Credit:Getty

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A scavenger looking for discarded plastic in an area of newly dug graves for those suspected of dying from the Covid-19 coronavirus.Credit:Getty

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Members of the public "Clap for Our Carers" from the Alexandra Road Estate in London, United Kingdom. Following the success of the "Clap for Our Carers" campaign.Credit:Getty

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A worker waearing a protective face masks adjusts a 'Mercedes Stern' as they assemble cars at the Mercedes-Benz factory following the resumption of automobile production this week during the novel coronavirus crisis.Credit:Getty

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Photographs and memorials for those who died during the lockdown sit outside Riverside Church in Burton-on-Trent, England. Credit:Getty

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Plaistow Fire Station crew stand outside as they applaud for the NHS and other key workers on week six of the UK coronavirus lockdown.Credit:Getty