Gallery: The best photos from around the world
10 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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Military personnel disinfect the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit:Getty Images
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Audience members wearing face masks listen as musicians of the Montevideo Symphonic Band perform below them at the Solis Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay.Credit:AP
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A helicopter drops water on the Lake Hughes fire in Angeles National Forest, north of Santa Clarita, California.Credit:AP
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A Ballet Paraisópolis student wearing a face mask rehearses in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Credit:Getty Images
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A researcher measures a bat inside a cave at Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand.Credit:AP
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An Indian paramilitary soldier wearing a face mask walks to join his group to participate in the final dress rehearsals for India's Independence Day celebrations in Gauhati, India.Credit:AP
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Blanca Ortiz, 84, celebrates after learning from nurses that she will be dismissed from the Eurnekian Ezeiza Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Credit:AP
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Visitors cross a bridge next to water rushing down a waterfall from the nearby melting Briksdal glacier (Briksdalsbreen) near Olden, Norway.Credit:Getty Images
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A chimpanzee eats a block of iced fruit at Rome's Bioparco Zoo.Credit:AP
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Fans wait in socially distanced enclosures to see Sam Fender as he performs in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.Credit:Getty Images