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10 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A visitor makes a photo of stinging jellyfish in the "Spineless" exhibit at the New York Aquarium, in New York. The aquarium re-opened to members only who had to reserve tickets online to limit attendance.Credit:AP
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A man wearing a mask walks along an empty street during Level 3 in Auckland, New Zealand. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an extension to the current COVID-19 Alert Levels as the country hits day 13 of increased restrictions following an outbreak. Auckland will remain in Alert Level 3 until Sunday 30 August at 11:59pm while the rest of the country will remain in level 2. Credit:Getty
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Denisse Leal and her husband Mario Diaz embrace as they walk out of a subway station in Santiago, Chile. Leal and Diaz used to work as merchants in fairs all around Chile but the new coronavirus pandemic has left them with no way to earn a living, so now they disinfect subway cars in exchange for a tip. Credit:AP
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Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires leap above Butts Canyon Road, as firefighters work to contain the blaze in unincorporated Lake County, California.Credit:AP
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Fernanda Mariotti cradles a picture of her mother Martha Pedrotti, who passed away a victim of COVID-19, at her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mariotti believes that her mother eventually died in part from a heart condition and also from the sorrow and fear of being separated from her family, isolated in the COVID unit.Credit:AP
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Children haul loads of gravel as they assist their families, who have received government aid to build homes, in the Aldama district of Chiapas State, Mexico. As students across Mexico restarted online and TV classes Monday amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many children in remote rural areas without access to television or internet service were left out, with no way to restart their education.Credit:AP
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A protester sits on a car as they stop traffic, in Kenosha. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has summoned the National Guard to head off another round of violent protests after the police shooting of a Black man turned Kenosha into the nation's latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest.Credit:AP
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A Buddhist monk doll wearing a face mask is displayed near the Chogyesa temple in Seoul. South Korea counted its 11th straight day of triple-digit daily jumps in coronavirus cases and health officials pleaded for people to follow guidelines or risk further restrictions or strains on hospitals. Credit:AP
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A woman is reflected in the window of a closed shop in Frankfurt, Germany. Letters read "only love".Credit:AP
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An American flag hangs near Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. The Republican National Convention is set to begin tonight after formally nominating U.S. President Donald Trump with an in-person roll call vote in Charlotte, North Carolina.Credit:Bloomberg