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A demonstrator returns a tear gas canister fired by police during a protest against police in reaction to a video that appears to show an officer pushing a youth off a bridge the previous day at a protest, in Santiago, Chile.Credit:AP
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Air Force cadets do push-ups in the stands after the Falcons scored against Navy during the second half of an NCAA college football game at Air Force Academy, Colo. The game is closed to the public over coronavirus concerns.Credit:AP
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Jeff Koons' colourful sculpture of a bouquet of tulips, in dedication to the victims of the 2015 Bataclan attack, is illuminated in the gardens of the Petit Palais as part of Paris' Nuit Blanche, an annual evening festival of culture and art in Paris, France. Scaled down this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the festival is split across the left and right banks of the city with many outdoor exhibitions to enable social distancing. Credit:Getty
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Flamenco dancer Marina Perez performs behind screens during a flamenco show at the Torres Bermejas live flamenco venue, in Madrid, Spain. The passion and drama of live flamenco shows are back on stage in Madrid. But now the performers are behind Perspex screens and keeping their distance from the audience.Credit:AP
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People wait in line to cast their votes in Noumea, New Caledonia, during a referendum whether voters choose independence from France.Credit:AP
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Competitors in the Elite Women's Field run past cardboard cutouts of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Queen Elizabeth II during the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon around St. James's Park in London, England.Credit:Getty
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A worker carries out her duties among stacked coffins at Enzo Wood Designs, in Johannesburg. Casey Pillay, a coffin-maker in South Africa, watched the coronavirus pandemic turn his business upside down. For Pillay, the need for coffins rose and fell as South Africa's lockdown levels changed, but overall, he said, "business went down."Credit:AP
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prays and holds a branch, and an etrog, a citrus fruit, two of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, as he keeps social distancing and separated by plastic partitions during the current nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic in the Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem.Credit:AP
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Diners sit outside a restaurant offering outdoor service as part of continued COVID-19 economic impact mitigation efforts, in New York.Credit:AP
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The moon shines next to the headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP