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9 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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In the morning a runner casts a shadow on the stairs of the Elisabeth-Lueders-Haus in the government district in the sunshine Berlin, Germany.Credit:dpa
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Three dogs rest in a flooded area in El Triunfo de la Cruz, Tela, Honduras. Seaside town Tela, in the Atlantida Region, is on alert and local villagers of some areas have already been evacuated. Hurricane Eta made landfall in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, and the National Hurricane Center informed that storm surge, catastrophic winds, flash flooding and landslides are expected across some areas of Central America. Credit:Getty
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Voters mark their ballots at First Presbyterian Church on Election Day, in Stamford, Connecticut.Credit:AP
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French soldiers, part of France's national security alert system 'Sentinelle', patrol around the Great Synagogue in Marseille, France. Operation Sentinel, ramped up with the recent attacks, is the French army's effort to secure the country from further terrorist attacks by deploying 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police in response to the January and November 2015 terrorist attacks, and as part of the nation's state of emergency.Credit:Getty
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A broken windshield of a car damaged by shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery, Raya Meropyan, 88 stands near her house in Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh entered sixth week on Sunday, with Armenian and Azerbaijani forces blaming each other for new attacks.Credit:AP
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Residents try to salvage belongings, after their homes were toppled by Typhoon Goni in Virac, Catanduanes province, eastern Philippines. More than a dozen people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm.Credit:AP
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A heath worker takes nasal samples to test for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India. Even as India's overall coronavirus cases continue to fall, health officials say that New Delhi is in the grip of its third and worst wave of infections yet. Credit:AP
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Two people wearing face masks against the spread of the coronavirus, pull their shopping trolleys outside a school during the lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the northern city of Thessaloniki. Greece's government imposed a localized lockdown on its second largest city of Thessaloniki and the northern province of Serres, after major increases in the number of coronavirus infections there. Credit:AP
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People walk across a pedestrian crossing along a shopping street, in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 200 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. Credit:AP