Gallery: The best photos from around the world
8 ImagesThe best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
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A seagull files over a man sitting at a coffee shop backdropped by the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul.Credit:AP
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A woman, accompanied by a child, looks over as an airline crew wearing full personal protective equipment against COVID-19 walks through the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles.Credit:Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register
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An ethnic Armenian boy eats bread as he and many other refugees return to Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian peacekeepers have started to move into the region, a total of 1,960 of them are to be sent in under a five-year mandate.Credit:AP
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A man rides his motorbike trough a road damaged by heavy winds of Hurricane Iota in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. After hitting Colombian Islands of Providencia and San Andres, Hurricane Iota made landfall in Haulover, Nicaragua, as a category 4 storm.Credit:Getty
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A protester who was exposed to tear gas washes his face after police fired tear gas and water canon to try and disperse protesters outside Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand. The demonstrators gathered outside parliament, as the Thai government met to discuss amendments to the country's constitution. Credit:Getty
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A child receives a shot of influenza vaccine at a clinic in Hong Kong, China. The coronavirus pandemic has brought new urgency to this year's influenza season, which typically kicks off in October and peaks in the winter months.Credit:Bloomberg
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An employee wearing a protective face mask is seen in the closed Apple store in the popular Kaertner Strasse pedestrian shopping zone on the first day of a strict nationwide lockdown in Vienna, Austria. Starting today shops and businesses must close, schools may only operate remotely and people must stay indoors at home except for the most necessary outings.Credit:Getty
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Firefighters watch a Chinook CH-47 helitanker take flight during a demonstration, in the Santa Monica Mountains west of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Orange County Fire Authority conducted a joint training exercise with the helitanker, which will be used to fight wildfires in the state following one of the worst fire seasons on record.Credit:AP