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Gallery: The best photos from around the world

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The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus chat each other as a man performs morning exercise at a park in Beijing.Credit:AP

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A confectioner offers chocolate Santa Claus wearing a face mask, displayed in the window of a shop in central Frankfurt, Germany.Credit:AP

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A cable car, called in Spanish "Warairarepano," rides to the top of the El Avila mountain, in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP

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Israeli protesters chant slogans during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu In Jerusalem. Israel's defense minister appointed a committee to investigate the government's controversial purchase of German submarines several years ago, a step that further strained his already poor relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Credit:AP

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Two activists sit on a barricade in front of police officers during the ongoing clearing of a partial occupied forest near Dannenrod, Germany. Since more than a year, activists protest against controversial continued construction of the highway A 49 with the occupation of parts of the forest. Credit:dpa

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Supporters of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of opposition parties, attend an anti-government rally in Peshawar, Pakistan. The rally is part of a campaign to oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan over his alleged failure in handling the country's economic crisis.Credit:AP

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Tigray refugees who fled a conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, run at Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan. Ethiopia's military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be "no mercy" if they don't "save themselves" before a final offensive to flush out defiant regional leaders, a threat that Human Rights Watch on Sunday said could violate international law.Credit:AP

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People watch the sunset at the Olympic park, Germany.Credit:AP