A composite picture of medical staff after working shifts in the red zone of the COVID-19 ward at the Central Customs Hospital in Baku, Azerbaijan. Aziz Karimov/Getty Images
Red and blue smoke is seen in front of the White House during the Salute to America event held to celebrate Independence Day in Washington DC. SARAH SILBIGER / REUTERS
Copenhagen police officers take pictures of the Little Mermaid bronze statue, by Danish-Icelandic sculptor Edvard Eriksen, after it was vandalised. MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN / AFP
Two lightning bolts frame One World Trade Center as they hit the Hudson River in New York City during a thunderstorm. GARY HERSHORN/GETTY IMAGES
Protesters clash with police in front of Serbia’s National Assembly building in Belgrade. July 8, 2020ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP or licensors
Riot police officers avoid petrol bombs thrown by protesters outside the Greek Parliament during a demonstration against new law curbing protests. July 9, 2020Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo
A man walks on a badly damaged road following heavy rain in Kumamura in southern Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture. July 6, 2020Koji Harada/AP
Local residents take shelter while social distancing at an evacuation centre in Yatsushiro city general gymnasium, Kumamoto prefecture.
Japan. July 6, 2020CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP
Pro-animal rights activists spread powder to celebrate the cancellation of this year’s San Fermin Festival’s bullfights and bull-running during a demonstration in PamplonaANDER GILLENEA/AFP
Brides wearing their wedding dresses stage a flash mob to protest the postponement of their wedding ceremonies due to pandemic-related restrictions. Rome, Italy. June 7, 2020TIZIANA FABI/AFP
7_A health worker checks the temperature of residents from surrounding communities heading to the weekly food market in Coata, Peru. July 8, 2020CARLOS MAMANI/AFP
Health workers in Santiago, Chile, toss flower petals during a tribute to their colleague Patricia Duran, 42, who died from COVID-19 complications, according to her husbandEsteban Felix/AP Photo
Inside the COVID Care Centre, which has a capacity of 10,100 beds, at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, India. July 7, 2020MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP
Monks and children look out from the rooftop of a Buddhist hostel and school as a flight takes off the local airport after pandemic-related restrictions were eased. IndiaDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP or licensors
People enjoy a seawater pool on the beach of Saint-Malo, France. July 9, 2020DAMIEN MEYER/AFP
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