• Tourists take a photo at Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, after it reopened in a limited capacity. Fencing remains around the park, which will allow the US Secret Service to temporarily close the site when they deem it necessary. AP Photo
    Tourists take a photo at Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, after it reopened in a limited capacity. Fencing remains around the park, which will allow the US Secret Service to temporarily close the site when they deem it necessary. AP Photo
  • People stand on previously submerged land at Sun Moon Lake in Nantou, Taiwan. Reuters
    People stand on previously submerged land at Sun Moon Lake in Nantou, Taiwan. Reuters
  • Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles seen before the Queen's Speech during the state opening of Parliament in London. Queen Elizabeth's ceremonial speech informs Parliament about the UK government's agenda for the coming year. AFP
    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles seen before the Queen's Speech during the state opening of Parliament in London. Queen Elizabeth's ceremonial speech informs Parliament about the UK government's agenda for the coming year. AFP
  • The pack rides near Guarene during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia. AFP
    The pack rides near Guarene during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia. AFP
  • Erina Yuguchi of Japan competes in the women's long jump during a test event for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. AFP
    Erina Yuguchi of Japan competes in the women's long jump during a test event for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. AFP
  • Children hold training weapons, some real and some fake, during a display for the media designed to attract the federal government's attention to the dangers of organised crime in Ayahualtempa, Guerrero state, Mexico. AP
    Children hold training weapons, some real and some fake, during a display for the media designed to attract the federal government's attention to the dangers of organised crime in Ayahualtempa, Guerrero state, Mexico. AP
  • A woman lights a candle to commemorate the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is relaxing its coronavirus restrictions as the hard-hit nation pays respect to nearly 30,000 dead. AP
    A woman lights a candle to commemorate the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is relaxing its coronavirus restrictions as the hard-hit nation pays respect to nearly 30,000 dead. AP
  • A man stands in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, as a phased reopening begins after an extended coronavirus lockdown. Reuters
    A man stands in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, as a phased reopening begins after an extended coronavirus lockdown. Reuters
  • Laser beams shoot through the air as demonstrators hurl rocks during a protest demanding government action to tackle poverty, police violence and inequality in Bogota, Colombia. Reuters
    Laser beams shoot through the air as demonstrators hurl rocks during a protest demanding government action to tackle poverty, police violence and inequality in Bogota, Colombia. Reuters
  • A mother holds her child in the Tudikolela Hospital on the outskirts of Mbuji-mayi, Kasai region, Democratic Republic of Congo. In the diamond-rich Kasai region, malnutrition continues to take its toll in what is now the world's most food-insecure country, according to the UN. Kasai was shaken by an armed conflict between September 2016 and May 2017 that left 3,000 people dead and more than 1.5 million displaced. AFP
    A mother holds her child in the Tudikolela Hospital on the outskirts of Mbuji-mayi, Kasai region, Democratic Republic of Congo. In the diamond-rich Kasai region, malnutrition continues to take its toll in what is now the world's most food-insecure country, according to the UN. Kasai was shaken by an armed conflict between September 2016 and May 2017 that left 3,000 people dead and more than 1.5 million displaced. AFP
  • A member of staff poses next to a series of stained glass windows at the British Museum in London. The 800-year-old windows, on loan from Canterbury Cathedral, form part of an exhibition that documents the life, death and legacy of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. Becket was friends with Henry II but was brutally murdered by four of Henry's soldiers in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. He is recognised as a saint by the Catholic and Anglican churches. Getty
    A member of staff poses next to a series of stained glass windows at the British Museum in London. The 800-year-old windows, on loan from Canterbury Cathedral, form part of an exhibition that documents the life, death and legacy of the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. Becket was friends with Henry II but was brutally murdered by four of Henry's soldiers in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. He is recognised as a saint by the Catholic and Anglican churches. Getty
  • Rockets are fired from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian movement Hamas, towards Israel. AFP
    Rockets are fired from Gaza City, controlled by the Palestinian movement Hamas, towards Israel. AFP

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