• A woman smiles in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Farmers in Nepal celebrate National Paddy Day as the annual rice planting season begins. AFP
    A woman smiles in a rice paddy field during "National Paddy Day", which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, in Tokha village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Farmers in Nepal celebrate National Paddy Day as the annual rice planting season begins. AFP
  • Raindrops are seen on a taxi window while a woman passes by a closed store in Buenos Aires. AFP
    Raindrops are seen on a taxi window while a woman passes by a closed store in Buenos Aires. AFP
  • Participants in costumes made of cans attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Congo's independence from Belgium in the Brussels district of Matonge, in Brussels. AFP
    Participants in costumes made of cans attend celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Congo's independence from Belgium in the Brussels district of Matonge, in Brussels. AFP
  • This long exposure picture shows the Milky Way, as seen above a building in Kalaw, Shan state early on July 1, 2020. AFP
    This long exposure picture shows the Milky Way, as seen above a building in Kalaw, Shan state early on July 1, 2020. AFP
  • Visitors practice social distancing while waiting to enter the park in the poor weather during the reopening of Tokyo Disneyland. REUTERS
    Visitors practice social distancing while waiting to enter the park in the poor weather during the reopening of Tokyo Disneyland. REUTERS
  • A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street with protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong, on the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. AFP
    A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street with protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong, on the 23rd anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. AFP
  • A man tries to shelter under an umbrella as rain and wind from the country's rainy season affects Tokyo. AFP
    A man tries to shelter under an umbrella as rain and wind from the country's rainy season affects Tokyo. AFP
  • A person dressed as Spider-Man sits on a car near an area being called the "City Hall Autonomous Zone" that has been established to protest the New York Police Department and in support of "Black Lives Matter" near City Hall in lower Manhattan. Reuters
    A person dressed as Spider-Man sits on a car near an area being called the "City Hall Autonomous Zone" that has been established to protest the New York Police Department and in support of "Black Lives Matter" near City Hall in lower Manhattan. Reuters
  • Residents sit to dine on a 500-metre long table set on the Charles Bridge, after restrictions were eased following the coronavirus pandemic in Prague, Czech Republic. Getty Images
    Residents sit to dine on a 500-metre long table set on the Charles Bridge, after restrictions were eased following the coronavirus pandemic in Prague, Czech Republic. Getty Images
  • Police detain a protester after being sprayed with pepper spray during a protest in Causeway Bay before the annual handover march in Hong Kong. AP Photo
    Police detain a protester after being sprayed with pepper spray during a protest in Causeway Bay before the annual handover march in Hong Kong. AP Photo
  • A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a global positioning satellite for the US Space Force, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP Photo
    A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a global positioning satellite for the US Space Force, lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. AP Photo

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World in focus - best photos for July 1, 2020

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