• A firefighter lights a backfire to stop the Quail Fire from spreading near Winters, California. AP Photo
    A firefighter lights a backfire to stop the Quail Fire from spreading near Winters, California. AP Photo
  • Specialists at the University of Pretoria's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academy prepare Makokou, a 35 year-old Johannesburg Zoo male Western Lowland Gorilla, on a stretcher for a CT (Computed-tomography) scan at the Veterinary Academy Hospital in Pretoria. AFP
    Specialists at the University of Pretoria's Onderstepoort Veterinary Academy prepare Makokou, a 35 year-old Johannesburg Zoo male Western Lowland Gorilla, on a stretcher for a CT (Computed-tomography) scan at the Veterinary Academy Hospital in Pretoria. AFP
  • People gather during a demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, calling for justice for George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. AP Photo
    People gather during a demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, calling for justice for George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. AP Photo
  • Thousands of demonstrators gather around a closed Jackson Square during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reuters
    Thousands of demonstrators gather around a closed Jackson Square during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reuters
  • People demonstrate to demand justice for the death of young construction worker Giovanni Lopez while in police custody after he had been arrested for allegedly failing to comply with measures against the coronavirus, in Guadalajara, Jalisco State, Mexico. AFP
    People demonstrate to demand justice for the death of young construction worker Giovanni Lopez while in police custody after he had been arrested for allegedly failing to comply with measures against the coronavirus, in Guadalajara, Jalisco State, Mexico. AFP
  • People walk past open restaurants along a pedestrian street in central Tbilisi, Georgia as the country tries to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Cafes and restaurants re-opened in Georgia's capital last week. AFP
    People walk past open restaurants along a pedestrian street in central Tbilisi, Georgia as the country tries to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Cafes and restaurants re-opened in Georgia's capital last week. AFP
  • A couple hugs and cries near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the site where he died in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Demonstrations are being held across the US following the death of George Floyd, while being arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP
    A couple hugs and cries near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the site where he died in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Demonstrations are being held across the US following the death of George Floyd, while being arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP
  • Josh Papalii of the Raiders scores a try during the round four NRL match between the Canberra Raiders and the Newcastle Knights at Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
    Josh Papalii of the Raiders scores a try during the round four NRL match between the Canberra Raiders and the Newcastle Knights at Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
  • A soldier looks to his cellphone near the Martin Luther King Jr memorial statue during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, US. Reuters
    A soldier looks to his cellphone near the Martin Luther King Jr memorial statue during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, US. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for June 7, 2020

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