Seagulls fly against the Rome skyline as the sun breaks through early morning clouds during the country's lockdown. AFP
Seagulls fly against the Rome skyline as the sun breaks through early morning clouds during the country's lockdown. AFP
Graduating students from the Ramon Power Y Giralt High School wear face masks during a symbolic graduation from their cars to maintain social distance at a parking lot in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. AFP
Graduating students from the Ramon Power Y Giralt High School wear face masks during a symbolic graduation from their cars to maintain social distance at a parking lot in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. AFP
Newborn children who lost their mothers during an attack lie on a bed at a hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters
Newborn children who lost their mothers during an attack lie on a bed at a hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Reuters
Gravediggers bury a coffin near open graves as the spread of the coronavirus continues, at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
Gravediggers bury a coffin near open graves as the spread of the coronavirus continues, at Vila Formosa cemetery, Brazil's biggest cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
Workers wash the streets before their disinfection, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus, as Kennedy neighbourhood declared in orange alert for being one of the localities with more cases in Bogota. AFP
Workers wash the streets before their disinfection, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus, as Kennedy neighbourhood declared in orange alert for being one of the localities with more cases in Bogota. AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meets with Israeli Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, in Jerusalem. AFP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, meets with Israeli Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, in Jerusalem. AFP
The deputy chamber during the first virtual session at the Argentine Congress within the lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AFP
The deputy chamber during the first virtual session at the Argentine Congress within the lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AFP
Technical Officer, Madeline Camacho, conducts Covid-19 testing with the Roche COBAS 6800 instrument in the Virology Division of the Microbiology Department at NSW Health Pathology Randwick in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
Technical Officer, Madeline Camacho, conducts Covid-19 testing with the Roche COBAS 6800 instrument in the Virology Division of the Microbiology Department at NSW Health Pathology Randwick in Sydney, Australia. Getty Images
People walk through a disinfection tunnel in Daule, in the province of Guayas, Ecuador. EPA
People walk through a disinfection tunnel in Daule, in the province of Guayas, Ecuador. EPA

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World in focus - best photos for May 14, 2020

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