• A man walks at Plaza Mayor square in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
    A man walks at Plaza Mayor square in Madrid, Spain. Reuters
  • A Ugandan activist and government critic is arrested by police officers in Kampala. AFP
    A Ugandan activist and government critic is arrested by police officers in Kampala. AFP
  • An employee works on a production line manufacturing steel structures at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
    An employee works on a production line manufacturing steel structures at a factory in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Reuters
  • Pro-democracy MP Lam Cheung-ting is carried out of the chamber by security guards during a scuffle with pro-Beijing politicians at a the Legislative Council meeting in Hong Kong, China. EPA
    Pro-democracy MP Lam Cheung-ting is carried out of the chamber by security guards during a scuffle with pro-Beijing politicians at a the Legislative Council meeting in Hong Kong, China. EPA
  • A dog called 'Nino' stays next to a child in an alley in the San Agustin neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela. AP Photo
    A dog called 'Nino' stays next to a child in an alley in the San Agustin neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela. AP Photo
  • A cook shows biscuits depicting emojis wearing protective face masks at a cake shop in Blitar, East Java Province, Indonesia. Reuters
    A cook shows biscuits depicting emojis wearing protective face masks at a cake shop in Blitar, East Java Province, Indonesia. Reuters
  • Artists from the group 'Art Attack' paint a mural depicting Darna, a fictional Filipino comics superhero, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Getty Images
    Artists from the group 'Art Attack' paint a mural depicting Darna, a fictional Filipino comics superhero, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Getty Images
  • Huawei employees eat their lunch in a cafeteria at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province. AFP
    Huawei employees eat their lunch in a cafeteria at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province. AFP
  • Pope Francis walks inside St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to lead a private mass in a side chapel. Reuters
    Pope Francis walks inside St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to lead a private mass in a side chapel. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for May 18, 2020

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