• A man walks past street art in Sydney, Australia. AFP
    A man walks past street art in Sydney, Australia. AFP
  • Ballroom dancers Roman Sukhomlyn and India Phillips, the North of England Champions at the British National Dance Championships, practice at their home during the lockdown in Wolverhampton, central England. AFP
    Ballroom dancers Roman Sukhomlyn and India Phillips, the North of England Champions at the British National Dance Championships, practice at their home during the lockdown in Wolverhampton, central England. AFP
  • Medical workers evacuate a woman through a flooded residential area caused by heavy rain in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AFP
    Medical workers evacuate a woman through a flooded residential area caused by heavy rain in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AFP
  • Pan-democratic legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dick scuffles with security and pro-China legislators during Legislative Council’s House Committee meeting, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
    Pan-democratic legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dick scuffles with security and pro-China legislators during Legislative Council’s House Committee meeting, in Hong Kong, China. Reuters
  • AN aerial view of a burial at the Bom Jardim cemetery, the largest public cemetery in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil. AFP
    AN aerial view of a burial at the Bom Jardim cemetery, the largest public cemetery in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil. AFP
  • A man looks out a window, as Amritsar district administration prepares to relax restrictions for opening shops amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, India. EPA
    A man looks out a window, as Amritsar district administration prepares to relax restrictions for opening shops amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, India. EPA
  • People crowd to receive hens given by Honduran presidential pre-candidate for LIBRE party, Wilfredo Mendez, at the working-class neighbourhood of El Carrizal, in Tegucigalpa. AFP
    People crowd to receive hens given by Honduran presidential pre-candidate for LIBRE party, Wilfredo Mendez, at the working-class neighbourhood of El Carrizal, in Tegucigalpa. AFP
  • A customer plays with cats to find comfort at the Caturday Cat cafe after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks and barbershops in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
    A customer plays with cats to find comfort at the Caturday Cat cafe after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks and barbershops in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters
  • French President Emmanuel Macron is seen at the statue of General Charles de Gaulle during VE-Day ceremonies in Paris. AFP
    French President Emmanuel Macron is seen at the statue of General Charles de Gaulle during VE-Day ceremonies in Paris. AFP
  • The full moon, also known as the Super Flower Moon, is seen above Tower Bridge, London, Britain. Reuters
    The full moon, also known as the Super Flower Moon, is seen above Tower Bridge, London, Britain. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for May 8, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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May 08, 2020

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