Gallery: The best photos from around the world

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., USA.Credit: AP
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A trike that was in a small park along Detroit Avenue still stands near the Lake Detroit Market, in Detroit, Ore. Smoke that poses a health hazard to millions is blanketing the West Coast as firefighters battle deadly wildfires that obliterated some towns and created tens of thousands of refugees..Credit: AP
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Anti-government protesters argue with security forces during a march toward the Presidential Palace, in Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon.Credit: Getty
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A migrant holds her baby as she runs to avoid a small fire in a field near Mytilene town, on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece. Greek authorities have been scrambling to find a way to house more than 12,000 people left in need of emergency shelter on the island after the fires deliberately set gutted the Moria refugee camp.Credit: AP
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Firefighters spray water to extinguish a fire in the Pantanal wetlands region in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.Credit: Bloomberg
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A dhobi, or a washerman hangs cloths for drying after being washed on the banks of the River Gomti in Lucknow, India.Credit: AP
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A team of researchers set up a net to catch bats at the Khao Chong Pran Cave near Buddha statues in Ratchaburi, Thailand. A team of researchers consisting of scientists, ecologists, and officers from Thailand's National Park Department have been conducting bat sampling collection missions throughout Thailand's countryside in an effort to understand the origins of COVID-19.Credit: Getty
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A herd of cattle walk on a farm in this aerial photograph taken above the Pantanal wetlands region in Mato Grosso state, Brazil.Credit: Bloomberg
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People sit outdoors during a night out in Soho in London's West End. People have been warned against having a "party weekend" as a former chief scientific adviser said the UK is "on the edge of losing control" of coronavirus. The public has been urged to act "in tune" with Covid-19 guidelines before the "rule of six" restrictions come into force on Monday.Credit: AP