A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 2, 2020

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A field of lavender is pictured in Puimoisson, southern France.

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Lily Hendrickx, 83, who lives in a Belgian nursing home, hugs Marie-Christine Desoer, the director of the residence, through a wall made with plastic sheets to protect against possible coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, in Peruwelz, Belgium, July 1, 2020.

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This image taken from above shows a visitor walking across a lotus pond in Shuangxi district, in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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An image of Frederick Douglass is projected onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, July 1, 2020.