A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 2, 2020
![A field of lavender is pictured in Puimoisson, southern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/59db9e5e-6b0b-4762-bba5-bb1ac4568bfd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A field of lavender is pictured in Puimoisson, southern France.
![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. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/6c895549-6a8d-4132-8f70-31e0ced4d6f0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![This image taken from above shows a visitor walking across a lotus pond in Shuangxi district, in New Taipei City, Taiwan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7ea11073-8d33-48c9-af1e-31b61e716f56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.
![An image of Frederick Douglass is projected onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, July 1, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/905de753-afca-43f2-a47f-fadf9960fab6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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.