A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 2, 2021
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A mother and child holding flowers are stopped by police as they try to remember the life of a man who stabbed a policeman then stabbed himself and died on the anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule, at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, China.
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In this picture, fire surround a drought-stricken Shasta Lake during the Salt Fire in Lakehead, California, as firefighters battle many wildfires in the area following a heatwave and several lightning strikes.
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Kashmiri villagers are seen through a window of the house where suspected rebels were taking refuge, after a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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A boy jumps into a stepwell, built inside the shrine of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya, to cool off on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India.