A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 18, 2020
![People exercise at sunrise in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, as the country marks day 53 of a government lockdown in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9954e5bc-f087-4d3d-93f2-fe5fd72c3098_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People exercise at sunrise in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, as the country marks day 53 of a government lockdown in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
![A child wearing a face covering is surrounded by shoes, after the group Extinction Rebellion laid out 1,500 pairs of children's shoes in Trafalgar Square in central London to demand that the government adopts a climate-friendly economic recovery plan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6415c63e-804c-40fe-bc0d-ea5db1a79ea6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A child wearing a face covering is surrounded by shoes, after the group Extinction Rebellion laid out 1,500 pairs of children's shoes in Trafalgar Square in central London to demand that the government adopts a climate-friendly economic recovery plan.
![Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi reacts as police officers detain her for protesting against the way the government gives out food as well as the COVID-19 lockdown situation, in Kampala.](https://gdb.voanews.com/1d916b8f-ff4c-4bed-84bb-b20c5fd7d171_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi reacts as police officers detain her for protesting against the way the government gives out food as well as the COVID-19 lockdown situation, in Kampala.
![Russia's Emergencies Ministry members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) spray disinfectant near a small store at the Kievsky Railway Station during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow. (Credit: Sandurskaya/Moscow News Agency/Handout)](https://gdb.voanews.com/66eff69f-f13e-4ffa-ac5e-2f7b8fce476e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's Emergencies Ministry members wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) spray disinfectant near a small store at the Kievsky Railway Station during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow. (Credit: Sandurskaya/Moscow News Agency/Handout)