An injured man (C) reacts during scuffles with US Park Police officers during protests over the Minneapolis arrest of George Floyd, who later died in police custody, near the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 30 May 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May, appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW
A gravedigger rests in the Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 18 May 2020 (issued 19 May 2020). Twelve hours and 62 burials. A day without respite in which there is no time to pray to the deceased. This is the daily routine of the gravediggers of the Brazilian cemetery of Vila Formosa, the largest in Latin America, in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. 'It is one body after another, we do not stop.' Throughout Brazil, nearly 17,000 Covid-19 deaths and more than 250,000 coronavirus infections are recorded. EPA-EFE/Fernando Bizerra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the first Cabinet meeting of the new government at the Chagall Hall in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), in Jerusalem, Israel, 24 May 2020. EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN / POOL
Visitors walk in a gallery of the ARoS Museum of Art that reopened its doors for the public after more than two months of closure, in Aarhus, Denmark, 22 May 2020. A parliamentary partys' agreement on late 20 May evening on further reopenings in the so-called Phase 2 means that museums, theaters, art galleries, cinemas, or aquariums can open again immediately. EPA-EFE/BO AMSTRUP DENMARK OUT
The 76-year-old activist Marco Castillo (L) and his partner Rodrigo Campos (R) kiss during their wedding, the day that same-sex marriage came into effect in Costa Rica when the 18-month deadline the Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber gave Congress to legislate on it expired, in the Family Court in San Jose, Costa Rica, 26 May 2020. Costa Rica became the first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriage. EPA-EFE/JEFFREY ARGUEDAS
Dietician vegan activist Kevser Baskara, poses with a mask made of lettuce (iceberg) to draw attention to viruses spread by infected animals and the consumption of animal products, in Istanbul, Turkey, 08 May 2020 (issued 10 May 2020). Turkish vegan activists pose with masks made with vegetables to draw attention to different viruses, like covid19, SARS and MERS, believed to be originating from eating or being close to infected animals. Vegan movements around the world aim to draw attention to the vegan lifestyle as a solution to prevent animal viruses from spreading further. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
Amy Gee of Minneapolis holds a sign near the scene of the arrest of George Floyd, who later died in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 26 May 2020. A video posted online one 25 May, appeared to show the Floyd pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. EPA-EFE/CRAIG LASSIG
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Special Advisor, Dominic Cummings returns to his home in London, Britain, 25 May 2020. Calls for Cummings' resignation have increased since news broke the Cummings broke lockdown regulations while showing symptoms for Covid-19. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
A security official wearing a protective face mask stands guard as delegates leave after the second plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 25 May 2020. The NPC runs alongside the annual plenary meetings of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), together known as 'Lianghui' or 'Two Meetings'. This year the two major political meetings initially planned to be held in March were postponed amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY / POOL
U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Richard Burr (R-NC) greet each other with an elbow bump before the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) hearing to examine COVID-19 and Safely Getting Back to Work and Back to School on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 12 May 2020. The committee is hearing testimony from members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on how to safely open the country and get America back to work and school. EPA-EFE/TONI L. SANDYS / POOL
A lonely steward in the empty stands during the German Bundesliga Second Division soccer match between SV Darmstadt 98 and SpVgg Greuther Fuerth at Merck-Stadion in Darmstadt, Germany, 29 May 2020. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH / POOL CONDITIONS - ATTENTION: The DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.
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A column of black smoke emerges as Nissan workers burn tires outside Nissan's plant at Zona Franca industrial state after the Japanese company announced its plans of shutting down the plant in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, 28 May 2020. Nissan reported that it will dismantle Barcelona's facilities affecting up to 30,000 direct and indirect jobs after some 40 years of business. EPA-EFE/ALEJANDRO GARCIA
A primary school child studies in Borgosesia, Italy, 12 May 2020. A rightwing mayor in Piedmont has defied an education ministry ban on school openings in the coronavirus emergency by opening a school gym and play area of Borgosesia owned by the Municipality, to the young children of working parents who have no other way of taking care of their kids. There are three classes of 4-5 children each for primary school and two for kindergarten children. Italy's schools are closed due to coronavirus pandemic until the start of the new school year in September. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MARCO
A visitor wearing a protective face mask at the Old Masters Picture Gallery at the Semper Building in Dresden, Germany 06 May 2020. Due to the contact restrictions that were implemented in a bid to slow down the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease, the Old Masters Picture Gallery had been closed for more than six weeks. The State Art Collections reopened on 05 May as Germany starts to ease certain lockdown measures. EPA-EFE/FIlip Singer
A man wearing a protective face mask walks through the Senbon Torii (Thousands Torii Gates), a tunnel of torii gates, at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, 13 May 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The streets of Japan's ancient capital Kyoto and its world-famous tourist spots are largely deserted as the number of foreign visitors declined more than 93 per cent from previous year, the local media reported in late April. Japan's tourism industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis risking millions of jobs. The Japanese government extended the nationwide state of emergency until 31 May, in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus SARS-C
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, China, 15 May 2020. Lam hailed a new report by the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC), a police watchdog, which dismissed all the most serious allegations against the police, while conceding there was 'room for improvement' in how officers dealt with anti-government protests. EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE
A Filipino teacher checks a picture of a student shown on a tablet that is attached to robot during a graduation ceremony at a school in Taguig City, Philippines, 22 May 2020. At least 179 high school students received their diploma during an online graduation ceremony that was beamed live on Facebook as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease. EPA-EFE/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
Vehicles wade through logged water after cyclone Amphan made landfall, in Kolkata, Eastern India, 21 May 2020. The death toll due to devastation caused by the cyclone rose to 72 across West Bengal. EPA-EFE/PIYAL ADHIKARY
Indian Muslims offer prayers to mark Eid al-Fitr at their home amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in Bhopal, India 25 May 2020. For the first time in recent history, the majority of the Muslims across India offered Eid prayers at their residences instead of at mosques, shrines and open fields, due to coronavirus restrictions. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a three day festival marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. EPA-EFE/SANJEEV GUPTA
French Designer Christophe Gernigon (R) tries out his creation Plex'Eat, plexiglas bubble which surrounds customers to protect them from the covid-19 infection during a press presentation at the H.A.N.D restaurant in Paris, France, 28 May 2020. Restaurants in Paris prepare for reopening. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) during a joint video press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 18 May 2020. France and Germany discussed Europe’s economic recovery plans to respond to the virus crisis. Germany and France propose a 500-billion-euro European programme to support the economic recovery following the coronavirus crisis. EPA-EFE/ANDREAS GORA / POOL
A vegetable market is damaged after after Cyclone Amphan hit Bengal; in Kolkata, India, 22 May 2020. A massive water crisis faces the city due to disrupted electricity supply lines. According to media reports, 80 people died in Bengal after cyclone Amphan hit the region. EPA-EFE/PIYAL ADHIKARY
A Blue throated barbet bird comes out with waste in a nest in a forest in Kathmandu, Nepal, 27 May 2020. Nepal is one of the destinations for the summer and winter migratory birds coming from the southern parts of South East Asia as well as from Africa and Australia, due to its favorable breeding environment. According to bird experts, more than 900 birds species have been spotted in Nepal. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
Protesters use milk to clear the effects of teargas as they clash with officers outside a Minneapolis police precinct two days after George Floyd died while in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, 27 May 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. EPA-EFE/CRAIG LASSIG
An uprooted tree fell onto a truck after Cyclone Amphan made landfall, in Bokkhali village near the Bay of Bengal, India, 21 May 2020. The death toll due to devastation caused by the cyclone rose to 72 across West Bengal. EPA-EFE/PIYAL ADHIKARY
Australian Climber Angie Scarth-Johnson climbs at Gateway Crag in the Blue Mountains, Sydney, Australia, 04 May 2020 (issued 05 May 2020). Angie is training for selection to represent Australia in Sport Climbing at the Olympics. The sport would've made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. EPA-EFE/BRENDON THORNE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
A woman holding a red flag takes part in a protest on May Day in the district Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany, 01 May 2020. The first day of May is celebrated worldwide as International Workers' Day, which marks the 1886 Haymarket labor strike and subsequent riots in Chicago, Illinois, USA. This year, May Day takes place amid the global pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE/OMER MESSINGER
A person enjoys the warm weather while maintaining safe gatherings inside new social distancing circles at Dolores Park in San Francisco, California, USA, 22 May 2020. Four San Francisco parks have been outfitted with ten-foot white circles, and eight feet apart to remind people to social distance while being outside during the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. San Francisco Recreation and Parks wanted to have them in place before the Memorial Day weekend. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO
John Ratcliffe sits after arriving to attend the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on his nomination to be the Director of National Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 05 May 2020. The Republican-led Senate returned to session this week, despite strong criticism from Democrats who say the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic makes convening unsafe. The Senate is scheduled to meet regarding confirmations and to hold hearings, while the House of Representatives extended recess until 11 May. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
The Cenotaph memorial is pictured in the morning in London, Britain, 08 May 2020. Victory in Europe Day, known as VE Day celebrates Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender during World World II on 08 May. Because of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, elderly members of the Oadby Royal British Legion will be carrying out the ceremony in isolation at their own homes instead. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
A view of bags filled with stones and sand placed along the beach to remind beachgoers to abide to social distancing guidelines, in the area of Sturla, in Genoa, northern Italy, 29 May 2020, during a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions introduced in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Italy is preparing for the summer season with beaches reopening under strict rules. EPA-EFE/LUCA ZENNARO
oland's Supreme Court Judge Malgorzata Manowska (L) speaks during the sixth day of the sitting of the Supreme Court judges in Warsaw, Poland, 23 May 2020 (issued 25 May 2020). Malgorzata Manowska was elected today by President Andrzej Duda as the first president of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland. EPA-EFE/TOMASZ GZELL POLAND OUT
A Sri Lankan Muslim Muslim Moulavi performs Eid al-Fitr prayers that mark the end of the fasting holy month of Ramadan at the almost deserted Mosque during an island-wide curfew due to the coronavirus pandemic in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24 May 2020. Muslims around the world celebrated Eid Al-Fitr to mark the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. EPA-EFE/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE
The hazy contour of our own Milky Way galaxy is seen in the early morning sky over the San Anton de Mantaras hermitage in Irixoa, Galicia, northwestern Spain, 27 May 2020. EPA-EFE/CABALAR
Nepalese police officers using batons detain demonstrators during a protest against the Indian government in front of Parliament Building in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 May 2020, amid a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of youths from the 'Save Border Movement' staged protests to mount pressure on the Nepali government to take necessary measures against India's unilateral construction of a link road connecting India with Mansarovar of Tibet, China via the Lipulekh region, a Nepali territory, according to media reports. EPA-EFE/NARENDRA SHRESTHA
Police react with pepper spray as protesters outside the Minneapolis police 3rd Precinct continue a second day of protests over the arrest of George Floyd, who later died in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 27 May 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. EPA-EFE/TANNEN MAURY
Osnabrueck's Moritz Heyer (2-R) and Regensburg's Marco Gruettner (2-L) vie for the ball during the German Bundesliga Second Division soccer match between VfL Osnabrueck and SSV Jahn Regensburg in Osnabrueck, Germany, 29 May 2020. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL / POOL CONDITIONS - ATTENTION: The DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.
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A woman being monitored for COVID-19 disease symptoms rests inside an isolation tent at a performing arts theater that was converted into a quarantine facility for people showing symptoms of the COVID-19 disease in Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 May 2020. Countries around the world are taking increased measures to stem the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the COVID-19 disease. EPA-EFE/MAST IRHAM
A group of young people climbs a city walls in Pamplona, northern Spain, 21 May 2020. Spanish is planning steps to exit from the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. EPA-EFE/JESUS DIGES
People look at damage to a road and bridge after the Edenville dam was breached near Edenville, Michigan, USA, 20 May 2020. The dam at Wixom Lake gave way after heavy rains, sending water downstream and causing the Sanford Dam to give way. Nearly 10 thousand people were forced to evacuate their homes. EPA-EFE/TANNEN MAURY
Pro-Beijing lawmaker and House Committee chairperson Starry Lee (C) is confronted by pan-democrat lawmakers at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, China, 22 May 2020. China announced that it will introduce a new national security law in Hong Kong banning sedition, secession and subversion of the central government in Beijing through a method that could bypass Hong Kong's legislature. EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE
A cat at Al Azhar mosque during Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic for Night of Destiny) prayers in Egypt, Cairo, 19 May 2020. Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic for Night of Destiny) is believed to be the night when the first verse of Islam's holy book, the Koran, was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, the exact date is not known but it is believed to be on an odd night of the last 10 nights of the holy month of Ramadan. EPA-EFE/Mohamed Hossam
Nurses care for newborn babies at a hotel in Kiev, Ukraine, 16 May 2020. The 51 babies born to surrogate mothers in the Ukrainian BioTexCom clinic wait for their foreign parents because they can't reach Ukraine due to border closures during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Countries around the world take measures to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus which causes the Covid-19 disease. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
Nurses take advantage of their break to undergo a light-therapy cure at a new wellness center set up inside the CHR Verviers hospital in Verviers, Belgium, 22 May 2020. The hospital decided to open the wellness center within the building for staff members so that they can relax amid the stress of the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. In view of the positive feedback from the staff, the hospital is considering making the wellness center a permanent fixture. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
An aerial photo made with a drone shows floodwaters from the Tittabawassee River in the downtown area of Midland, Michigan, 21 May 2020. The Edenville Dam was breached draining a large part of Wixom Lake near Edenville, Michigan, USA, on 19 May 2020. The dam gave way after heavy rains, sending water downstream and causing the Sanford Dam to give way. Nearly 10,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes. EPA-EFE/TANNEN MAURY
Rescue workers search for the bodies or survivors amid wreckage of the passenger plane of state run Pakistan International Airlines, after it crashed on a residential colony, in Karachi, Pakistan, 22 May 2020. A Pakistan International Airlines passenger flight with over 100 people on board crashed on 22 May as it was about to land near a residential area close to the airport in the port city of Karachi, a civil aviation official said. Rescue workers reportedly spot the Black Box. EPA-EFE/SHAHZAIB AKBER
A laborer cuts woods to be used as fuel source at a shop, on the International Labour Day, in Peshawar, Pakistan , 01 May 2020. Labor Day is annual holiday that takes place on 01 May, it celebrates laborers, their rights, achievements and contributions to society. EPA-EFE/ARSHAD ARBAB BILAWAL ARBAB
Cardboard pictures of fans are seen during the Hungarian first division soccer match Ferencvarosi TC - Debreceni VSC in the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary, 23 May 2020. The match is played behind closed doors due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. EPA-EFE/Tibor Illyes HUNGARY OUT
Turkish riot police take into custody Arzu Cerkezoglu (2-L, wearing face shield and mask), the president of Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DISK) and Turkish Workers Party lawmaker Baris Atay (C, wearing face mask) and members of DISK struggle with riot police to prevent them from marching to Taksim Square to place a wreath during a May Day demonstration in Isanbul, Turkey 01 May 2020, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN
A customer receives haircut by a Thai hairdresser wearing protective suit and face shield next to plastic shield set up to prevent the COVID-19 after the government allows beauty salon services as part of the easing some stringent measures to combat the slowdown of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at a beauty salon in Bangkok, Thailand, 04 May 2020. The Thai government announced to restart some businesses, a raft of shop and services as well as some activities with social distancing and restriction guidelines as part of the easing some stringent measures imposed to curb the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic after the number of deadly disease infections in Thailand has been dropped while the state of emergency decree and curfew will remain for another month until the end of May. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT
Family members of Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga arrive at the courthouse to attend the extradition hearing in Paris, France, 27 May 2020. Felicien Kabuga, one of the most wanted suspects in the Rwandan genocide has been arrested in Asnieres sur Seine on 16 May 2020 in Asnieres near Paris where he had been living under false identity. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT
Bullet holes are visible in figures of the pedestal relief of Alexander Calandrelli at the foot of the Victory Column in Berlin, Germany, 04 May 2020 (issued 06 May 2020). 08 May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from National Socialism. Parts of the destruction that resulted from the fight for Berlin, are still visible after 75 years. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN
A rescue worker check bodies of the victims the day after a passenger plane of state run Pakistan International Airlines crashed in a residential area, at a mortuary in Karachi, Pakistan, 23 May 2020. A Pakistan International Airlines passenger flight with over 100 people on board crashed on 22 May as it was preparing to land in the port city of Karachi. According to media reports at least 97 people died in the accident. EPA-EFE/REHAN KHAN
Small wooden crosses and flower pots with the names of the victims at the memorial for the victims of the Love Parade catastrophe in Duisburg, Germany, 04 May 2020. The Duisburg Regional Court has discontinued the trial about the accident at the Loveparade without a verdict. A total of 21 people were killed and more than 500 injured when a mass panic broke out among ravers on 24 July 2010 in a crowded tunnel and an underpass leading to the only entrance to the Loveparade festival grounds. The trial sought to find out if organizers were to be held responsible for the disaster. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL
Players in action in front of empty stands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Freiburg, Germany, 29 May 2020. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK / POOL CONDITIONS - ATTENTION: The DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.
An injured protester lays bleeding on the highway 101 surrounded by others after a Highway Patrol car allegedly drove off during a protest following the death of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, California, USA, 27 May 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck, in Minnesota. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT
A bullet ridden window at the scene of an attack at MSF (Doctors without Borders) hospital, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 12 May 2020. According to reports, at least 12 people were killed and 16 others injured including women and children when the Gunmen entered the MSF clinic in Kabul. EPA-EFE/HEDAYATULLAH AMID ATTENTION EDITORS GRAPHIC CONTENT
An aerial photo made with a drone shows a sold out McHenry Outdoor Theater as a movie starts in McHenry, Illinois, USA, 08 May 2020. Despite a stay at home order, the theater received permission from state health official to open as long as social distancing is observed. The theater is the only of its kind in the Chicago area and will offer refreshments from snack carts on the property during a double feature of The Flintstones and Jurassic Park. EPA-EFE/TANNEN MAURY
Colonies of flamingos crowd the muddy area in Navi Mumbai, India 17 May 2020. Migratory birds arrive in the winter season from different parts of India and neighboring countries and are usually leaving the region again in the spring months. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI