• A fishing boat cruises along the Potomac River at sunset in Washington state, US. AP Photo
    A fishing boat cruises along the Potomac River at sunset in Washington state, US. AP Photo
  • A man runs in a park as the sun sets, in Kansas City. AP Photo
    A man runs in a park as the sun sets, in Kansas City. AP Photo
  • Soldiers wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic stand in formation during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan. AFP
    Soldiers wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic stand in formation during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan. AFP
  • Olivier Gerard, director of the Ossuary, 1916 Battle of Verdun Soldiers Memorial, poses in the cloister of the Ossuary in Douaumont, north-east France. AFP
    Olivier Gerard, director of the Ossuary, 1916 Battle of Verdun Soldiers Memorial, poses in the cloister of the Ossuary in Douaumont, north-east France. AFP
  • An employee of France's biggest coffin-maker, OGF group varnishes a coffin in Jussey, eastern France, amid the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP
    An employee of France's biggest coffin-maker, OGF group varnishes a coffin in Jussey, eastern France, amid the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP
  • A paddle boarder is seen with his dog at Mordialloc beach, Australia. EPA
    A paddle boarder is seen with his dog at Mordialloc beach, Australia. EPA
  • Adriana Brenes prays during a live streamed mass as photos of the congregation are displayed over the church's benches at the Nuestra Senora de Fatima church, San Jose, Costa Rica. Reuters
    Adriana Brenes prays during a live streamed mass as photos of the congregation are displayed over the church's benches at the Nuestra Senora de Fatima church, San Jose, Costa Rica. Reuters
  • 91-year-old twins Jackie Voskamp and Joyce Kriesmer, residents at the Vi at La Jolla Village senior complex, exercise on their balcony in San Diego, California. Reuters
    91-year-old twins Jackie Voskamp and Joyce Kriesmer, residents at the Vi at La Jolla Village senior complex, exercise on their balcony in San Diego, California. Reuters
  • A woman argues with a policeman during an operation to enforce the curfew in El Callao, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. AP Photo
    A woman argues with a policeman during an operation to enforce the curfew in El Callao, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. AP Photo
  • A cyclist crosses a near-empty Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background in central London. AFP
    A cyclist crosses a near-empty Westminster Bridge with the Houses of Parliament in the background in central London. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for April 9, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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April 09, 2020

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