A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 1, 2019
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Journalists film a protester defaces the Hong Kong emblem inside the meeting hall of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Protesters took over the legislature's main building, tearing down portraits of legislative leaders and spray painting pro-democracy slogans on the walls of the main chamber.
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A captured Minke whale is unloaded after commercial whaling at a port in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
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Models present creations by Iris van Herpen during the Women's Fall-Winter 2019/2020 Haute Couture collection fashion show in Paris, France.
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A policeman stands next to vehicles buried in hail in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, June 30, 2019.
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A reveler dressed as a Mexican "catrina" participates in the gay pride parade in Bogota, Colombia, June 30, 2019.
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A woman looks through the window at a bird feeding chicks in a nest made on the windowsill, in the village of Podolye, 70km (43 miles) East from St.Petersburg, Russia.
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A Loon internet balloon, carrying solar-powered mobile networking equipment flies over the company's launch site in Winnemucca, Nevada.
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Models present creations by designer Daniel Roseberry as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2019/20 collection show for fashion house Schiaparelli in Paris, France.