A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 8, 2020
![Hearts painted by a team of artists from Upfest are seen in the grass at Queen Square, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bristol, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b9a79954-f61a-4b78-b602-777b79946681_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hearts painted by a team of artists from Upfest are seen in the grass at Queen Square, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bristol, Britain.
![A view shows damages after floods caused by torrential rain, in Kumamura, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9057a22b-63c8-449c-87e4-fd7394668ed2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A view shows damages after floods caused by torrential rain, in Kumamura, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
![A group of children wearing masks look on as health workers screen people for COVID-19 symptoms at a slum, in Mumbai, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/577312a7-d684-4dac-8849-b1d2a19a6087_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A group of children wearing masks look on as health workers screen people for COVID-19 symptoms at a slum, in Mumbai, India.
![A technician works on an electricity transmission tower on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ec54f266-196b-48ea-946d-0c312b9b488b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A technician works on an electricity transmission tower on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar.
![A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is reflected on a glass wall at a shopping arcade in Tokyo.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0ab521e2-4993-4e88-98ad-8488659fa860_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus is reflected on a glass wall at a shopping arcade in Tokyo.
![Relatives pray before the cremation of a woman, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/58a28415-784d-4ed1-9cb6-87774864740b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Relatives pray before the cremation of a woman, who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in New Delhi, India.
![Guests sit inside a teardrop-shaped tent hanging from a tree created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon, Belgium, July 7, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bc378091-a197-4ba3-8c31-7a7717440218_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Guests sit inside a teardrop-shaped tent hanging from a tree created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon, Belgium, July 7, 2020.
![Children play with a water pipe to cool off on a street during hot summer in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c266c52d-3272-4e31-8298-ae1c11026ce0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Children play with a water pipe to cool off on a street during hot summer in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
![A worker pastes portraits of health care workers created on the facade of the Opera Bastille, at the initiative of the collective #ProtegeTonSoignant to pay tribute to caregivers during the COVID-19 epidemic, in Paris.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a1b3ecc3-631b-4ce7-a639-41e427d02dbb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker pastes portraits of health care workers created on the facade of the Opera Bastille, at the initiative of the collective #ProtegeTonSoignant to pay tribute to caregivers during the COVID-19 epidemic, in Paris.