A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 22, 2020
![Honor guards march near a World War II monument on the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941 in Stavropol, Russia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/66484cf6-6131-4f4a-9bd3-25b92802b8ee_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Honor guards march near a World War II monument on the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941 in Stavropol, Russia.
![Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b4f05fc9-3a4f-49d5-99da-3f5b44bb51c6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Musicians rehearse at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain.
![Forensic officers search near the scene of reported multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3073bb6-4cf5-4412-8dbe-40cee0076a09_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Forensic officers search near the scene of reported multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain
![A demonstrator kneels as Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies prepare to fire pepper balls, flash-bangs and rubber bullets in a protest against the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado and racial injustice, in Compton, California, June 21, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/113efdb0-8744-4a21-819b-850e01210c9a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A demonstrator kneels as Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies prepare to fire pepper balls, flash-bangs and rubber bullets in a protest against the death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado and racial injustice, in Compton, California, June 21, 2020.
![A worker cleans volcanic ash off the stupas at the Borobudur temple in Magelang Regency a day after Mount Merapi erupted in nearby Sleman, sending a plume of ash into the sky.](https://gdb.voanews.com/90388c9c-9f2b-4e45-944a-d8f9e2b82d56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker cleans volcanic ash off the stupas at the Borobudur temple in Magelang Regency a day after Mount Merapi erupted in nearby Sleman, sending a plume of ash into the sky.
![Agustina Cañamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the new coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3d310925-884c-44fb-8bac-adbcaaaf3e9c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Agustina Cañamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the new coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain.
![Buses are seen as stranded commuters wait for transportation at a bus terminal during a protest by taxi operators over the government's financial relief for the taxi industry, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Soweto, South Africa.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ad743e52-d165-422a-a2f8-708635c5db95_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Buses are seen as stranded commuters wait for transportation at a bus terminal during a protest by taxi operators over the government's financial relief for the taxi industry, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Soweto, South Africa.
![People participate in an outdoor yoga class by LMNTS Outdoor Studio, in a dome to facilitate social distancing and proper protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 21, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7eb00aad-120d-470d-b923-a496f9c1f035_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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People participate in an outdoor yoga class by LMNTS Outdoor Studio, in a dome to facilitate social distancing and proper protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 21, 2020.