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Security personnel prepare to clear the stands as delegates leave after the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.APAn office worker raises his hands as he walks with his lunch as demonstrators and bystanders run from pepper spray projectiles fired by riot police in the Central district during a protest in Hong Kong, China.BloombergLilitha Jiphethu, 11, background center, plays with her friends with a ball made from discarded plastic grocery bags, outside her home in Orange Farm, South Africa.APHONG KONG, CHINA - MAY 27: Riot police secure an area during a Lunch with You rally in Central district on May 27, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday during the National People's Congress that Beijing would establish a sound legal system and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong.(Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)Anthony KwanAlexandra Kustova, shows how she dances prior to an interview in her family's apartment in Yekaterinburg, a city in the Urals, Russia.APA vendor wearing a protective face mask walks by bags of beans and pulses for sale at Toi market in Nairobi, Kenya.BloombergChildren play near their house in the Villa Maria del Triunfo district, in the outskirts of Lima, Peru.APSecurity personnel prepare for the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.APMembers of the Aryubi family mourn over the graves of Dr. Yousuf Aryubi and two siblings who lost their lives to COVID-19, in Kabul, Afghanistan.APFirst grade students and their parents maintain social distancing during a welcome ceremony at DunSan elementary school in Daejeon, South Korea.APA boy waits to receive a coronavirus antibody test from health workers at a village in Bali, Indonesia.AP
