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Best photographs of the day

Mating dance and civil liberties: Friday's best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

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London, UK

The chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, walks through from the Foreign Office to Downing Street after the introduction of measures to bring the country out of lockdown

Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

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Southampton, UK

The funeral cortege passes the entrance of Southampton general hospital. Mike Brown, who worked there as a porter for 20 years, died aged 61 after testing positive for Covid-19

Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

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London, UK

A man carries a long tube into 10 Downing Street after the introduction of measures to bring the country out of lockdown

Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

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Barcelona, Spain

Nissan workers protest against the closure of the carmaker’s factory in Zona Franca. The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the manufacturing sector

Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters

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Moscow, Russia

A changing of the honour guard ceremony by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Alexander Garden by the Kremlin Wall

Photograph: Vladimir Gerdo/Tass

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Hong Kong, China

Protesters hold a British National (Overseas) passport and Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest against China’s national security legislation for the city. The British government says t it will grant hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents greater visa rights if China doesn’t scrap a planned new security law for the semi-autonomous territory

Photograph: Kin Cheung/AP

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Minneapolis, US

Tony L Clark holds a photo of George Floyd outside the Cup Food convenience store. Floyd, a handcuffed black man, died Monday in police custody near the convenience store

Photograph: Jerry Holt/AP

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London, UK

Dominic Cummings, the special adviser to Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, leaves his home. Calls for Cummings’ resignation have increased since news broke that he violated lockdown regulations when he and his wife, both suspected of showing Covid-19 symptoms, travelled across the country to self-isolate at a family’s property

Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

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Frankfurt, Germany

A field of poppies are in full bloom as the sun rises

Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vets check a dog before it is taken to its new home. The Public Animal Shelter in the Guaratiba neighbourhood has been delivering pets for adoption to Brazilians in lockdown

Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

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New York City, US

Protesters clash with police during a rally against the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed when a white police officer knelt on his neck. Floyd’s death was captured in a video that went viral

Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

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Tiszaalpár

, HungaryA pair of European bee-eaters ( Merops apiaster) perform a mating dance

Photograph: Attila Kovács/EPA

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Phoenix, US

Graduating seniors of Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit school, wait their turn to walk down the aisle to the stage individually during Diploma Days. The graduating class of 2020, who have been divided into groups, crossed the stage to graduate over several days because of physical distancing measures

Photograph: Ross D Franklin/AP

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Kabul, Afghanistan

Newly freed Taliban prisoners sit with a handmade toy gun at Pul-i-Charkhi prison

Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

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Columbus, US

Protesters gather in Downtown Columbus, near the statehouse, in solidarity with nationwide protests against the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What started as a peaceful demonstration near the Ohio statehouse in solidarity with other protests throughout the country

Photograph: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

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Madrid, Spain

Branches are put inside a pair of shoes during action held as part of Extinction Rebellion campaign in Puerta del Sol square. Several similar performances are planned for some cities under the slogan ‘Covid today, climate crisis tomorrow’

Photograph: Sebastián Mariscal/EPA

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Kolkata, India

Workers wearing PPE wait for customers in a salon-cum-beauty parlour after authorities allowed them to open during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus

Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters

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Sydney, Australia

The triathlete Emma Jeffcoat trains at Dee Why Headland. She usually spends half the year training and competing overseas, representing Australia in the ITU Triathlon World Cup

Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images