World in focus - best photos for April 23, 2020

Take a look at our pic of some of the best images from around the world

A woman in a mask walks past a mural of a hand on the side of a building in Midtown New York City. AFP

A woman looks at a dog while putting on a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok. AFP

Pedestrians wearing face masks cross the road in Seoul. AFP

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) in a tent on the grounds of the Sophiahemmet private hospital performs tests on a patient to see if she has symptoms of Covid-19 in Stockholm. AFP

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with the seventh batch of SpaceX broadband network satellites, at the Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Reuters

A street vendor wearing a face mask is pictured as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Reuters

A couple wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus watches trees covered with "love locks" on the Namsan Mountain in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo

An Indian woman labourer feeds her child at a brick kiln after resuming work during lockdown on the outskirts of Jammu, India. AP Photo

The Wawel Castle during sunrise in Krakow, Poland. Tyniec is notable for its famous Benedictine abbey founded by King Casimir the Restorer in 1044. EPA

Medical personnel jump in the Covid-19 unit at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital, during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Liege, Belgium. Reuters

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