World in focus - best photos for July 2, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world during the past 24 hours

Slackliner Sandor Nagy practices on the beach in Boscombe, on the south coast of England. AFP

Olympique Lyonnais' team players and US Port-Valais' players fight for the ball during a friendly football match between in Evian les Bains at the Camille Fournier stadium, part of the Olympique Lyonnais training camp in the city. AFP

Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from a field on the outskirts of Sukkur in southern Sindh province. Farmers are struggling as the worst locust plague in 25 years wipes out entire harvests in Pakistan's agricultural heartlands, leaving people scrambling for income. AFP

A police officer secures a cordon after police entered the Times Square shopping mall to search for protesters during a rally set against a new national security law in Hong Kong. AFP

A waitress wearing a mask and face shield to curb the spread of the coronavirus brings order for a patron at the "Sanborns of the Azulejos" restaurant in Mexico City. AP Photo

Teachers and students wear protective gear as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak during a class at a Quran educational facility at on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. AP Photo

Students in a protective gear are seated at partitioned desks at the Samkhok School in Pathum Thani, outside Bangkok. AP Photo

Christ the Redeemer with a projection in tribute to the victims of Covid-19 that reads 'More than 500 thousand lives', in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. EPA

A man pushes a cart filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders on a street painted with circles for people to maintain social distancing after a few restrictions were relaxed during an extended lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Mumbai, India. Reuters

A large mask hangs on the face of a lion statue standing outside of the main branch of the New York Public Library in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US. Reuters

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