World in focus - best photos for July 3, 2020

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

A woman prays under the fingertips of the largest Buddha statue in Thailand, in Ang Thong province, north of Bangkok. AFP

The Mount Rushmore National Monument is seen at night in Keystone, South Dakota. AFP

US President Donald trump takes a swing with a bat from Texas Timber before speaking at a Spirit of America showcase event to spotlight small businesses in the grand foyer of the White House, in Washington, DC. AFP

A fruit seller pushes his cart through a flooded street in Mumbai. AFP

Campact NGO's activists wearing carnival heads bearing German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Economy Minister Peter Altmaier stage a protest against the government's coal phase-out law in front of the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP

A resident covers her face as municipal employees carry out a disinfection operation against COVID-19 in San Jose. Costa Rica. AFP

A health professional administers a Covid-19 test to an indigenous Guarani child in Marica, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. AFP

A surfer falls off a wave on in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS

A woman from the Turkana tribe walks through a swarm of locusts at the village of Lorengippi near the town of Lodwar, Turkana county, Kenya. REUTERS

Staff wait to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi. AFP

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