World in focus - best photos for May 26, 2020

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

An employee takes out a mannequin as she cleans a store at a shopping centre in Asuncion, Paraguay. AP Photo

A couple wearing costumes poses for a photographer underneath the shade of a tree in Beijing. AFP

A military officer and US President Donald Trump both salute during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in commemoration of the Memorial Day holiday in Arlington, Virginia. Reuters

People enjoy the view at the reopening of the Elbphilharmonie after being closed during the coronavirus crisis in Hamburg, Germany. Getty Images

A protester holds a flare during a workers’ unions protest against government reforms to fight the economic and health crisis brought by the pandemic in Quito, Ecuador. AP Photo

A man uses a mobile phone as he sits on a bench near Shinagawa station on the first day after the Japanese government lifted the state of emergency in Tokyo. Reuters

Thai Airways planes are seen parked on the tarmac of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Reuters

The aerobatic demonstration team Frecce Tricolori of the Italian Air Force, leaving green, white, and red smoke trails, fly in formation above the Florence. EPA

Commuters in Tokyo, Japan. AFP

Downing Street special adviser Dominic Cummings arrives home in London to much attention after breaking UK lockdown regulations that he helped craft. AFP

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