A look at the best news photos from around the world.
July 1, 2021
![Empty streets are seen in Dhaka as the country goes into a strict Covid-19 lockdown, with the army and police ordered to stop people leaving their homes except for emergencies or to buy essentials.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a281c017-6c34-457d-ab48-49b89886acbc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Empty streets are seen in Dhaka as the country goes into a strict Covid-19 lockdown, with the army and police ordered to stop people leaving their homes except for emergencies or to buy essentials.
![A member of the clergy poses under British artist Luke Jerram's installation 'Gaia', a 7-meter replica of planet Earth, suspended in the nave of Ely Cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Britain.](https://gdb.voanews.com/49a25e6b-7200-4e50-bfb2-adfa8108c92f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A member of the clergy poses under British artist Luke Jerram's installation 'Gaia', a 7-meter replica of planet Earth, suspended in the nave of Ely Cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Britain.
![Old American cars and buses drive through a flooded street in Havana, Cuba, June 30, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/addda8ad-8988-40eb-9f23-2922f026d063_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Old American cars and buses drive through a flooded street in Havana, Cuba, June 30, 2021.
![Emergency workers conduct search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, June 30, 2021.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7b4a09e8-a66a-45c0-9453-7943e0d891a7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emergency workers conduct search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, June 30, 2021.