A look at the best news photos from around the world.
September 1, 2020

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Riot policemen beat anti-government demonstrators during a protest near Parliament Square in Beirut, Lebanon.

2
Students attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of Wuhan High School on the first day of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.

3
A plainclothes law enforcement officer detains a student during a protest against presidential election results, in Minsk, Belarus.

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First graders attend a ceremony marking the start of the new school year, as schools reopen after the summer break and the lockdown due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, in Moscow, Russia.