A look at the best news photos from around the world.
May 1, 2018
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Turkish riot police scuffle with a group of protesters as they attempted to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Workers cut stones in Minya's quarries, Egypt, April 30, 2018. In the Egyptian province of Minya, thousands of men toil in backbreaking, often dangerous conditions in the region's limestone quarries. The stone they produce is an important source of cash for the province, but the human cost is enormous.
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Leicester Morrismen throw their hats during May Day celebrations at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, Britain.
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Bottles containing rice, money, and USB sticks, are prepared before being thrown into the sea by North Korean defector activists on Ganghwa island, west of Seoul, South Korea. The defectors have been throwing hundreds of bottles filled with food, cash, medicine and memory sticks into the sea twice a month for more than two years.