Best Photos of the Day

Staff inspect the damage at the Sursock Museum in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 5, 2020, a day after a blast in a warehouse in the port of the Lebanese capital sowed devastation across entire city neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis. PATRICK BAZ / AFP

A replica of the head of the Statue of Liberty sits in the closed entrance Madame Tussauds museum along New York City's iconic 42nd Street on August 06, 2020 in New York City. Despite New York's success in bringing down the number of COVID-19 cases, Manhattan is still struggling as thousands of businesses remain shuttered and tourism has yet to recover. According to the Center for an Urban Future, 65 million tourists visited New York City last year. SPENCER PLATT / Getty Images via AFP

Museum employees wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pose in front of a statue entitled 'Zephyr' 1576, by artist Pietro Francavilla, during a photocall at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in London on August 4, 2020, as the museum prepares to re-open to the public on August 6, after having had to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP

Picture taken at a cinema in Montevideo on May 30, 2019. Cinemas, theatres and museums reopen in Uruguay on August 3, 2020 amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, after the government approved a strict health protocol that actors describe as "inapplicable". Mariana SUAREZ / AFP

A picture taken on August 3, 2020 shows the Africa Museum in Tervuren, near Brussels. François WALSCHAERTS / AFP

A picture taken on August 3, 2020 shows a bust of former king Leopold II covered in red paint, with "BLM" spray-painted on its base, in the park of the Africa Museum in Tervuren, near Brussels. The bust of former Belgian king Leopold II, a controversial figure from Belgium's colonial past, has again been damaged in the grounds of the Africa Museum. The statue, which had already been painted in June, is regularly defaced. François WALSCHAERTS / AFP

Muslim women walk around historic monument Charminar area in the old city of Hyderabad on August 5, 2020. NOAH SEELAM / AFP

The full moon is pictured behind the famous Druzhba Narodov (Friendship of nations) fountain in the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VDNKh), a trade show and amusement park in Moscow late on August 3, 2020. Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP

The full moon rises behind the ancient temple of Zeus in Nemea on August 3, 2020. Valerie Gache / AFP

Tourists gather in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate on August 4, 2020, amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Many European countries who have scrapped travel restrictions during the summer break are now confronted with the possibility of a second wave of infections and another lockdown. John MACDOUGALL / AFP