Best Photos of the Day

On Thursday, June 11, 2020, Woodmere welcomed a new work of art to its grounds that has been a longtime aspiration: Alter Root (2002) by Steve Tobin. The bronze root sculpture is the generous gift of Dennis Alter. "I have long recognized that Tobin, an artist of international renown, is one of the lead artists of Philadelphia.

Protesters gather at Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House and the equestrian statue of former US President General Andrew Jackson protected by a fence and concrete blocks in Washington, DC on June 26, 2020. US President Donald Trump today signed an executive order pledging to enforce prosecution for protesters who vandalize public memorials, as he announced he was skipping a weekend at his New Jersey golf resort to ensure "LAW & ORDER" in Washington. Olivier DOULIERY / AFP

A rally led by the New York Young Republican Club calls for the Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt to remain in place on June 28, 2020 in New York City. The American Museum of Natural History has requested that the City of New York and Mayor Bill de Blasio remove the statue as part of a movement to remove racist monuments across the country. In a statement, the museum added that the statue itself communicates a racial hierarchy that the Museum and members of the public have long found disturbing. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP

An orchestra performs onboard a tourist boat parading on the Moskva river to mark the beginning of the navigation season in the Russian capital, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, on June 23, 2020. Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP

In this file photo taken on October 29, 2013 John Neumeier, ballet chief of the Hamburg State Opera, gives a press conference on October 29, 2013 at the city hall in Hamburg, northern Germany. The Hamburg State Opera announced that it has extended the contract of its long-serving ballet chief, US-born John Neumeier, for another four years. Neumeier, 71, has led Hamburg's state ballet for 40 years and was made its "intendant" or artistic chief in 1996. His current contract had been scheduled to expire in 2015. AFP PHOTO / DPA / ANGELIKA WARMUTH.

Dancers wear face masks during a ballet class at the Estudio 84 academy in the Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on June 25, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. ANDER GILLENEA / AFP

Children play at BEAR THE TRUTH Protest: A Pop-Up Art Curation of Teddy Bears for Children and Families in honor of #BlackLivesMatter at Los Angeles City Hall on June 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images/AFP

Guests at the Van-Del drive-in watch from their cars during a virtual Garth Brooks concert in Middle Point, Ohio on June 27, 2020. Hundreds gathered at the drive-in concert for COVID-19 safe summer entertainment. Megan JELINGER / AFP.

A general view shows the historic Leh Palace in Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, on June 27, 2020. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP

A view of the Sherman Memorial or Sherman Monument honoring William Tecumseh Sherman by artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens located outside Central Park at Grand Army Plaza on June 26, 2020 in New York City. Cindy Ord/Getty Images/AFP