Today’s top pics: Golden State Killer pleads guilty and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX China Hong Kong Security Law
A woman wearing a protective face mask walks by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region office building in Beijing, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
APTOPIX France Shopping Center Firearm
French police officers patrol in the business district of La Defense Tuesday, June 30, 2020 outside Paris. Paris police said that police checks are being carried out in a popular shopping center near La Defense business district after a witness called police to say they had seen a man carrying a fire arm. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
APTOPIX Germany Daily Life
Iceland stallions gather on a meadow at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Germany France
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, welcome French President Emmanuel Macron at the German government's guest house Meseberg Castle in Gransee near Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 29 2020. The meeting takes place ahead of Germany's EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2020. (Hayoung Jeon, Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Golden State Killer
Joseph James DeAngelo, center, charged with being the Golden State Killer, is helped up by his attorney, Diane Howard, as Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman enters the courtroom in Sacramento, Calif., Monday June 29, 2020. DeAngelo pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and other charges 40 years after a sadistic series of assaults and slayings in California. Due to the large numbers of people attending, the hearing was held at a ballroom at California State University, Sacramento to allow for social distancing. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
APTOPIX Hong Kong China Security Law
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporter's question during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
APTOPIX Hong Kong China Security Law
Pro-China supporters hold Chinese and Hong Kong national flags during a rally to celebrate the approval of a national security law for Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
APTOPIX Hong Kong China Security Law
Protesters gather at a shopping mall in Central during a pro-democracy protest against Beijing's national security law in Hong Kong, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Hong Kong media are reporting that China has approved a contentious law that would allow authorities to crack down on subversive and secessionist activity in Hong Kong, sparking fears that it would be used to curb opposition voices in the semi-autonomous territory. The placard, second from left, reads: "Oppose Beijing's national security law, go to streets on July 1." (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Annexation
Palestinians laborers line up to cross a checkpoint at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears determined to carry out his pledge to begin annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, possibly as soon as Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Annexation
A Palestinian shepherd herds his flock next to the West Bank Jewish Settlement of Tomer in the Jordan Valley, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears determined to carry out his pledge to begin annexing parts of the occupied West Bank, possibly as soon as Wednesday. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
APTOPIX Russia Vote
A voter wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus casts her ballot at a polling station in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 29, 2020. Polls opened in Russia on June 25 for a week-long vote on a constitutional reform that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
APTOPIX South Africa Daily Life
Men wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, walk past a hair product billboard on the street in Soweto, South Africa, Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
APTOPIX Venezuela Beatification
A woman wearing a face mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic holds a photo of the late Venezuelan Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez during the inauguration of the restoration of his memorial, a mural near the site where he died, in La Pastora neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2020. Pope Francis approved on Friday, June 19, 2020, the beatification of Hernandez, known as the "doctor of the poor." (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Bolivia
A sex worker wearing protective gear against the spread of the new coronavirus sits on a bed during a demonstration of the safety precautions they will take at their jobs in El Alto, Bolivia, Monday, June 29, 2020. Without kisses, with masks and with a transparent protective suit over their clothes, a group of Bolivian sex workers is trying to convince the authorities to allow them to return to their activities that were suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although prostitution is not totally legal in Bolivia, local city governments regulate its practice within their jurisdictions. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil
A vendor wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus carries mannequins displaying bathing suits, at a street market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 29, 2020. This weekend Rio authorities allowed commerce and beauty salons to open their doors to the public as the city eases its lockdown amid the growing pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak China Daily Life
A man wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus stands against a roll of boats parked on the barricaded Houhai Lake, a usually popular tourist spot before the new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. China, where the coronavirus pandemic began in December, was the first economy to reopen in March after the ruling Communist Party declared victory over the disease. Manufacturing and other activity is reviving but demand for exports is feeble and Chinese consumers, worried about losing jobs, are reluctant to spend. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Ecuador
People walk in Quito's financial district in Ecuador, Monday, June 29, 2020. More than 150,000 state workers returned to work today amid fear of increasing COVID-19 infections and the capacity of hospitals to treat them. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Germany France
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left and French President Emmanuel Macron talk in the garden of Meseberg Castle, the German government's guest house in Meseberg, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2020. Merkel met Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron for talks as Germany prepares to take over the European Union presidency. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Mexico
Bank customers keep their distance to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, as they stand in line outside a bank in Mexico City, Monday, June 29, 2020. Mexico City is moving this week to the next stage of its gradual reopening from its COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Peru
A boy jumps amid boats as he plays with other children on the second to last day of the government-mandated lockdown put in place to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, at a dock at Pescadores beach in Lima, Peru, Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Spain
A healthcare worker attends a demonstration to demand improvement of Spain's public health system in Madrid, Monday, June 29, 2020. Spanish health authorities are closely watching how coronavirus clusters involving agricultural workers in northern Spain and that have infected some 300 people over the past two weeks are evolving. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Spain
A child sits on the roof of a taxi during a taxi driver protest in downtown Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Taxi drivers are demanding assistance due to lack of clients and private hire. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Texas Election
Harris County election clerk Nora Martinez, left, helps a voter, Monday, June 29, 2020, in Houston. Early voting for the Texas primary runoffs began Monday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Texas Election
Harris County election clerk Jose Mendoza watches over voting booths, Monday, June 29, 2020, in Houston. Early voting for the Texas primary runoffs began Monday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Venezuela
A worker from the Transportation Ministry explains proper mask usage to non-compliant pedestrians on a corner of downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2020, amid efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Venezuela
An elderly woman wearing a mask amid the spread of the new coronavirus accepts free medication from a government worker in La Pastora neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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