Today’s top pics: Supreme Court Religious Employees and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
APTOPIX Britain Brexit
Farmers from the group Save British Farming drive tractors across Westminster Bridge, backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and the scaffolded Big Ben tower in London, in a protest against cheaply produced lower standard food being imported from the U.S. after Brexit that will undercut them, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
APTOPIX Ukraine Family Day
A couple shares a kiss inside a green labyrinth in a city park in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Ukraine marks the Family Day on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
APTOPIX Britain Soccer Premier League
Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez, second right, scores during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Newcastle at the Ethiad Stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday, July 8, 2020.(Oli Scarff/Pool via AP)
APTOPIX Supreme Court Religious Employees
Tom Alexander holds a cross as he prays prior to rulings outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The Supreme Court is siding with two Catholic schools in a ruling that underscores that certain employees of religious schools, hospitals and social service centers can’t sue for employment discrimination. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Pence
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, left, and Adm. Brett Giroir, head of the U.S. Public Health Service, right, listen as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Education building Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
APTOPIX Trump
President Donald Trump greets Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Serbia
Serbian riot police clashes with protesters in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic backtracked Wednesday on his plans to reinstate a coronavirus lockdown in Belgrade after thousands protested the move and violently clashed with the police in the capital. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
APTOPIX NWSL Reign Royals Soccer
OL Reign goalkeeper Michelle Betos (1) defends against Utah Royals' Taylor Leach, right, during the second half of an NWSL Challenge Cup soccer match at Zions Bank Stadium Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Herriman, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Cuba
Feridia Rojas, a retired nurse, wears a cardboard box as a protective measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The 82-year-old pensioner shuffles through the streets of Havana on shopping excursions wearing the cardboard box, with a handwritten message that reads in Spanish: "I'm home, and you?" (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil
A youth peers from his home in Dique da Vila Gilda, one of the nation's largest communities of stilted shacks, in Santos, Brazil, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Brazil is one of the outbreak’s most lethal hot spots. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
United States Mexico Trump
President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sign a joint declaration at the White House, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
APTOPIX Missing Soldier Texas
A protester participates in a demonstration demanding justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen on the Dunlavy Street bridge that goes over the Southwest Freeway in Houston on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via AP)
APTOPIX Phoenix Police Shooting Probe
Denice Garcia, left, mother of James Garcia, who was shot last week by Phoenix police, is comforted by state Rep. Raquel Teran, D-Phoenix, during a news conference demanding the release of police body cam footage Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Phoenix, in the Phoenix Police shooting death of 28-year-old Garcia. Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams announced Tuesday that she is requesting the FBI conduct an independent probe to see if Garcia's civil rights were violated during the July 4 shooting. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Ecuador
Girls wearing face shields as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus wait for their parents to enter the zoo on the outskirts of Quito, in Guayllabamba, Ecuador, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The zoo is reopening but with strict new social distancing protocols for visitors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
APTOPIX Germany Daily Life
A pier is lit in the sunrise in Timmendorfer Strand at the Baltic Sea, northern Germany, Thursday, July 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil Soccer
Players of Fluminense celebrate with their trophy after defeating Flamengo in a penalty shootout at the the Rio de Janeiro soccer league final match at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The match was played without spectators to curb the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
APTOPIX Hong Kong Stanley Ho
A TV screen shows a picture of the late Macao tycoon Stanley Ho at his funeral memorial in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Stanley Ho, the dashing billionaire and bon vivant who was considered the father of modern gambling in China, who died last May. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Israel
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray a morning prayer next to their house as synagogues limited to twenty people following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, July 9, 2020. Israel is going through a new coronavirus outbreak that is hammering both the economy and public health. The country is reporting more than 1,000 new cases a day and out of work Israelis are irate at the lack of government aid. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Japan Daily Life
An employee wearing a protective mask and face shield to help curb the spread of the coronavirus bows guests as elevator doors close at a building Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain
A miniature one way social distancing sign is placed in the shop front of Wilson and Son butchers at the Wimborne Model Town and Gardens, as they prepare to reopen to members of the public on Saturday following the easing of lockdown restrictions in England, in Wimborne, England, Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
Also on this day in 2020 farmers from the group Save British Farming drove tractors across Westminster Bridge in London, in a protest against cheaply produced lower standard food being imported from the U.S. after Brexit that would undercut them. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.