Today in Pictures, July 2, 2020

Representatives from Singapore's political parties engage in a live debate, building collapses in New York, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

Updated

Published

July 2, 2020 at 2:46 PM

(Clockwise from left) Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan; the Progress Singapore Party’s Francis Yuen; moderator Jaime Ho, chief editor at CNA Digital; Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, from the People’s Action Party; and the Workers’ Party’s Jamus Lim at the live political debate on July 1, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND FOO

Members of the New York Fire Department (FDNY) inspect a collapsed building in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York U.S., July 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

People watch as crews take down the statue to Confederate general Stonewall Jackson in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. July 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street with protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020 PHOTO: AFP

Students of Sam Khok school wearing face masks and face shields are seen inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions as they attend a class at Pathum Thani province, Thailand, July 1, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

People take photos and watch as fireworks burst behind the stage of a drive-in Dean Brody concert to celebrate Canada Day on July 1, 2020 in Markham, Canada. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Staff wait to welcome guests in the lobby of the newly-inaugrated Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, the world's first gold-plated hotel, in Hanoi on July 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial photo taken with a drone shows the wreckage of Szoke Tisza (Blond Tisza), the largest Hungarian river paddle steamer on the bank of a Tape Bay of River Tisza next to Szeged, Hungary, July 1, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Farmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from a field on the outskirts of Sukkur in southern Sindh province on July 1, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Slackliner Sandor Nagy practices on the beach in Boscombe, on the south coast of England on July 1, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.