Today in Pictures, June 24, 2020

Lee Hsien Yang joins Progress Singapore Party, statue across from the White House in Washington D.C., U.S. defaced, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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June 24, 2020 at 10:06 AM

Mr Lee Hsien Yang (left), the estranged brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, being presented with a Progress Singapore Party (PSP) membership card after joining Tan Cheng Bok's (right) political party as seen in a photo taken at Tiong Bahru Market on June 24, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GAVIN FOO

The word "Killer" is seen on the statue of U.S. President Andrew Jackson across from the White House a day after racial inequality protesters attempted to tear down the statue in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A balloon containing leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, released by a North Korean defector group on June 22, is found at a hill in Hongcheon, South Korea on June 23, 2020. PHOTO: YONHAP VIA REUTERS

A bartender talks to a patron at Lemeac restaurant on the first day after novel coronavirus restrictions were lifted to visit restaurants in Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 22, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker cleans volcanic ash off the stupas at the Borobudur temple in Magelang Regency on June 22, 2020, a day after Mount Merapi erupted in nearby Sleman, sending a plume of ash into the sky. PHOTO: AFP

This picture taken on June 22, 2020 shows Indonesian doctors, nurses and volunteers taking part in a group workout in the courtyard of a quarantine facility for coronavirus patients in Tangerang. PHOTO: AFP

Swiss acrobat Ramon Kathriner performs Wheel Of The Death during the Airshow, marking the reopening of facilities after the coronavirus disease lockdown in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, June 23, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo issued on June 24, 2020, shows Japan's Fugaku supercomputer at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture on June 16, 2020 . The Fugaku supercomputer, built with government backing and used in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus, is now ranked as the world's fastest, its developers announced. PHOTO: JIJI PRESS VIA AFP

A young female hippo born on June 7 named Gloria swims with its mother inside its enclosure on June 23, 2020 in the Zooparc of Beauval in Saint-Aignan, Central France. PHOTO: AFP

A cameraman works among cardboards of fans prior to the Spanish league football match Villarreal CF against Sevilla FC at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real on June 22, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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