Also on this day in 2020, as Hindus prepared to celebrate the groundbreaking of a long-awaited temple at a disputed ground in northern India, Muslims said they had no firm plans yet to build a new mosque at an alternative site they were granted to replace the one torn down by Hindu hard-liners decades ago. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 thousands of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's supporters gathered Thursday at her campaign rally in Minsk, and many participants dismissed the official claims of a Russian subversion plot as a sham. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 concerns over a new wave of coronavirus infections brought on by returning vacationers wreaked havoc across Spain's tourism industry following Britain's effective ban on travel to the country. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak left the court house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after the court sentenced Najib to serve 12 years in prison after finding him guilty in the first of several corruption trials linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund that brought down his government three years ago. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, inmates protested on the roof of a prison asking for better medical attention amid the coronavirus pandemic in Bolivia. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, federal agents used crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter demonstrators during a protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Ore. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse as tear gas drifted by in Portland Oregon, during another night of protest against the presence of federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to quell unrest in the city. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 demonstrators chanted slogans against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 weary European Union leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund, finding unity after four days and as many nights of fighting and wrangling over money and power in one of their longest summits ever. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 leaders from 27 European Union nations met face-to-face for the first time since February, despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 Spain paid homage to the nation's victims of the coronavirus and workers who put their lives at the crossroads during the worst of the pandemic with a solemn ceremony in Madrid. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated, marking the most serious outbreak of hostilities between the neighbors since the fighting in 2016. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.