• Palestinian girls wear protective masks at a police academy graduation ceremony in Gaza City. AFP
    Palestinian girls wear protective masks at a police academy graduation ceremony in Gaza City. AFP
  • A Palestinian Hamas police cadet fires a weapon as he demonstrates his skills during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City. AFP
    A Palestinian Hamas police cadet fires a weapon as he demonstrates his skills during a graduation ceremony in Gaza City. AFP
  • Turkish soldiers keep watch as military vehicles of a joint Russian-Turkish patrol pass through the town of Ariha on a highway in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    Turkish soldiers keep watch as military vehicles of a joint Russian-Turkish patrol pass through the town of Ariha on a highway in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • Turkish military tanks drive past the town of Ariha in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    Turkish military tanks drive past the town of Ariha in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • Iraqi minister Mohammed al-Halbousi meets with Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi before the vote on the new government at the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
    Iraqi minister Mohammed al-Halbousi meets with Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi before the vote on the new government at the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq. EPA
  • Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
    Mustafa al-Kadhimi delivers a speech during the vote on the new government at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
  • Stray dogs wait for food in Karaj, Iran. AFP
    Stray dogs wait for food in Karaj, Iran. AFP
  • Foreign workers sit on the street after losing their jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Foreign workers sit on the street after losing their jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • People pass through a thermal camera at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Press Agency
    People pass through a thermal camera at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Press Agency
  • Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
    Security men wearing protective masks stand on a street during a 24-hour curfew in Sanaa, Yemen. Reuters
  • A deserted street and closed shops during an emergency curfew in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A deserted street and closed shops during an emergency curfew in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • Jordanian students who were studying abroad wait on a bus that will take them to a quarantine area at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
    Jordanian students who were studying abroad wait on a bus that will take them to a quarantine area at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
  • A worker wearing a protective mask unloads a sack of flour in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
    A worker wearing a protective mask unloads a sack of flour in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
  • A vendor, wearing a protective mask, waits for costumers at the central market in the Moroccan capital Rabat. AFP
    A vendor, wearing a protective mask, waits for costumers at the central market in the Moroccan capital Rabat. AFP

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Badla

Rating: 2.5/5

Produced by: Red Chillies, Azure Entertainment 

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, Tony Luke

Scores in brief:

Day 1

New Zealand (1st innings) 153 all out (66.3 overs) - Williamson 63, Nicholls 28, Yasir 3-54, Haris 2-11, Abbas 2-13, Hasan 2-38

Pakistan (1st innings) 59-2 (23 overs)

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