• A longtail macaque climbs on top of a monkey statue in front of the Prang Sam Yod Buddhist temple in the town of Lopburi, Thailand. AFP
    A longtail macaque climbs on top of a monkey statue in front of the Prang Sam Yod Buddhist temple in the town of Lopburi, Thailand. AFP
  • Roland Jean, a Haitian deported from the United States, kneels on the tarmac after arriving at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo
    Roland Jean, a Haitian deported from the United States, kneels on the tarmac after arriving at the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo
  • A person views the sunrise from beside the remains of St Michael's Church on top of Glastonbury Tor in south west Britain. Reuters
    A person views the sunrise from beside the remains of St Michael's Church on top of Glastonbury Tor in south west Britain. Reuters
  • An acrobat performs during the Glacier 3000 event marking the reopening of the alpine facilities above Les Diablerets in Switzerland. AFP
    An acrobat performs during the Glacier 3000 event marking the reopening of the alpine facilities above Les Diablerets in Switzerland. AFP
  • James Justin of Leicester City fouls Aaron Connolly of Brighton and Hove Albion at The King Power Stadium in Leicester, England. Getty Images
    James Justin of Leicester City fouls Aaron Connolly of Brighton and Hove Albion at The King Power Stadium in Leicester, England. Getty Images
  • A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Xichang in China's south-west Sichuan province. AFP
    A Long March 3B rocket carrying the Beidou-3GEO3 satellite lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Xichang in China's south-west Sichuan province. AFP
  • Demonstrators are seen in the reflection of a classic First World War US Army recruitment poster during protests against the death of George Floyd in police custody, in Washington. AFP
    Demonstrators are seen in the reflection of a classic First World War US Army recruitment poster during protests against the death of George Floyd in police custody, in Washington. AFP
  • A stylist and customer at a beauty salon in Bogota, Colombia. AFP
    A stylist and customer at a beauty salon in Bogota, Colombia. AFP
  • US President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona. AFP
    US President Donald Trump participates in a ceremony commemorating the 200th mile of border wall at the international border with Mexico in San Luis, Arizona. AFP
  • Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Reuters
    Russian servicemen attend the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Reuters
  • A young female hippo named Gloria swims with its mother inside its enclosure in the Zooparc of Beauval in Saint-Aignan, France. AFP
    A young female hippo named Gloria swims with its mother inside its enclosure in the Zooparc of Beauval in Saint-Aignan, France. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for June 24, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

The National

June 24, 2020

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Director: S Sashikanth

Cast: Nayanthara, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, R Madhavan

Star rating: 2/5

TOURNAMENT INFO

Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier

Jul 3- 14, in the Netherlands
The top two teams will qualify to play at the World T20 in the West Indies in November

UAE squad
Humaira Tasneem (captain), Chamani Seneviratne, Subha Srinivasan, Neha Sharma, Kavisha Kumari, Judit Cleetus, Chaya Mughal, Roopa Nagraj, Heena Hotchandani, Namita D’Souza, Ishani Senevirathne, Esha Oza, Nisha Ali, Udeni Kuruppuarachchi

Manchester City (0) v Liverpool (3)

Uefa Champions League, quarter-final, second leg

Where: Etihad Stadium
When: Tuesday, 10.45pm
Live on beIN Sports HD

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The specs

Engine: 1.6-litre 4-cyl turbo

Power: 217hp at 5,750rpm

Torque: 300Nm at 1,900rpm

Transmission: eight-speed auto

Price: from Dh130,000

On sale: now

MATCH INFO

Uefa Champions League, last 16, first leg

Liverpool v Bayern Munich, midnight (Wednesday), BeIN Sports

PROFILE BOX:

Company/date started: 2015

Founder/CEO: Rami Salman, Rishav Jalan, Ayush Chordia

Based: Dubai, UAE

Sector: Technology, Sales, Voice, Artificial Intelligence

Size: (employees/revenue) 10/ 100,000 downloads

Stage: 1 ($800,000)

Investors: Eight first-round investors including, Beco Capital, 500 Startups, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Hala Fadel, Odin Financial Services, Dubai Angel Investors, Womena, Arzan VC

 

Traits of Chinese zodiac animals

Tiger:independent, successful, volatile
Rat:witty, creative, charming
Ox:diligent, perseverent, conservative
Rabbit:gracious, considerate, sensitive
Dragon:prosperous, brave, rash
Snake:calm, thoughtful, stubborn
Horse:faithful, energetic, carefree
Sheep:easy-going, peacemaker, curious
Monkey:family-orientated, clever, playful
Rooster:honest, confident, pompous
Dog:loyal, kind, perfectionist
Boar:loving, tolerant, indulgent   

UAE SQUAD

 Khalid Essa (Al Ain), Ali Khaseif (Al Jazira), Adel Al Hosani (Sharjah), Mahmoud Khamis (Al Nasr), Yousef Jaber (Shabab Al Ahli Dubai), Khalifa Al Hammadi (Jazira), Salem Rashid (Jazira), Shaheen Abdelrahman (Sharjah), Faris Juma (Al Wahda), Mohammed Shaker (Al Ain), Mohammed Barghash (Wahda), Abdulaziz Haikal (Shabab Al Ahli), Ahmed Barman (Al Ain), Khamis Esmail (Wahda), Khaled Bawazir (Sharjah), Majed Surour (Sharjah), Abdullah Ramadan (Jazira), Mohammed Al Attas (Jazira), Fabio De Lima (Al Wasl), Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain), Khalfan Mubarak (Jazira), Habib Fardan (Nasr), Khalil Ibrahim (Wahda), Ali Mabkhout (Jazira), Ali Saleh (Wasl), Caio (Al Ain), Sebastian Tagliabue (Nasr).

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Director: James Cameron

Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana

Rating: 4.5/5

Russia's Muslim Heartlands

Dominic Rubin, Oxford

Ponti

Sharlene Teo, Pan Macmillan

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