• A man walks under the undulating glass canopy of the Forum de Halles shopping centre in central Paris. AFP
    A man walks under the undulating glass canopy of the Forum de Halles shopping centre in central Paris. AFP
  • People affected by the coronavirus line up to receive food donations near Laudium, southwest of Pretoria, South Africa. AP Photo
    People affected by the coronavirus line up to receive food donations near Laudium, southwest of Pretoria, South Africa. AP Photo
  • Migrant workers from other states line up to board buses for their onward journey by train to their destination in Mumbai, India. AP Photo
    Migrant workers from other states line up to board buses for their onward journey by train to their destination in Mumbai, India. AP Photo
  • Passengers wearing face masks stand in close proximity as they ride a canal boat during the evening rush hour in Bangkok. AP Photo
    Passengers wearing face masks stand in close proximity as they ride a canal boat during the evening rush hour in Bangkok. AP Photo
  • Mao Yin embraces his mother Li Jingzhi as he reunites with his parents for the first time since his parents lost him at a hotel 32 years ago, at the public security bureau in Xian, Shaanxi province, China. Reuters
    Mao Yin embraces his mother Li Jingzhi as he reunites with his parents for the first time since his parents lost him at a hotel 32 years ago, at the public security bureau in Xian, Shaanxi province, China. Reuters
  • Fishermen tie their boats along the shore during rain before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, in the Baleswar district of the eastern state of Odisha, India. REUTERS
    Fishermen tie their boats along the shore during rain before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, in the Baleswar district of the eastern state of Odisha, India. REUTERS
  • Yemeni vendors sell sun-dried raisins ahead of Eid Al Fitr at a market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    Yemeni vendors sell sun-dried raisins ahead of Eid Al Fitr at a market in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
  • Patrick Hand adds more crosses to the 2000 that have been placed on the walls of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and parish centre in Balally, south Dublin, Ireland. AFP
    Patrick Hand adds more crosses to the 2000 that have been placed on the walls of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord and parish centre in Balally, south Dublin, Ireland. AFP
  • A man entertains the public with bubble tricks in the sunshine on the beach in Brighton, on the south coast of England. AFP
    A man entertains the public with bubble tricks in the sunshine on the beach in Brighton, on the south coast of England. AFP
  • A municipal worker drives a coronavirus-themed auto-rickshaw in a street in Chennai. AFP
    A municipal worker drives a coronavirus-themed auto-rickshaw in a street in Chennai. AFP

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