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Excavation begins at historic Dakar market in renovation project 03 Aug 2020 - 04:16 pm
Caterpillars are seen in action at the start of the demolition work of the Sandaga market in Dakar, on August 2, 2020. / AFP / Seyllou
Paris pulls out the stops to restore Notre-Dame's grand organ 03 Aug 2020 - 01:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: The organ is pictured during preliminary work in the Notre-Dame Cathedral, three months after a major fire, in Paris, France July 17, 2019. Stephane de Sakutin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Masks on as German children start new schoolyear under virus cloud 03 Aug 2020 - 01:13 pm
Students attend class at the Christophorusschule school in Rostock, northern Germany, on August 3, 2020, as school resumed after the summer break in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), amid a Coronavirus Covid-19 pa
Singapore's Universal Studios deploys facial recognition for entry 03 Aug 2020 - 12:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: People visit the largely empty Universal Studios Singapore, as tourism takes a decline following the coronavirus outbreak, in Sentosa March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
John Hume, Northern Irish Catholic leader and Nobel Peace laureate, dies at 83 03 Aug 2020 - 12:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former SDLP leader, John Hume, arrives for the funeral mass of former Bishop Edward Daly at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Londonderry, Northern Ireland August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Montreal's tourist heart a ghost town in pandemic summer 03 Aug 2020 - 11:43 am
People take pictures in front of Ferris Wheel in the Old-Port, Montreal, Canada, on July 28, 2020. AFP / Eric Thomas
Lebanon's foreign minister resigns amid economic crisis 03 Aug 2020 - 11:16 am
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti speaks at a news conference in Amman, Jordan, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed/Pool/File Photo
Firefighters, troops battle forest fire outside Madrid 03 Aug 2020 - 11:04 am
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Top coronavirus advisor warns US in 'new phase' of pandemic 03 Aug 2020 - 10:29 am
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, addresses a news conference about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Le
US election will be Nov. 3 as planned: Trump advisers 03 Aug 2020 - 10:15 am
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington, DC on July 31, 2020 / AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack 03 Aug 2020 - 10:10 am
Afghan security forces transport detained prisoners who escaped from a jail after insurgents attacked a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, August 3, 2020.REUTERS/Parwiz
Millions return to lockdown in Philippines as virus cases soar 03 Aug 2020 - 08:11 am
A mural of a man wearing a mask is pictured on a sidewalk amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Firefighters struggle to contain blaze in southern California 03 Aug 2020 - 12:27 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 01, 2020 Horses graze as flames from the Apple fire skirt a ridge in a residential area of Banning, California . / AFP / JOSH EDELSON
Cyprus introduces COVID-19 testing on Greek arrivals amid spike 02 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
A traveller, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, arriving on one of the first flights from Britain gestures as he walks with luggage out of the terminal at Cyprus' Larnaca International Airport on August 1, 2020. / AFP / Iakovos Hatzistavr
U.S. coronavirus 'extraordinarily widespread', say White House experts 02 Aug 2020 - 10:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, addresses a news conference about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Le
"Major incident" declared in British city of Manchester to tackle COVID-19 02 Aug 2020 - 10:50 pm
People walk along a street in the Sale area of Manchester, as the city and the surrounding area faces local restrictions in an effort to avoid a local lockdown being forced upon the area, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain, August 1
Philippines to reimpose stricter coronavirus lockdown in capital as cases spike 02 Aug 2020 - 09:11 pm
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At least 40 infected with COVID-19 on Norway cruises amid scramble to trace passengers 02 Aug 2020 - 08:26 pm
The MS Roald Amundsen ship, operated by Norway's Hurtigruten line, is seen after its crew members were diagnosed with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a port in Tromso, Norway August 1, 2020. Rune Stoltz Bertinusse/NTB Scanpix/ via REUTERS