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A digital dance-off spreads from Argentina to the world 30 Aug 2020 - 06:42 pm
Dancers Manuela Lavalle and Facundo Luqui, who started with a colleague an international dance competition that encourages people to dance from home, as most theatres are closed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, pose for a photograph in
Latvian art biennial has a coronavirus twist 30 Aug 2020 - 06:17 pm
Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, chief curator of the RIBOCA2 biennial Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art titled
Seoul enforces limits on diners, shuts gyms 30 Aug 2020 - 04:25 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask sits as signs are attached to chairs to keep social distancing at a cafe, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
India records highest daily increase in virus cases globally 30 Aug 2020 - 11:00 am
A police personnel (R) checks travel passes from commuters after lockdown norms for weekends and public holidays in the state have been imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Amritsar on August 29, 2020. (AFP / NARINDER NANU)
Landmark protest in Mauritius over giant oil spill 29 Aug 2020 - 09:17 pm
People wave the national flag as they attend a protest against the government's response to the oil spill disaster that happened in early August at St Louis Cathedral in Port Louis, on the island of Mauritius, on August 29, 2020. Beekash Roopun / L'Expres
Banksy's migrant rescue boat stranded at sea with more than 200 on board 29 Aug 2020 - 04:32 pm
The Louise Michel, a migrants search and rescue ship operating in the Mediterranean sea and financed by British street artist Banksy, is seen at sea, on August 22, 2020. (Chris Grodotzki/Louise Michel/ via Reuters)
Lebanon army: seven still missing after Beirut blast 29 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
Lebanese soldiers walk past a partially destroyed traditional building which was afffected by the Beirut port blast, in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, on August 26, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Berlin police demand end to 'anti-corona' protests 29 Aug 2020 - 03:19 pm
Demonstrators attend a rally against the government's restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
Mali junta postpones first meeting over transfer of powers 29 Aug 2020 - 03:15 pm
Imam Mahmoud Dicko delivers a speech during a ceremony hosted by him and his organization, CMAS (Coordination of movements and associations sympathetic to Imam Mahmoud Dicko), in Bamako on August 28, 2020. AFP / ANNIE RISEMBERG
Afghanistan flash floods kill 160, search for bodies continues 29 Aug 2020 - 02:49 pm
Villagers use shovels to clear the mud on the roadside after flash floods ffected the area at Sayrah-e-Hopiyan in Charikar, Parwan province on August 27, 2020.  AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Trump pays Japan's Abe 'highest respect,' plans to call him 29 Aug 2020 - 09:44 am
Campaign manager Bill Stepien stands alongside US President Donald Trump as he speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One as he flies from Manchester, New Hampshire to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 28, 2020, following a campaign rally. / AFP / SA
Opposition says Syrian peace talks generally positive 29 Aug 2020 - 09:39 am
President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Hadi al-Bahra speaks to media as Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round continued at the UN Geneva Office after three days break as three members tested positive fo
UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought 29 Aug 2020 - 09:34 am
United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrol near the village of Mais el Jabal, along the southern Lebanese border with Israel on August 26, 2020. AFP / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
As virus rebounds in France, Macron bristles at border rules 28 Aug 2020 - 10:14 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a protective face mask, visits a site of pharmaceutical group Seqens, a global leader on the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients, to mobilize innovation and support the research on the coronavirus dise
Mercedes gets big electric van order from Amazon 28 Aug 2020 - 09:57 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2019 this picture shows the logo of US online retail giant Amazon at the distribution center in Moenchengladbach, western Germany. / AFP / INA FASSBENDER
Philippines reports 3,999 novel coronavirus cases, 91 more deaths 28 Aug 2020 - 07:01 pm
Filipinos queue for cash subsidy from the government amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Batasan Hills, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Remnants of Hurricane Laura drench Arkansas as storm heads east 28 Aug 2020 - 06:12 pm
Lonnie Gatte returns to find his destroyed residence in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura in Sulphur, Louisiana, U.S., August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
South Korea tightens distancing as cases mount 28 Aug 2020 - 05:09 pm
A shop that has been closed temporarily is seen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Jeju island, South Korea, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran