Photos of the day: 100-year-old tree found in Abu Dhabi; desperate search for Japan flood survivors; Paris Louvre museum reopens

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Fire broke out in a wood factory in Dubai’s Umm Ramool area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Fire broke out in a wood factory in Dubai’s Umm Ramool area, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Residents go about their business in Sharjah with face masks on after restrictions were eased recently across the UAE. Photo: M. Sajjad/Khaleej Times
Residents go about their business in Sharjah with face masks on after restrictions were eased recently across the UAE. Photo: M. Sajjad/Khaleej Times
People visit Qutub Minar after it re-opened for public, during Unlock 2.0, in New Delhi, India. Photo: PTI
People visit Qutub Minar after it re-opened for public, during Unlock 2.0, in New Delhi, India. Photo: PTI
Rescuers search for missing persons at the site of a landslide in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. Photo: AP
Rescuers search for missing persons at the site of a landslide in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. Photo: AP
People wearing protective masks wait to board a metro during the coronavirus outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland. Photo: AP
People wearing protective masks wait to board a metro during the coronavirus outbreak in Lausanne, Switzerland. Photo: AP
Farmer Luenemann has cut a maze out of his corn field, showing symbols of Europe like the German Brandenburg Gate, the French Eiffel Tower, the Italian Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Spanish Bull and the Czech Charles Bridge in Selm, Germany. Photo: AP
Farmer Luenemann has cut a maze out of his corn field, showing symbols of Europe like the German Brandenburg Gate, the French Eiffel Tower, the Italian Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Spanish Bull and the Czech Charles Bridge in Selm, Germany. Photo: AP
Residents, wearing white clothes and traditional red scarves, take to the streets on the day the ''txupinazo'' would usually take place to start the famous San Fermin festival, which was due canceled this year by the conoravirus, in Pamplona, northern Spain. Photo: AP
Residents, wearing white clothes and traditional red scarves, take to the streets on the day the ''txupinazo'' would usually take place to start the famous San Fermin festival, which was due canceled this year by the conoravirus, in Pamplona, northern Spain. Photo: AP
Participants take part in an 'Ekka', a horse-drawn cart race, on the first Monday of the holy Hindu month of Shravana in Allahabad, India. Photo: AFP
Participants take part in an 'Ekka', a horse-drawn cart race, on the first Monday of the holy Hindu month of Shravana in Allahabad, India. Photo: AFP
Firefighter Daniel Abarado lights a backfire while working to contain the Crews Fire from near Gilroy, California. Photo: AP
Firefighter Daniel Abarado lights a backfire while working to contain the Crews Fire from near Gilroy, California. Photo: AP
Commuters are seen on a busy road during monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: AFP
Commuters are seen on a busy road during monsoon rains in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: AFP
A child carried by the mother feeds the giraffe in an enclosure at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on its first day of reopening to the public after the attraction was temporarily closed due to concerns about the Covid-19 novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP
A child carried by the mother feeds the giraffe in an enclosure at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on its first day of reopening to the public after the attraction was temporarily closed due to concerns about the Covid-19 novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP
Palestinian Waad Manasra displays her hand-embroidered protective masks, sold also online, at her home in the village of Bani Naim, east of the West Bank city of Hebron. Photo: AFP
Palestinian Waad Manasra displays her hand-embroidered protective masks, sold also online, at her home in the village of Bani Naim, east of the West Bank city of Hebron. Photo: AFP
Visitors queue in front of the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born US architect Ieoh Ming Pei in Paris as the museum reopens its doors to the public after almost 4-month closure due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in France. Photo: Reuters
Visitors queue in front of the Louvre Pyramid designed by Chinese-born US architect Ieoh Ming Pei in Paris as the museum reopens its doors to the public after almost 4-month closure due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in France. Photo: Reuters
A Syrian labourer works as residents reconstruct their damaged homes in Al Zahraa neighbourhood of Aleppo following years of conflict. Photo: AFP
A Syrian labourer works as residents reconstruct their damaged homes in Al Zahraa neighbourhood of Aleppo following years of conflict. Photo: AFP
People enjoy the sun at the beach in the Black Sea in Odessa, Ukraine. Photo: AP
People enjoy the sun at the beach in the Black Sea in Odessa, Ukraine. Photo: AP
Students wearing protective face masks practice keeping a one meter distance on the first day at Vidyakara college, which re-opened after almost two in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: Reuters
Students wearing protective face masks practice keeping a one meter distance on the first day at Vidyakara college, which re-opened after almost two in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: Reuters
A night view of the Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara. Photo: AFP
A night view of the Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, in Ankara. Photo: AFP
Lyon’s women players sprint during a training session at the Cantona stadium in Tignes, French Alps, part of the team football training camp. Photo: AFP
Lyon’s women players sprint during a training session at the Cantona stadium in Tignes, French Alps, part of the team football training camp. Photo: AFP

Published: Tue 7 Jul 2020, 11:36 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Jul 2020, 2:00 PM

Gardeners trim back the Virginia creeper on the outside of the Tu-Hwnt-I'r Bont tea room as it prepares to reopen as lockdown conditions in Wales ease following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Llanrwst, Britain. Photo: Reuters <p></p> <p></p> <p></p>(Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin)
Gardeners trim back the Virginia creeper on the outside of the Tu-Hwnt-I'r Bont tea room as it prepares to reopen as lockdown conditions in Wales ease following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Llanrwst, Britain. Photo: Reuters <p></p> <p></p> <p></p>(Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin)

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