Top photos: First Chinese school opens in Dubai; Djokovic wins opener at US Open 2020; students appear for JEE exam across India amid Covid-19

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Dubai's Museum of The Future gets a shiny new polish on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. Museum of the Future will bring together researchers, designers, inventors, and financiers under one roof to incubate solutions for the challenges of future cities. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Dubai's Museum of The Future gets a shiny new polish on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. Museum of the Future will bring together researchers, designers, inventors, and financiers under one roof to incubate solutions for the challenges of future cities. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Elderly worshippers attend a mass for the first time after months of closure authorities directed all places of worship for non-Muslims will be reopened from Monday at 30 per cent capacity to curb the spread of the Covid-19, at the St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Elderly worshippers attend a mass for the first time after months of closure authorities directed all places of worship for non-Muslims will be reopened from Monday at 30 per cent capacity to curb the spread of the Covid-19, at the St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Students leave an examination centre after appearing for the JEE 2020 entrance papers, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Gurugram, India. Photo: PTI
Students leave an examination centre after appearing for the JEE 2020 entrance papers, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Gurugram, India. Photo: PTI
Lightning bolts illuminate the sky during a morning storm over Salgotarjan, Hungary. Photo: AP
Lightning bolts illuminate the sky during a morning storm over Salgotarjan, Hungary. Photo: AP
The full moon rises behind the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: AP
The full moon rises behind the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: AP
Workers sit atop the upcoming Apple store at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
Workers sit atop the upcoming Apple store at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Photo: Reuters
Tanker wagons lay on their side at the scene of a freight train accident near to Niederlahnstein station, Germany.  A freight train carrying biodiesel derailed on Sunday at the station, spilling up to 150,000 litres of fuel, according to a spokesperson for the federal police.  Photo: AP
Tanker wagons lay on their side at the scene of a freight train accident near to Niederlahnstein station, Germany. A freight train carrying biodiesel derailed on Sunday at the station, spilling up to 150,000 litres of fuel, according to a spokesperson for the federal police. Photo: AP
A woman carries a yellow umbrella with the Tour de France logo as the peloton passes by in France. Photo: Reuters
A woman carries a yellow umbrella with the Tour de France logo as the peloton passes by in France. Photo: Reuters
Students attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of Wuhan High School on the first day of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Photo: AFP
Students attend the 100th anniversary of the founding of Wuhan High School on the first day of the new semester in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Photo: AFP
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, serves to Damir Dzumhur, of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships in New York. Photo: AP
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, serves to Damir Dzumhur, of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships in New York. Photo: AP
People using stepping stones to cross the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey near Skipton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National park in northern England on Bank Holiday, as many people opt to holiday at home rather than risk having to self-isolate for two weeks on return from a foreign holiday. Photo: AFP
People using stepping stones to cross the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey near Skipton, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National park in northern England on Bank Holiday, as many people opt to holiday at home rather than risk having to self-isolate for two weeks on return from a foreign holiday. Photo: AFP
A chimpanzee reacts to visitors as he sits in his enclosure at the Zoo in Osnabrueck, Germany. Photo: AP
A chimpanzee reacts to visitors as he sits in his enclosure at the Zoo in Osnabrueck, Germany. Photo: AP
A woman and man embrace while listening to people speak about loved ones during a memorial to remember victims of illicit drug overdose deaths on International Overdose Awareness Day, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo: AP
A woman and man embrace while listening to people speak about loved ones during a memorial to remember victims of illicit drug overdose deaths on International Overdose Awareness Day, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo: AP
A man swims with fins in the Mediterranean Sea in the French riviera city of Nice. Photo: AFP
A man swims with fins in the Mediterranean Sea in the French riviera city of Nice. Photo: AFP
Men wearing protective masks walk along a market, as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, in Karachi. Photo: Reuters
Men wearing protective masks walk along a market, as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, in Karachi. Photo: Reuters
Models present creations by Ukrainian designer Elena Burenina during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kyiv, Ukraine.  Photo: Reuters
Models present creations by Ukrainian designer Elena Burenina during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters
Palestinians, working in the public sector, queue outside a bank to receive their salaries in Gaza City, amid a lockdown due to increasing cases of Covid-19 infections.  Photo: AFP
Palestinians, working in the public sector, queue outside a bank to receive their salaries in Gaza City, amid a lockdown due to increasing cases of Covid-19 infections. Photo: AFP

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A construction worker is silhouetted as he pulls his fishing net at the flooded land following recent rain in Chres village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: AP
A construction worker is silhouetted as he pulls his fishing net at the flooded land following recent rain in Chres village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: AP

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