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Early bird catches the fish! Residents make a dash to the Waterfront Market early Friday morning on June 12 to buy fresh fish. Photo by Shihab/KT
Early bird catches the fish! Residents make a dash to the Waterfront Market early Friday morning on June 12 to buy fresh fish. Photo by Shihab/KT
An Education Ministry staffer wears a protective suit while delivering free school lunch kits for locals in need in Megalco, state of Para, Brazil. Photo: AFP
An Education Ministry staffer wears a protective suit while delivering free school lunch kits for locals in need in Megalco, state of Para, Brazil. Photo: AFP
Lea Springer of Switzerland competes in the women 300m hurdles event at the Impossible Games 2020 at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo on June 11, 2020. Cardboards are displayed in the stands as the event takes place without audience due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AFP
Lea Springer of Switzerland competes in the women 300m hurdles event at the Impossible Games 2020 at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo on June 11, 2020. Cardboards are displayed in the stands as the event takes place without audience due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AFP
A man rides a motorbike pulling a trailer with a woman relaxing in a hammock, checking her phone, on a street in Phnom Penh on June 12, 2020. Photo: AFP
A man rides a motorbike pulling a trailer with a woman relaxing in a hammock, checking her phone, on a street in Phnom Penh on June 12, 2020. Photo: AFP
Gondoliers go with customers for a gondola ride on a canal in Venice on June 12, 2020 as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP
Gondoliers go with customers for a gondola ride on a canal in Venice on June 12, 2020 as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP
Protestors gather at the Town Hall for a Black Lives Matter protest rally to express solidarity with US protestors in Sydney on June 12, 2020 and demand an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia. Photo: AFP
Protestors gather at the Town Hall for a Black Lives Matter protest rally to express solidarity with US protestors in Sydney on June 12, 2020 and demand an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia. Photo: AFP
Protesters attend a pro-democracy rally at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Thousands of Hong Kongers sang a protest anthem and chanted slogans across the city on June 12 as they marked the one-year anniversary of major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators. Photo: AFP
Protesters attend a pro-democracy rally at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. Thousands of Hong Kongers sang a protest anthem and chanted slogans across the city on June 12 as they marked the one-year anniversary of major clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators. Photo: AFP
Guests watch as dolphins leap from the water during a show at SeaWorld as it reopened with new safety measures in place, in Orlando, Fla. The park had been closed since mid-March to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: AP
Guests watch as dolphins leap from the water during a show at SeaWorld as it reopened with new safety measures in place, in Orlando, Fla. The park had been closed since mid-March to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: AP
St.Petersburg: Members of the Russian hydroflight team hold the Russian national flag during the Day of Russia celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 12, 2020. Photo: AP
St.Petersburg: Members of the Russian hydroflight team hold the Russian national flag during the Day of Russia celebration in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 12, 2020. Photo: AP
A Wildfire air attack crew battles the Bighorn Fire along the western side of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Friday, June 12, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. Photo: AP
A Wildfire air attack crew battles the Bighorn Fire along the western side of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Friday, June 12, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. Photo: AP
Dark clouds covering the sky loom over a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in Karad, India. Photo: PTI
Dark clouds covering the sky loom over a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in Karad, India. Photo: PTI
A youth man boy rides his motorbike near burning tires during a sit-in protest against the fall in pound currency and mounting economic hardship, in Ghazieh, south of Lebanon. Photo: Reuters
A youth man boy rides his motorbike near burning tires during a sit-in protest against the fall in pound currency and mounting economic hardship, in Ghazieh, south of Lebanon. Photo: Reuters
Employees of the Derichebourg aeronautics recruitment compagny demonstrate with flares in front of the company headquarters on June 12, 2020 in Blagnac near Toulouse, southern France, against job cuts and the APC (Accord de performance collective) agreement giving up social gains. Photo: AFP
Employees of the Derichebourg aeronautics recruitment compagny demonstrate with flares in front of the company headquarters on June 12, 2020 in Blagnac near Toulouse, southern France, against job cuts and the APC (Accord de performance collective) agreement giving up social gains. Photo: AFP
Tennis - Adria Tour - Novak Tennis Centre, Belgrade, Serbia - June 12, 2020   Serbia's Novak Djokovic and former player Jelena Jankovic in action during their doubles match against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Olga Danilovic, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Photo: Reuters
Tennis - Adria Tour - Novak Tennis Centre, Belgrade, Serbia - June 12, 2020 Serbia's Novak Djokovic and former player Jelena Jankovic in action during their doubles match against Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Olga Danilovic, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Photo: Reuters
Locusts swarm a residential area of Quetta, Pakistan. Pakistani officials say an outbreak of desert locusts is spreading across the country posing a threat to food security. Photo: AP
Locusts swarm a residential area of Quetta, Pakistan. Pakistani officials say an outbreak of desert locusts is spreading across the country posing a threat to food security. Photo: AP
Afghans inspect the inside of a mosque following a bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, June 12, 2020. Photo: AP
Afghans inspect the inside of a mosque following a bombing, in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, June 12, 2020. Photo: AP
People relax in a swimming pool on the beach in Hua Hin after the government eased some protective measures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Thailand. Photo: Reuters
People relax in a swimming pool on the beach in Hua Hin after the government eased some protective measures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Thailand. Photo: Reuters
Visitors hold a baby baboon at the Qalqilya Zoo where workers say a coronavirus lockdown has led to a boom in animal births, in Qalqilya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Photo: Reuters
Visitors hold a baby baboon at the Qalqilya Zoo where workers say a coronavirus lockdown has led to a boom in animal births, in Qalqilya in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Photo: Reuters

Published: Sat 13 Jun 2020, 7:30 AM

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People in their cars watch a film at the opening of Cinemacar drive-in cinema in Alicante. Cinemacar is the largest drive-in cinema in Europe with automatic disinfection systems at the entrance to the cinema and in the toilets. Photo: AFP (Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin/Khaleej Times)
People in their cars watch a film at the opening of Cinemacar drive-in cinema in Alicante. Cinemacar is the largest drive-in cinema in Europe with automatic disinfection systems at the entrance to the cinema and in the toilets. Photo: AFP (Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin/Khaleej Times)

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