Top photos: 200 Pakistani expats fly home thanks to Galadari Brothers; Lebanon protests continue; floods fail to abate in parts of India, Pakistan

Here's a look at the top stories that made the headlines over the last 24 hours, in pictures.

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Dubai residents struggle to escape from the hot weather in Dubai. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Dubai residents struggle to escape from the hot weather in Dubai. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Residents ahead of a football game at a park in Abu Dhabi. Photo by Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Residents ahead of a football game at a park in Abu Dhabi. Photo by Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Locals harvest their potatoes as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
Locals harvest their potatoes as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia. Photo: Reuters
Police use smoke grenades during a protest after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. Belarus police and protesters clashed in the capital and the city of Brest on Sunday night after a presidential election in which longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko won his sixth consecutive presidential term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule and his cavalier dismissal of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AP
Police use smoke grenades during a protest after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. Belarus police and protesters clashed in the capital and the city of Brest on Sunday night after a presidential election in which longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko won his sixth consecutive presidential term despite rising discontent with his authoritarian rule and his cavalier dismissal of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: AP
Pro-democracy protesters do a three-fingered salute as they attend a rally to demand the government to resign, to dissolve the parliament and to hold new elections under a revised constitution, at Thammasat University's Rangsit campus outside of Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
Pro-democracy protesters do a three-fingered salute as they attend a rally to demand the government to resign, to dissolve the parliament and to hold new elections under a revised constitution, at Thammasat University's Rangsit campus outside of Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
Lebanese protesters, enraged by a deadly explosion blamed on government negligence, clash with security forces for the second evening near an access street to the parliament in central Beirut. Photo: AFP
Lebanese protesters, enraged by a deadly explosion blamed on government negligence, clash with security forces for the second evening near an access street to the parliament in central Beirut. Photo: AFP
Residents take pictures of a mahout bathing an elephant in a flooded area caused by heavy torrential rains, on the eve of World Elephant Day 2020, in Kottayam district, Kerala. Photo: PTI
Residents take pictures of a mahout bathing an elephant in a flooded area caused by heavy torrential rains, on the eve of World Elephant Day 2020, in Kottayam district, Kerala. Photo: PTI
A girl applies a mask onto the face of a boy during an awareness session about Covid-19 disease held by a local kindergarten in Gaza City, as education facilities in the Palestinian enclave re-opened for the new 2020-2021 academic year following an easing of pandemic restrictions. Photo: AFP
A girl applies a mask onto the face of a boy during an awareness session about Covid-19 disease held by a local kindergarten in Gaza City, as education facilities in the Palestinian enclave re-opened for the new 2020-2021 academic year following an easing of pandemic restrictions. Photo: AFP
A night view of the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: AP
A night view of the city centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: AP
Men at a gym after it was reopened during Unlock 3.0, in Chennai, India. Photo: PTI
Men at a gym after it was reopened during Unlock 3.0, in Chennai, India. Photo: PTI
The silhouette of a couple is seen during a sunset as they sit on a paddleboard in the Lake Geneva off the village of Lutry, western Switzerland as heatwave sweeps across Europe. Photo: AFP
The silhouette of a couple is seen during a sunset as they sit on a paddleboard in the Lake Geneva off the village of Lutry, western Switzerland as heatwave sweeps across Europe. Photo: AFP
Labourers wade through a flooded fruit and vegetable market after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: AFP
Labourers wade through a flooded fruit and vegetable market after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: AFP
Two-year old Jessica Sanderson amongst the sunflower fields at Vine House Farm near Baston, England. Photo: AP
Two-year old Jessica Sanderson amongst the sunflower fields at Vine House Farm near Baston, England. Photo: AP
An art installation made of 20,325 origamis called 'Origami For Life' by Belgian designer and artist Charles Kaisin is pictured at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, which aims to raise donations for a Belgian hospital in its fight against the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Reuters
An art installation made of 20,325 origamis called "Origami For Life" by Belgian designer and artist Charles Kaisin is pictured at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, which aims to raise donations for a Belgian hospital in its fight against the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Brussels, Belgium. Photo: Reuters
People queue outside the Belarusian embassy to cast their votes in the presidential election in Moscow. Photo: AFP
People queue outside the Belarusian embassy to cast their votes in the presidential election in Moscow. Photo: AFP
The Mayflower II makes its way through the Cape Cod Canal on its way to its homeport in Plymouth, Mass. The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to America 400 year ago this year is setting out on the final leg of its journey home following extensive renovations. Photo: AP
The Mayflower II makes its way through the Cape Cod Canal on its way to its homeport in Plymouth, Mass. The replica of the original Mayflower ship that brought the Pilgrims to America 400 year ago this year is setting out on the final leg of its journey home following extensive renovations. Photo: AP
Wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) gather as they prepare to cross the Mara river during their migration to the greener pastures, between the Maasai Mara game reserve and the open plains of the Serengeti, southwest of Nairobi, in the Maasai Mara game reserve, Kenya. Photo: Reuters
Wildebeests (Connochaetes taurinus) gather as they prepare to cross the Mara river during their migration to the greener pastures, between the Maasai Mara game reserve and the open plains of the Serengeti, southwest of Nairobi, in the Maasai Mara game reserve, Kenya. Photo: Reuters

Published: Tue 11 Aug 2020, 12:48 PM

Last updated: Sun 30 Aug 2020, 2:57 PM

An aerial view shows the site of containment operations for the leaked oil coming from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius. Photo: AFP</br></br>Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin/Khaleej Times
An aerial view shows the site of containment operations for the leaked oil coming from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius. Photo: AFP</br></br>Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin/Khaleej Times

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