Photos of the day: Sheikh Hamdan attends AI meet; stranded Ghanaians to go home today; buildings collapse in Mumbai.

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Safety sign are placed at front desk area of the Sofitel Hotel Abu Dhabi Corniche. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Safety sign are placed at front desk area of the Sofitel Hotel Abu Dhabi Corniche. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
(Podium L to R) Boutros Boutros, Emirates' head of corporate communications, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths, and Director General of Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) Helal Saeed Al Marri, attend the Restart Dubai Summer Conference in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Photo: AFP
(Podium L to R) Boutros Boutros, Emirates' head of corporate communications, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths, and Director General of Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) Helal Saeed Al Marri, attend the Restart Dubai Summer Conference in the Gulf emirate of Dubai. Photo: AFP
Residents plays cricket at the parking lot near Madinat Zayed shopping center in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Residents plays cricket at the parking lot near Madinat Zayed shopping center in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
A total of 44 Ghanaians will be repatriated on a special repatriation Emirates flight today. — Photo by Shihab/KT
A total of 44 Ghanaians will be repatriated on a special repatriation Emirates flight today. — Photo by Shihab/KT
Students wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, clap along instead of singing a song during a music class at Takanedai Daisan elementary school, which practices various methods of social distancing in order to prevent the infection, in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, Japan. Photo:  Reuters
Students wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, clap along instead of singing a song during a music class at Takanedai Daisan elementary school, which practices various methods of social distancing in order to prevent the infection, in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Reuters
Visitors view panoramic city scenes from the 553 metres (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which reopened for the first time since the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) restrictions were imposed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Reuters
Visitors view panoramic city scenes from the 553 metres (1815 feet) high CN Tower, which reopened for the first time since the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) restrictions were imposed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Reuters
FC Porto players celebrate clinching their 29th Portuguese Primeira Liga title at the end of the Portuguese League football match between FC Porto and Sporting Portugal at the Dragao stadium in Porto. Photo: AFP
FC Porto players celebrate clinching their 29th Portuguese Primeira Liga title at the end of the Portuguese League football match between FC Porto and Sporting Portugal at the Dragao stadium in Porto. Photo: AFP
FC Porto players celebrate clinching their 29th Portuguese Primeira Liga title at the end of the Portuguese League football match between FC Porto and Sporting Portugal at the Dragao stadium in Porto. Photo: AFP
FC Porto players celebrate clinching their 29th Portuguese Primeira Liga title at the end of the Portuguese League football match between FC Porto and Sporting Portugal at the Dragao stadium in Porto. Photo: AFP
Opposition supporters protest against a bill to limit Ukrainian language in schools outside the parliament in Kiev. A deputy in the party of President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed legislation that would reduce the use of Ukrainian language in schools. A large proportion of the population speaks Russian, which was the dominant language in the Soviet Union and the Tsarist era. Photo: AFP
Opposition supporters protest against a bill to limit Ukrainian language in schools outside the parliament in Kiev. A deputy in the party of President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed legislation that would reduce the use of Ukrainian language in schools. A large proportion of the population speaks Russian, which was the dominant language in the Soviet Union and the Tsarist era. Photo: AFP
Taiwan's M60A3 Patton main battle tanks fire during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan. Photo: AP
Taiwan's M60A3 Patton main battle tanks fire during the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan. Photo: AP
Funeral home workers in protective suits carry a body during the start of a lockdown due to a rise in Covid cases in the city of Navotas, Manila, Philippines. Photo: AP
Funeral home workers in protective suits carry a body during the start of a lockdown due to a rise in Covid cases in the city of Navotas, Manila, Philippines. Photo: AP
West Indies players and England's Rory Burns, foreground, take a knee before the start of the first day of the second cricket Test match between England and West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. Photo: AP
West Indies players and England's Rory Burns, foreground, take a knee before the start of the first day of the second cricket Test match between England and West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. Photo: AP
This aerial photo taken using a drone shows an area affected by flash floods in Luwu Utara, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. A number of people were killed and missing after heavy rains in South Sulawesi province swelled rivers and sent flood waters, mud and debris across roads and into thousands of homes. Photo: AP
This aerial photo taken using a drone shows an area affected by flash floods in Luwu Utara, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. A number of people were killed and missing after heavy rains in South Sulawesi province swelled rivers and sent flood waters, mud and debris across roads and into thousands of homes. Photo: AP
Rescue operation being carried out after a corner portion of an old six-story building collapsed at Fort area, in Mumbai, India. Photo: PTI
Rescue operation being carried out after a corner portion of an old six-story building collapsed at Fort area, in Mumbai, India. Photo: PTI
Attendees sit around a cauldron during a state ceremony to honour the 28,400 victims of the coronavirus crisis as well as those public servants who have been fighting on the front line against the pandemic in Spain, at the Royal Palace in Madrid.  Photo: AFP
Attendees sit around a cauldron during a state ceremony to honour the 28,400 victims of the coronavirus crisis as well as those public servants who have been fighting on the front line against the pandemic in Spain, at the Royal Palace in Madrid. Photo: AFP
Actors and singers perform at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens after the site was reopened for performances as on the background is seen the ancient Parthenon temple. Seating limits have been imposed at the renovated ancient stone Roman theater, underneath the Acropolis, as part of restrictions to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: AP
Actors and singers perform at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens after the site was reopened for performances as on the background is seen the ancient Parthenon temple. Seating limits have been imposed at the renovated ancient stone Roman theater, underneath the Acropolis, as part of restrictions to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: AP
Women pose for pictures at a shopping mall near the CCTV headquarters in Beijing's central business district (CBD), China. Photo: Reuters
Women pose for pictures at a shopping mall near the CCTV headquarters in Beijing's central business district (CBD), China. Photo: Reuters
A surfer rides on an artificial wave in the river 'Eisbach' at the English Garden downtown in Munich, Germany. Photo: AP
A surfer rides on an artificial wave in the river 'Eisbach' at the English Garden downtown in Munich, Germany. Photo: AP

Published: Fri 17 Jul 2020, 11:52 AM

Last updated: Fri 17 Jul 2020, 2:20 PM

Street vendors pull their carts protected with tarpaulin as they wade through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: AFP(Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin)
Street vendors pull their carts protected with tarpaulin as they wade through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: AFP(Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin)

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