Top photos: Streets light up for Eid Al Adha; Pakistan resumes polio vaccination drive; flood menace across eastern India continues

A picture taken with a fish-eye lens shows Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Photo: AFP
A picture taken with a fish-eye lens shows Dubai's Burj Khalifa. Photo: AFP
Streets in Abu Dhabi light up ahead of Eid Al Adha. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Streets in Abu Dhabi light up ahead of Eid Al Adha. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, in Portland. Officers used teargas and projectiles to move the crowd after some protesters tore down a fence fronting the courthouse. Photo: AP
Federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, in Portland. Officers used teargas and projectiles to move the crowd after some protesters tore down a fence fronting the courthouse. Photo: AP
Residents of the Dr. Sarphati House nursing home in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sit in front of a same size version of the famous painting 'The Night Watch' by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, in Amsterdam. This summer, the Rijksmuseum brings a version of the world-famous painting by Rembrandt to thirty nursing and care homes and senior complexes. Outings to cultural institutions are not possible for many elderly people due to the coronavirus crisis. Photo: AFP
Residents of the Dr. Sarphati House nursing home in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, sit in front of a same size version of the famous painting 'The Night Watch' by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn, in Amsterdam. This summer, the Rijksmuseum brings a version of the world-famous painting by Rembrandt to thirty nursing and care homes and senior complexes. Outings to cultural institutions are not possible for many elderly people due to the coronavirus crisis. Photo: AFP
Floodwaters are discharged at the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province. Authorities in the neighboring province of Anhui blasted a dam on Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives. Photo: AP
Floodwaters are discharged at the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei province. Authorities in the neighboring province of Anhui blasted a dam on Sunday to release surging waters behind it amid widespread flooding across the country that has claimed scores of lives. Photo: AP
Belarusians attend a meeting in support of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, in Minsk, Belarus. The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for August 9, 2020. Photo: AP
Belarusians attend a meeting in support of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, in Minsk, Belarus. The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for August 9, 2020. Photo: AP
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination door-to-door campaign in Lahore. Pakistan on July 20 resumed its polio vaccination campaign after a four-month pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, with health authorities predicting a surge in cases of the crippling disease. Photo: AFP
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination door-to-door campaign in Lahore. Pakistan on July 20 resumed its polio vaccination campaign after a four-month pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, with health authorities predicting a surge in cases of the crippling disease. Photo: AFP
Indigenous nurses from the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (Sesai) of the Arapiuns ethnic group and Tapuia ethnic groups perform a rapid Covid-19 test on Chief Domingos from the Arapium tribe on the banks of the lower Tapajos River in the municipality of Santarem in western Para. Photo: AFP
Indigenous nurses from the Special Secretariat for Indigenous Health (Sesai) of the Arapiuns ethnic group and Tapuia ethnic groups perform a rapid Covid-19 test on Chief Domingos from the Arapium tribe on the banks of the lower Tapajos River in the municipality of Santarem in western Para. Photo: AFP
A message of gratitude and support for health workers, frontline workers and the country battling the new coronavirus is displayed on a building in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
A message of gratitude and support for health workers, frontline workers and the country battling the new coronavirus is displayed on a building in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP
An aerial view of the flooded Bind Toli area along the banks of the Ganges following heavy rain, in Patna, India. Photo: PTI
An aerial view of the flooded Bind Toli area along the banks of the Ganges following heavy rain, in Patna, India. Photo: PTI
A French farmer harvests his field of wheat in Haynecourt, northern France. Photo: Reuters
A French farmer harvests his field of wheat in Haynecourt, northern France. Photo: Reuters
Tourists walk on the 'Peak Walk' suspension bridge of Glacier 3000 during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. In Switzerland, from July 6, people aged 12 and over must wear a mask in all public transport, trains, trams and buses, as well as in cable cars and boats. Photo: AP
Tourists walk on the "Peak Walk" suspension bridge of Glacier 3000 during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. In Switzerland, from July 6, people aged 12 and over must wear a mask in all public transport, trains, trams and buses, as well as in cable cars and boats. Photo: AP
Mourners of the late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, hold a vigil in his memory in Atlanta, U.S. Photo: Reuters
Mourners of the late Rep. John Lewis, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and long-time member of the U.S. House of Representatives, hold a vigil in his memory in Atlanta, U.S. Photo: Reuters
The National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, is seen past a visitor wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease at an observation deck in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Reuters
The National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, is seen past a visitor wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease at an observation deck in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Reuters
Shoppers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk through a shopping mall in downtown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: AP
Shoppers wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk through a shopping mall in downtown in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: AP
Initial herds of wildebeest and zebra arrive at the Sand River, on the banks of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park before crossing onto Masai Mara on the Kenyan side during the start of the spectacular annual migration. Photo: AFP
Initial herds of wildebeest and zebra arrive at the Sand River, on the banks of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park before crossing onto Masai Mara on the Kenyan side during the start of the spectacular annual migration. Photo: AFP
A man walks past a burning fire in a poor neighborhood in Harare. Zimbabwe’s  finance minister says the country's economy is expected to shrink by 4.5% this year, although others say it will contract even more, as the effects of the coronavirus and a drought take a toll on the struggling southern African nation. Photo: AP
A man walks past a burning fire in a poor neighborhood in Harare. Zimbabwe’s finance minister says the country's economy is expected to shrink by 4.5% this year, although others say it will contract even more, as the effects of the coronavirus and a drought take a toll on the struggling southern African nation. Photo: AP

Published: Tue 21 Jul 2020, 12:30 PM

Last updated: Tue 21 Jul 2020, 2:50 PM

Starlings fly by the sun in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: AP<br></br>Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin/Khaleej Times
Starlings fly by the sun in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany. Photo: AP<br></br>Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin/Khaleej Times

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