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Belarus police fire rubber bullets, tear gas on protesters 10 Aug 2020 - 11:29 pm
Opposition supporters protest after polls closed in Belarus' presidential election, in Minsk on August 9, 2020. / AFP / Siarhei LESKIEC
Pakistan rolls back social distancing restrictions as virus counts drop 10 Aug 2020 - 11:13 pm
People arrive on the top of a restaurant on Margalla Hills in Islamabad on August 10, 2020, after government announced it would be lifting most of the country's remaining coronavirus restrictions after seeing new cases drop for several weeks. / AFP / Aami
Industry body calls Russian Covid-19 vaccine a Pandora’s box 10 Aug 2020 - 10:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A scientist prepares samples during the research and development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a laboratory of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vagan
UN food chief: Beirut could run out of bread in 2 1/2 weeks 10 Aug 2020 - 09:56 pm
An aerial view taken on August 9, 2020, shows a general view of the port of Beirut, the damaged grain silo and the crater caused by the colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a port warehouse, leaving scores
US hits Five million COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins tally 10 Aug 2020 - 08:52 pm
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Gas explosion destroys Baltimore homes; 1 dead as firefighters search for victims 10 Aug 2020 - 08:35 pm
Fire fighters look for survivors at the scene of an explosion in a residential area of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Lebanese PM steps down in wake of Beirut explosion, protests 10 Aug 2020 - 07:54 pm
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Blast destroys Baltimore homes; at least 1 dead, children trapped - firefighters 10 Aug 2020 - 07:14 pm
Fire trucks are seen at the scene of an explosion in a residential area of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Rosem Morton
Landslide death toll in southern India rises to 49 10 Aug 2020 - 06:12 pm
Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a landslide during heavy rains in Idukki, Kerala, India, August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Greece to require negative coronavirus test for entry from Sweden, Spain, Belgium 10 Aug 2020 - 05:49 pm
Tourists take pictures during a dolphin watching tour from a boat in the Amvrakikos gulf, in Preveza,northwestern Greece, on August 6, 2020. / AFP / Angelos Tzortzinis
Fire destroys Spanish holiday park popular with Britons 10 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
A general view shows a burnt holiday park in Mollina near Malaga on August 10, 2020. A wind-fuelled fire ripped through a holiday park in Spain that is home to a large number of British pensioners, destroying dozens of homes and injuring two people, offic
Lebanon health minister: Cabinet resigned over Beirut blast 10 Aug 2020 - 05:34 pm
Lebanon's Health Minister Hamad Hasan talks to Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab during a cabinet meeting at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
20,000 paper birds help fund COVID-19 units at Belgium hospital 10 Aug 2020 - 05:23 pm
Belgian designer and artist Charles Kaisin poses next to an art installation made of 20,325 origamis called
Face masks now required outdoors at crowded Paris locations 10 Aug 2020 - 04:45 pm
People wearing protective masks walk near the Louvre Museum as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, in Paris, France August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File P
U.S.'s Azar says any U.S. vaccine would be shared once U.S. needs met 10 Aug 2020 - 02:43 pm
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar wearing a face mask speaks during a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (not pictured) at the presidential office, in Taipei, Taiwan August 10, 2020. Central News Agency/Pool via REUTERS
Mauritius races to clean up oil as ship leaking fuel breaks up 10 Aug 2020 - 11:30 am
People scoop leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company but Panamanian-flagged, that ran aground and caused oil leakage near Blue bay Marine Park in southeast Mauritius on August 9, 2020.  AFP / L'Express Maurice / Daren Maure
Belarusian president Lukashenko re-elected by landslide 10 Aug 2020 - 10:05 am
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko holds a ballot and a passport before casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 9, 2020. Sergei Gapon/Pool via REUTERS
Gunmen kill six French aid workers, their driver and guide in Niger - minister 09 Aug 2020 - 11:23 pm
A giraffe is stands during a guided safari tour at the Dinokeng Game Reserve outside Pretoria, on August 7, 2020. / AFP / Michele Spatari