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Volunteers conduct a burial the body of a woman suspected to have died from COVID-19 while isolating at home in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The country is the worst-hit by the pandemic with daily cases numbers 49,509 infections and 1,449 recorded fatalities on Thursday, making it the center of Asia's outbreak.Credit:Getty Images

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A protester demanding justice for the assassinated President Jovenel Moise stands near a burning barricade in Cap-Haitien, Haiti.Credit:AP

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Chinese military personnel evacuate residents from a hospital where about 3,000 people were trapped by the flood in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province.Credit:AP

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An inflatable craft carrying migrant men, women and children crosses the shipping lane in the English Channel off the coast of Dover, England.Credit:Getty Images

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Festivalgoers sit amongst their tents at the Latitude festival at Henham Park, in Southwold, England. The Latitude arts and music festival is returning, and this year being seen as a test to see how the coronavirus is spread in an open air event.Credit:AP

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Athletes dive into the pool during a practice session at the Tokyo Aquatics Center at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Credit:AP

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Police officers face demonstrators protesting on the sidelines of a G20 environment meeting, in Naples, Italy.Credit:AP

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Taekwondo instructor Laura Roca practices with an Aymara woman during a personal defense training session in El Alto, Bolivia. Taekwondo instructors train the group of Aymara women in self-defense to prevent domestic violence.Credit:AP

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A group of Migrants sit at a migrant processing center in Melilla, Spain. Authorities in Spain's autonomous city of Melilla say that 238 African men have made it to the Northern African Spanish enclave after climbing over fences separating it from Morocco. Credit:AP

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People enjoy a ride at an amusement park during Eid al-Adha celebrations at al-Zawra Park in Baghdad, Iraq.Credit:AP

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Security officers in protective suits stand at a reception area at the visitors' hall at the Urumqi No. 3 Detention Center in Dabancheng in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Urumqi No. 3, China's largest detention center, is twice the size of Vatican City and has room for at least 10,000 inmates. Credit:AP

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A worker measures water levels of La Punta lagoon in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Albemarle Corp, the world's biggest producer of lithium, is fast-tracking advanced forms of the metal that could result in better batteries for electric vehicles.Credit:Bloomberg

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People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 1900 new coronavirus cases on Thursday. Credit:AP

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Farmers shout anti government slogans during a protest in New Delhi, India. More than 200 farmers protest near India's Parliament to mark eight months of their agitation against new agricultural laws that they say will devastate their income.Credit:AP

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Residents of Addis Ababa Waving Ethiopia's national flag during a demonstration to protest against the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) junta and show their support for the Ethiopian national defense force, in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.Credit:AP

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Daichi Hayashi of Team Japan has a shot saved by Ronwen Williams of Team South Africa during the Men's First Round Group A match between Japan and South Africa during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.Credit:Getty Images

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