World in Photos : Aug. 11, 2020

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 21, 2020, at 08:07 pm

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SENGLEA (MALTA), Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Migrants wait for disembarkation from a patrol boat of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) in Senglea, Malta, on Aug. 20, 2020. The Armed Forces of Malta rescued a group of 118 migrants, including 10 women, five children and a baby, after their boat was sinking and the migrants were drowning, Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said on Thursday.

VANCOUVER, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A mural is seen during the fifth Vancouver Mural Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 20, 2020. The annual Vancouver Mural Festival, now in its fifth year, features over 60 pieces of public art unveiled in nine neighborhoods across the city from Aug. 18 to Sept. 7.

Shanghai, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- A rescue vessel tries to put out fire emerging from an oil tanker after it collided with a cargo ship near the Yangtze River estuary, Aug. 20, 2020. Three had been rescued and 14 others went missing after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship about 1.5 nautical miles southeast of the Yangtze River estuary early Thursday, according to the maritime authorities in Shanghai. The accident occurred at 3: 39 a.m. Thursday, when an oil tanker carrying about 3,000 tonnes of gasoline collided with a cargo ship loaded with sand and gravel, causing a fire on the deck of the oil tanker and the latter to sink.

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