World in Photo : july 11 , 2020
LAGOS, July 12, 2020 (Xinhua) -- An excavator works on the ruins after a building collapse accident in Lagos, Nigeria, July 11, 2020. At least two people were killed and eight others injured on Saturday after a residential building collapsed in Lagos, Nigerias economic hub.
SINGAPORE, July 10, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A Singaporean casts a vote at a polling station for the countrys general election in Singapore on July 10, 2020. Polling stations in Singapore opened at 8:00 a.m. local time on Friday for the countrys general election. Some 2.65 million people are eligible to vote. Polling stations will be closed at 8:00 p.m. local time.
RAMAT GAN, July 10, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Israeli medical staff work in the COVID-19 isolation department of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital in central Israeli city of Ramat Gan on July 8, 2020. Israels Ministry of Health reported 1,335 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the second highest daily rise since the pandemic outbreak in the country in late February.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends meeting in Brussels
BRUSSELS, July 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and European Parliament President David Sassoli (from R to L) attend a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, July 8, 2020. Reaching swiftly an agreement on an ambitious European recovery package is the European Unions highest priority for the coming weeks, the blocs leaders agreed at a meeting Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany took over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU on July 1.
Boris Johnson at House of Commons in London
LONDON, July 9, 2020 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Ministers Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, on July 8, 2020. The British government on Wednesday set out a package of fresh measures to support jobs and boost economy as part of a comprehensive plan to secure the countrys recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan:Rescue operation going on as Hida River overflows
GIFU, JULY 8 (UNI):-The Hida River in the city of Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan overflow after torrential rain on Wednesday.
SANTIAGO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker takes a swab sample from a senior resident for COVID-19 test in San Miguel of Santiago, Chile, July 7, 2020. Chile on Tuesday reported a total of 301,019 cases of novel coronavirus infection and 6,434 deaths from the disease.
Capitol Building in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2020 shows the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., the United States. The United States has officially moved to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) as its national count of COVID-19 cases is approaching 3 million with over 130,000 deaths.
Site of car bomb blast in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
NANGARHAR, July 8, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security force members inspect the site of a car bomb blast in Khewa district bazaar in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, July 7, 2020. At least three Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel were killed and five people wounded after a suicide car bomb blast rocked a district bazaar in the countrys eastern province of Nangarhar on Tuesday, a provincial government spokesman confirmed.
Oxygen-filling factory in Iraq
BAGHDAD, July 8, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks oxygen cylinders to be delivered to hospitals at an oxygen refilling station in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 7, 2020. A government-owned oxygen filling factory in Iraq has increased its filling of oxygen cylinders and the liquid gas to meet the demand of the Iraqi hospitals amid the continued rise in COVID-19 infections. The resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic continued in Iraq on Tuesday, as the Iraqi Health Ministry confirmed 2,426 new cases, bringing the total number of coronavirus infections nationwide to 64,701.
Shopping mall in Germany's Frankfurt amid Covid-19
FRANKFURT, July 8, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks take an escalator in a shopping mall in Frankfurt, Germany, on July 7, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejects the idea of backing away from the face mask requirement in the countrys shops, government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said here Monday.
LONDON, July 8, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain, on July 7, 2020. Britains arts, culture and heritage industries will receive a 1.57-billion-pound (1.96-billion-U.S. dollar) rescue package to help weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the government has announced.
Prime Minister Jean Castex at the Presidential Elysee Palace in Paris
PARIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives for the minister council at the Presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 7 July, 2020. The French presidency on Monday unveiled a reshuffled government of mixed profiles with old and new faces to embark on the new path that President Emmanuel Macron pledged for the countrys reconstruction in his remaining two years in office.
NEW YORK, July 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past a candy store in New York, the United States, July 6, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 2.9 million on Monday, reaching 2,910,023 as of 2:34 p.m. (1834 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the national death toll reached 130,090, according to the CSSE.
Vaccination in countryside of Damascus
DAMASCUS, July 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A specialist vaccinates a sheep against the sheep and goat plague in the countryside of Damascus, Syria, on July 6, 2020.