World in Photo : April 1, 2020
.BURLINGTON, April 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Workers construct a new modular structure on the grounds of Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Toronto, Canada, April 1, 2020. Called as the Pandemic Response Unit (PRU), Ontario provinces first temporary facility for COVID-19 patients is being built in Burlington and will provide an additional 93 beds. The number of COVID-19 cases has continued to rise in Canada. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were 9,560 confirmed cases, with 101 deaths, across the country.
World in Photo : April 1, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C., April 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People ride bicycles during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Washington D.C., the United States, April 1, 2020. The United States became the first nation with more than 200,000 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University.
World in Photo : March 23, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 23, 2020 shows a U.S. dollar banknote in Washington D.C., the United States. The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) announced on Monday a plan to purchase U.S. treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities with no limit to help markets function more efficiently amid COVID-19 uncertainty.
World in Photo : March 20, 2020
MIYAGI, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura (1st R) and Saori Yoshida (2nd R) light up the Olympic cauldron during the Olympic flame arrival ceremony in Miyagi of Japan, on March 20, 2020. The Olympic flame arrived in Japan on March 20.
World in Photo : March 10, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C., March 11 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 10, 2020 shows a plane approaching to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C., the United States Xinhua/UNI.
World in Photo : March 9, 2020
WASHINGTON D.C., March 10, 2020 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference on the COVID-19 at the White House in Washington D.C. March 9, 2020. U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration will ask Congress to approve a possible payroll tax cut and provide very substantial relief for hourly workers and industries hit by the COVID-19 outbreak.
World in Photo : MAR 10 , 2020
HINDAN, MAR 10 (UNI):- IAF C-17 returned from Iran to Hindan airbase with 58 Indian citizens onboard on Tuesday. The passengers included 25 men, 31 women and 2 children.
World in Photo : March 9, 2020
LONDON, March 10, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Britains Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, leave the Westminster Abbey after attending the annual Commonwealth Service on Commonwealth Day in London, Britain, March 9, 2020.
World in Photo : March 10, 2020
WUHAN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, chairs a teleconference and delivers an important speech after the field inspection of the epidemic prevention and control work in Wuhan, central Chinas Hubei Province, March 10, 2020.
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo, foreign ministers of five Central Asian countries in Tashkent
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (3rd L) and foreign ministers of five Central Asian countries pose for a group photo in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Feb. 3, 2020. Foreign ministers of five Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan -- and United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a dialogue here on Monday aimed at strengthening the regions ties with the U.S. The high-level talks within the framework of C5+1, comprised of five Central Asian countries plus the United States, have become a regular affair covering economics, energy, transport, the environment and security, the Uzbek foreign ministry said in a statement. Neighboring Afghanistan was another topic of discussion, the statement added. (Xinhua/UNI Photo)
Terrorist-related incident in Streatham, London
Forensic officers work at the site of a terrorist-related incident in Streatham, south London, Britain, on Feb. 2, 2020. A man has been shot dead by armed officers in south London in a terrorist-related incident, the Metropolitan Police confirmed Sunday. (Xinhua/UNI Photo)
World in Photo : Jan 23 , 2020
BEIJING, Jan. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Party and state leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan attend a Chinese Lunar New Year reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 23, 2020. The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council held the reception on Thursday in Beijing.
ISTANBUL, (UNI):-From L-R: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday formally launching TurkStream gas pipeline at the Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday, January, 8,
TEHRAN, Jan. 8, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at the air crash site of a Boeing 737 Ukrainian passenger plane in Parand district, southern Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 8, 2020. All the passengers and crew members on board the Boeing 737 Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) on Wednesday morning are confirmed dead, official Islamic
TEHRAN, Jan. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral ceremony of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 6, 2020. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians in Tehran on Monday mourned the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.