/ The world in photos: Aug 10 – 16

The world in photos: Aug 10 – 16

2020-08-18
08:40

The shattered glasses are collected to be recycled at a dump in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 16, 2020. Two huge explosions rocked Port of Beirut on Aug 4, shaking buildings all over the Lebanese capital, and killing over 177 while wounding 6,000 others. Losses were estimated by Beirut’s governor at more than $10 billion. [Photo/Xinhua]

A boy cools himself under a steam fountain at the Paris Plages in Paris on Aug 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

The door of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s condo is seen stuffed with mock mail-in ballots during a protest against changes in the postal service, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Washington, August 15, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

People watch the annual Perseid meteor shower in Istria, Croatia on Aug 12, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

A zookeeper feeds a tiger at the Jaime Duque Park in Tocancipa, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia on Aug 12, 2020. Affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, the zoo has been closed for months. [Photo /Xinhua]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at a press conference in Jerusalem on Aug 13, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday his country and the United Arab Emirates reached “a full and official peace deal.” [Photo/Xinhua]

A woman in Tunisian folk costume attends celebrations of the annual National Women’s Day in downtown Tunis, Tunisia on Aug 13, 2020. [Photo /Xinhua]

Fireworks are seen at the Minar-e-Pakistan monument during Independence Day celebrations in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on Aug 14, 2020. Pakistan gained independence from the British colonial rule in 1947. [Photo /Xinhua]

A Palestinian girl waits to enter Egypt with her family through the Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Aug 12, 2020. For the first time in five months, Egypt on Tuesday reopened Rafah crossing point on the borders with southern Gaza Strip for three days to allow hundreds of stranded Palestinian travelers to cross. [Photo/Xinhua]

People wash their clothes as Mount Sinabung spews ash in Karo of North Sumatra, Indonesia on Aug 14, 2020. Mount Sinabung in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province’s district of Karo on Thursday erupted three times around 6:07 am local time, a local official said. [Photo /Xinhua]

Cartoon characters wearing face masks are seen in front of a store in Tokyo on Aug 15, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

Medics pass by a graffiti painted on a wall to honor health workers in the COVID-19 outbreak at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Aug 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

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