• 74-year-old Omar Dule, who lost his house due to the floods and heavy rains, seen inside a United Nations tent at a displacement camp in Beledweyne, Somalia. AFP
    74-year-old Omar Dule, who lost his house due to the floods and heavy rains, seen inside a United Nations tent at a displacement camp in Beledweyne, Somalia. AFP
  • A dancer performs during the presentation of the 75th La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain 2020, in Madrid. AFP
    A dancer performs during the presentation of the 75th La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain 2020, in Madrid. AFP
  • This aerial photo taken workers cutting ice blocks from the frozen Songhua river in Harbin, China's northeastern Heilongjiang province for the annual Harbin Ice Festival. AFP
    This aerial photo taken workers cutting ice blocks from the frozen Songhua river in Harbin, China's northeastern Heilongjiang province for the annual Harbin Ice Festival. AFP
  • Police inspect a wrecked double decker bus after an accident in Hong Kong, China. Six passengers were killed and more than 30 others were injured after the public bus hit roadside trees on Fanling Highway in northern Hong Kong. EPA
    Police inspect a wrecked double decker bus after an accident in Hong Kong, China. Six passengers were killed and more than 30 others were injured after the public bus hit roadside trees on Fanling Highway in northern Hong Kong. EPA
  • Taxi driver Norihito Arima, 33, eats his dinner in his taxi outside a convenient store in Tokyo. AP Photo
    Taxi driver Norihito Arima, 33, eats his dinner in his taxi outside a convenient store in Tokyo. AP Photo
  • Over 1000 protesters gather in Times Square as the New York City Coalition to Impeach and Remove joins national demonstrations to demand an end to Trump's presidency. AFP
    Over 1000 protesters gather in Times Square as the New York City Coalition to Impeach and Remove joins national demonstrations to demand an end to Trump's presidency. AFP
  • Residents commute by boat through a flooded road in Dayeuhkolot, Bandung in Indonesia's West Java province after heavy rains flooded the Citarum river. AFP
    Residents commute by boat through a flooded road in Dayeuhkolot, Bandung in Indonesia's West Java province after heavy rains flooded the Citarum river. AFP
  • New South Wales Rural Fire Service and and other rescue crews work to contain the Gospers Mountain fire along the Bells Line of Road in the Blue Mountains National Park, north west of Sydney, Australia. EPA
    New South Wales Rural Fire Service and and other rescue crews work to contain the Gospers Mountain fire along the Bells Line of Road in the Blue Mountains National Park, north west of Sydney, Australia. EPA
  • An Afghan labourer sorts coal wood as he waits for customers in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA
    An Afghan labourer sorts coal wood as he waits for customers in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA

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