World in Photo : Aug. 6, 2020
TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2020 shows the scene of a crane collapse near a construction site in Toronto, Canada. The construction crane collapsed onto a downtown Toronto intersection on Thursday, causing no injuries.
ATHENS, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi migrants wearing face masks walk to board an airplane bound for Iraq at the Athens International Airport in Athens, Greece, on Aug. 6, 2020. A total of 134 Iraqis migrants departed from Athens airport to Iraq on Thursday, which marked the first-ever voluntary repatriation program for a large group of migrants in Greece and in Europe, Greek authorities said.
GAZA, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A man lights up candles during an event held to show solidarity with the Lebanese people in Gaza City, on Aug. 6, 2020. Palestinians expressed their solidarity with Lebanon after massive explosions rocked Beirut on Tuesday.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken in Brussels, Belgium on Aug. 6, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending an online press conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. The COVID-19 death toll worldwide has surpassed 700,000, reaching 701,754 as of Thursday, according to the latest number from the WHO.
MALANG, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Children wearing face shields practice karate amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Aug. 6, 2020.
BEIRUT, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- French President Emmanuel Macron gives a speech in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 6, 2020. Macron arrived in Beirut on Thursday following Beiruts huge explosions which has killed at least 137 people and injured nearly 5,000.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Wild masked lapwing chicks forage for food at Singapores Gardens by the Bay East, in Singapore, Aug. 6, 2020. X
CAIRO, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) shakes hands with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 6, 2020. Egyptian and Greek foreign ministers signed here on Thursday an agreement on the demarcation of the maritime borders between the two countries and setting up an exclusive economic zone between them in the Mediterranean Sea.
BAGHDAD, Aug. 7, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi people light candles to show solidarity with Lebanese people in front of the Lebanese Embassy in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 6, 2020. X