HARARE, July 23 (Xinhua) -- People wait for hitchhiking at a bus station in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 22, 2020. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday announced a raft of more strict lockdown measures including imposing a curfew from 6 pm to 6 am to curb rising cases of COVID-19.

. VANCOUVER, July 23 (Xinhua) -- An artist works on her painting during the Art Masters painting competition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on July 22, 2020. Artists took part in the art competition here on Wednesday. They were required to use unconventional painting tools and finish their works within an hour.

KAMPALA, July 23 (Xinhua) -- People shop at a shopping arcade in Kampala, Uganda, July 22, 2020. Shopping arcades in Uganda were authorized to reopen with standard operating procedures issued by the ministry of health to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MARIVAN, July 23, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Local girls play with a ball in an alley of Marivan city, western Iran, July 22, 2020. The tally of COVID-19 cases in Iran exceeded 281,000 on Wednesday.