World in Photos : Aug. 23, 2020

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Aug 24, 2020, at 06:25 pm

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SHARQIA, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A man harvests mangoes in Sharqia province, Egypt, Aug. 23, 2020.

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Holly Bradshaw of Britain competes during the womens pole vault at 2020 Diamond League Athletics Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 23, 2020.

ANKARA, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Two women wearing masks play drums at a wedding in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 23, 2020. Turkeys number of COVID-19 cases increased by 1,217 to 258,249 on Sunday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

PARIS, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Policemen patrol on Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris, France, Aug. 23, 2020. Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in Lisbon on Sunday to win the sixth UEFA Champions League.

LISBON, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Paris Saint-Germains supporters react at Mercado da Ribeira in Lisbon as they watch a live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich played behind closed doors at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon, Portugal on August 23, 2020.

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Tourists dance at the Lake View Park in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Aug. 23, 2020, after the government recently eased COVID-19 restrictions.

NIR AM, Aug. 24, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Israeli soldiers try to extinguish fire in an area close to the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip near southern Israeli Kibbutz of Nir Am, on Aug. 23, 2020. Since Aug. 6, Gaza has witnessed military tensions with the Israeli army, as the Palestinian youths have been restoring the launch of incendiary balloons toward Israeli cities adjacent to the strip. As a result, Israeli warplanes targeted dozens of military sites belonging to Hamas movement, in response to the launch of arson balloons.

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