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Our world in photos: July 20

July 20, 2021 By Michaela Keil

HAITI — On the water: Fishermen returned to shore near the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, on Monday. The country of more than 11 million people is still reeling from the July 7 killing of President Jovenel Moise. Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP

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BRITAIN — Migrants: People thought to be migrants made their way up the beach after arriving on a small boat at Dungeness in Kent, on Monday. They were later taken away by Border Force staff.
Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA via AP

NEW YORK — Wall street: Specialist Gregg Maloney worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Stocks fell sharply on Monday as worries swept from Wall Street to Sydney that the worsening pandemic in hotspots around the world will derail what’s been a strong economic recovery.
Photo: Richard Drew/AP

SAUDI ARABIA — Hajj: Muslim pilgrims prayed on top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, beside inscriptions which were left by pilgrims from previous years, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, on Monday.
Photo: Amr Nabil/AP

JAPAN — Weightlifting: An athlete trained at the weightlifting training hall at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Tuesday, in Tokyo.
Photo: Petr David Josek/PA

COLOMBIA — National Police: National Police attended a ceremony showing their new uniforms at Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota, on Monday. The uniforms changed from green to blue, and an arm patch featured a QR code that allows anyone who scans it to see the officer’s name, rank, and badge number.
Photo: Ivan Valencia/AP

THAILAND — Empty platform: A worker wearing a face mask walked across the platform at the 104-year-old Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, on Tuesday.
Photo: Sakchai Lalit/AP

GERMANY — Disaster: People took a break from cleaning up the debris of the flood disaster in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, on Monday. More than 180 people died when heavy rainfall turned tiny streams into raging torrents across parts of western Germany and Belgium, and officials put the death toll in Ahrweiler county alone at 110.
Photo: Bram Janssen/AP

PALESTINE — Eid al-Adha: Palestinian Muslims attended the prayer of the first day of Eid al-Adha in Gaza City on Tuesday. During the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle to distribute portions of the meat to the poor.
Photo: Khalil Hamra/AP

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Horizon: The fronds of the man-made Palm Jumeirah archipelago stretched out across the Persian Gulf with The Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences looming in the background in Dubai on Monday.
Photo: Jon Gambrell/AP

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