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MUNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh: In this file photo people board on a ferry to leave for celebrations during a lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Munshiganj district of Dhaka.-AFPnn

US sending 2.5 million COVID vaccine doses to Bangladesh

MUNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh: In this file photo people board on a ferry to leave for celebrations during a lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the Munshiganj district of Dhaka. - AFPWASHINGTON: The United States began shipping 2.5 million doses of Moderna's COVID vaccine to Bangladesh yesterday, a White House official told AFP, as the South Asian country confronted a wave of new infections. "Thanks to the US...

BAGHDAD: Women hold signs showing posters of (right to left) slain Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraq's Hashed Al-Shaabi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis (both assassinated by a US drone strike in early 2020) and a slain Hashed fighter, during a symbolic funeral parade organized by the Hashed in the capital Baghdad yesterday.- AFPnn

Thousands rally to protest US strikes in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Women hold signs showing posters of (right to left) slain Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraq's Hashed Al-Shaabi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis (both assassinated by a US drone strike in early 2020) and a slain Hashed fighter, during a symbolic funeral parade organized by the Hashed in the capital Baghdad yesterday.- AFPBAGHDAD: Thousands of members of Iraq's Hashed Al-Shaabi paramilitary alliance gathered...

ISTANBUL: Journalists and protesters hold an image of AFP photographer Bulent Kilic and signs reading 'we can't breathe' during a demonstration in front of the Governor's Mansion in Istanbul, yesterday held to demand protection for journalists. - AFPn

Turkish reporters demand protection after violent arrest

ISTANBUL: Journalists and protesters hold an image of AFP photographer Bulent Kilic and signs reading 'we can't breathe' during a demonstration in front of the Governor's Mansion in Istanbul, yesterday held to demand protection for journalists. - AFPISTANBUL: Dozens of reporters in Istanbul and Ankara rallied yesterday demanding protection from the police following the violent arrest of an AFP photographer during a banned Istanbul Pride event....

HONG KONG: In this file photo taken on June 12, 2019, protesters shelter under umbrellas during a downpour as they occupy roads near the government headquarters in Hong Kong. - AFPn

Rights take back seat under HK security law

HONG KONG: In this file photo taken on June 12, 2019, protesters shelter under umbrellas during a downpour as they occupy roads near the government headquarters in Hong Kong. - AFPHONG KONG: China's national security law for Hong Kong has shaken the city's legal foundations in the year since it was imposed, lawyers say, with court decisions and sweeping new powers for prosecution fuelling concerns about rights and the rule of law. Unlike the...

LYON: France's supporters react during the broadcast of the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between France and Switzerland in a fan zone set up at the Gerland stadium in Gerland near Lyon, on Monday. – AFPnn

France desperate to move on from 'immense sadness' of Euro exit

LYON: France's supporters react during the broadcast of the Euro 2020 round of 16 football match between France and Switzerland in a fan zone set up at the Gerland stadium in Gerland near Lyon, on Monday. – AFPBUCHAREST: Euro 2020 was supposed to be the next step on Kylian Mbappe's path to greatness and France's golden chance to become world and European champions, only for their campaign to end with a painful failure in a penalty shoot-out. A...

CUIABA: Argentina's Lautaro Martinez celebrates with Lionel Messi after scoring against Bolivia during the Conmebol Copa America 2021 football tournament group phase match, at the Arena Pantanal Stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, on Monday. - AFPnn

Messi at the double as Argentina trounce Bolivia in Copa America

CUIABA: Argentina's Lautaro Martinez celebrates with Lionel Messi after scoring against Bolivia during the Conmebol Copa America 2021 football tournament group phase match, at the Arena Pantanal Stadium in Cuiaba, Brazil, on Monday. - AFPCUIABA: Lionel Messi celebrated his record 148th international cap with two goals as Argentina trounced Bolivia 4-1 to clinch top spot in Copa America Group A on Monday. Messi -- who had equalled Javier...

DOHA: Qatari rower and Olympic hopeful Tala Abujbara, 28, sculls in the capital Doha on June 4, 2021. - AFPn

Row to Tokyo: Qatar's lone woman rower defying expectations

DOHA: Qatari rower and Olympic hopeful Tala Abujbara, 28, sculls in the capital Doha on June 4, 2021. - AFPDOHA: Qatar's sole female Olympic rower Tala Abujbara had flirted with basketball as her sport of choice. But she settled on a life on the water after a college rowing coach spotted the "tall and athletic" student's potential. Now 28, Abujbara is building up momentum from a creditable performance in the women's single sculls final at the...

PHOENIX: Mikal Bridges #25 of the Phoenix Suns plays defense on Paul George #13 of the LA Clippers during Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Monday at Phoenix Suns Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. - AFPn

George keeps Clippers alive as Suns downed

PHOENIX: Mikal Bridges #25 of the Phoenix Suns plays defense on Paul George #13 of the LA Clippers during Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals of the 2021 NBA Playoffs on Monday at Phoenix Suns Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Paul George scored 41 points as the Los Angeles Clippers kept their NBA Western Conference finals series alive with a battling 116-102 road victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday. With the Suns poised to...

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From tattoos to tokens at Tokyo's first crypto art show

This picture shows Japanese tattoo artist Ichi Hatano posing with a "hannya" mask digital image on an digital display, following an interview with AFP at his studio in Tokyo. - AFP photosTokyo tattoo artist Ichi Hatano's usual business has dwindled during the pandemic, but now he's keen to mine a new stream of income at Japan's first crypto art exhibition. Hatano's ink featuring Japanese folk creatures was especially popular with foreign...

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Virtual Van Gogh exhibition set to lure shoppers in Dubai

Visitors look at projected paintings and drawings at the Van Gogh exhibit produced by Culturespaces and directed by Gianfranco Iannuzzi, Renato Gatto, and Massimiliano Siccardi, during a preview of the digital exhibition titled "Infinity des Lumieres" in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, on Monday. — AFP photosShoppers and art lovers will soon be able to step into Van Gogh masterpieces projected onto walls and floors in an immersive...

The recovered Picasso painting, which the artist gifted to Greece. - Shutterstockn

Picasso painting found in Greek gorge years after heist

The recovered Picasso painting, which the artist gifted to Greece. - ShutterstockGreece yesterday said it had recovered a Picasso painting personally donated by the Spanish master to the Greek people, almost a decade after it was stolen alongside two other artworks in an audacious heist at the National Gallery. "Head of a Woman", gifted by Pablo Picasso to Greece in 1949, was recovered in Keratea, a rural area some 45 kilometres (28 miles)...

United Cajun Navy volunteer Jay Harris feeds dogs he brought for therapy in Surfside, Florida. - AFPn

Therapy dogs soothe amid trauma of Florida collapse

United Cajun Navy volunteer Jay Harris feeds dogs he brought for therapy in Surfside, Florida. - AFPBlocks away from the wreckage of a Florida apartment tower that suddenly collapsed last week and left scores of people missing, Patrick Williamson sat with his German Shepherd, offering her company to whomever needed it. Five-year-old Gracie has helped him cope with the trauma he experienced serving in the US Army in Iraq, and with 11 people...

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