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PARIS: A nurse takes a bag of used protective face masks out of a designated recycling bin for used masks at the Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris. Used to curb the spread of COVID-19, masks are exacerbating another pandemic: Plastic pollution. - AFPnn

Mask mountain sets recycling challenge
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Confusion reigns as US health agency eases mask restrictions
GAZA: Palestinian girl Maram and her mother Izdihar Al-Amawi get fitted with a 3D-printed transparent face mask at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Gaza City on Feb 22, 2021. - AFP n

Gaza girl dons mask to heal burnt face
A teacher puts a face mask on a student as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus at an elementary school in Banda Aceh on December 2, 2020. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

WHO recommends masks indoors if ventilation poor
A medical worker collects a swab sample for a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a dispensary in New Delhi on November 10, 2020. (Photo by XAVIER GALIANA / AFP)

Trackers to mask detectors: India bets on COVID-19 tech
A visitor covers his face with a face mask as he sleeps on a bench at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on September 26, 2020. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)

Do masks help boost COVID immunity?
In this photo taken on September 8, 2020, passengers wearing face shields sit next to plastic dividers, as part of health protocols imposed by authorities on passenger jeepneys against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Manila. - Many face the new normal in the Philippines, where it is now compulsory to wear both face masks and plastic shields in indoor public spaces and on public transport to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-Philippines,PHOTOESSAY

Mask, visor rules make Philippine commuters sweat
A customer (C) wearing a handmade facemask made with threads of gold takes selfie pictures with her friends at a jewellery shop in Chandkheda area in Ahmedabad on August 11, 2020. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)

Medical masks best, cotton OK, bandanas worse
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump holds a mask as he speaks during the renewed briefing of the Coronavirus Task Force in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House. — AFP

Trump shifts rhetoric; urges mask-wearing, warns of ‘the worst’
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New Chief of Kuwait National Guard Sheikh Mubarak Homoud Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Cabinet OKs draft residency law, new National Guard chief
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KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy Dr Mahmoud Boushehri signs a contract for the expansion project of Al-Subiya Power Plant with Alghanim International Company. - KUNA
Electricity Minister signs contract for Al-Subiya station’s expansion project
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ZHUHAI, China: A police car is seen at the Zhuhai Sports Center on Nov 12, 2024, a day after a car rammed through the site killing dozens. - AFP
35 killed in south China car ramming
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BAKU: Representative of HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, is welcomed by Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) on Nov 12, 2024. – KUNA
COP29 host defends fossil fuels
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RALEIGH: Donald Trump greets Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, during a campaign rally in this file photo. — AFP
Trump’s new admin picks reflect climate, foreign policy stance