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RAINS IN WILAYATS: A number of wilayats experienced rains on Saturday as the impact of a low pressure trough began

A couple wearing facemasks hold hands with a child as they walk through an installation of colourful paper strips outside

CHERRY BLOSSOMS ALL AROUND: People take pictures of the cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. —

VIRUS EMPTIES OUT SOUQ: Shops in Muttrah Souq were remain closed on Wednesday following Supreme Committee’s steps to control COVID-19.

STOP THE SPREAD: People walk past a Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London following the announcement that the

KEEPING COVID-19 AT BAY: Local groups in cooperation with the Turkish health department measure people’s temperatures and inform them about

APPLAUSE FOR ITALY: People wave and clap their hands, during a flash mob ‘Un applauso per l’Italia’ (An applause for

DRIVE TO PROTECT ENDANGERED ANIMALS: The Office of Conservation of the Environment (OCE) at the Diwan of Royal Court begins

AERIAL FOOD DROP: A Russian-made Ilyushin airlifter aircraft leased to the World Food Programme (WFP) makes a drop of food

NEW LOOK MARITIME HISTORY HALL: The National Museum on Monday inaugurated the Maritime History Hall in its new outlook. It

FOOD AID FOR PALESTINIANS: Palestinians come to receive food aid from a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) distribution

BANGKOK’S FUTURE IN BALANCE: An overview of the Thammasat Urban Farming Green Roof, designed by landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom, at

STRANDED AT THE BORDER: Migrants sit on a road side near Turkey’s Ipsala border crossing with Greece’s Kipi, in Edirne,

LIBYA FIGHTING: People inspect a damaged house after a shell fell on a residential area in Abu Slim district, south

AND LIFE GOES ON: Mask-clad pedestrians walk through Tajrish Bazaar in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday. Iran reported nine

‘RUSSIA WITHOUT PUTIN’ RALLY: Thousands rallied in central Moscow on Saturday to call on President Vladimir Putin not to stay

WILL OF SULTAN QABOOS ON DISPLAY: A copy of the will of late His Majesty Sultan Qaboos on display at

BIGGEST EUROPEAN CARNIVAL FESTIVAL OPENS: Costumed revellers take part in the traditional carnival procession during the Rijeka Carnival in Rijeka,

DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN IRAQI GIRL: An Iraqi girl rummages through her family’s belongings in the old town

‘Gyrhawk’ from the US takes part in a fuzzcon parade on Friday in Malmo, Sweden, where NordicFuzzCon, the third largest

Women are seen walking on a rice terraces in Mu Cang Chai, YenBai, Vietnam. Vietnam expects to export 6.75 million