A tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation of the Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, as firefighters race to contain the blazes that have b

A woman passes by the building of Argentina's Economy Ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 4, 2020. The Argentine government confirmed on Tuesday that it h

This photo shows an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launching during an operational test at Vandenberg

People watch a sound and light show at the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, July 29, 2020. A sound and light show was held at the Grand Place of Brussels to

Photo taken on Nov. 6, 2019 shows a view of the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece. (Xinhua/Lai Xiangdong)

Greece is stepping up efforts

A Malian refugee shows a document at Burkina Faso's Goudebou camp on Saturday, northern Burkina Faso. The conflict in Mali has caused nearly 150,000 people to f

A handout picture released by the Mato Grosso State Fire Department on Tuesday showing a tapir fleeing a forest fire in the Paranatinga region, Mato Grosso stat

A seller measures a consumer's temperature at the entrance of a store amid COVID-19 outbreak, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo by Rahel Patrasso/Xi

Honduran migrant Tania, carrying her son Erick in her arms, wanders around the border wall between Mexico and the United States in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, June 1

Photo: Twitter post by Donald Trump Jr who mocks Carlos Martinez for his words on China
For sharing why China deserves respect and shouldn't be perceived as a t

Photo taken on Aug. 3, 2020 shows a street in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Bai Xue/Xinhua)
The Australian State of Victoria once again broke it's own record

When her husband suddenly died, Nakimo set up a small shop in Bhutan's southern Chukha district to provide for her family of seven and then began growing hazeln

It took a while for Indians to learn how a father and son died in hospital with blood pouring from their rectum, days after police in small southern town locked

A view of the Nile River and the Cairo city is seen from the Cairo Tower in Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)Egypt on Tuesday called for a suspensi

Smoke rises from an explosion site at the port of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. Photo: VCGRescuers worked through the night into Wednesday after two enormous e

Photo: VCG
Lebanese Interior Minister Mohammad Fahmi said Tuesday that the explosive chemicals stored at Port of Beirut may have caused the two huge explosions

Afghan soldiers arrive at a prison during an ongoing raid in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Monday. Photo: AFPAfghan security forces on Monday killed at least 10 Isl

A protective mask is seen beside a map of famous Parisian tourist spots in Paris, France, Aug. 4, 2020. Amid signs of the epidemic resurgence, Paris is consider

An injured woman is seen in a damaged building after the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)
Death toll from the Beirut explosion

People dine in an outdoor area of a restaurant in London, Britain, Aug. 4, 2020. The British government launched a discount scheme on Monday to boost the hospit

Spain's former king Juan Carlos (left) hands over a letter of abdication to Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on Monday. Spa

Paper lanterns float in the river at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 2019. Hiroshima, the Japanese city hit by a U.S. atomic bomb at the en

A health worker collects a sample for COVID-19 testing from a police officer in New Delhi, India on Aug. 2, 2020. (Photo by Partha Sarkar/Xinhua)
India's healt

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The coronavirus pandemic might have left many restaurants empty, but one establishment in Tokyo is relying on some "model customers" to enforce socia

A California wildfire raging through dry brush and timber east of Los Angeles, forcing thousands of people from their homes, was likely sparked by burning soot