Boys poured with water to stay cool during hot weather in Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis

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  Muslim worshippers attend Laylat al-Qadr night prayer in Old City of Jerusalem

  Muslim worshippers attend a Laylat al-Qadr night prayer during their holy fasting month of Ramadan outside the the compound known as al-Haram al-Sharif amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 19, 2020. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua) .

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  A look at a CPPCC Guesthouse amid the two sessions

  At Beijing Friendship Hotel, a guesthouse for CPPCC members, an internet video interviewing room is set for various media outlets with CPPCC members, mainly in the format of online video conferencing and written interviews as well. The photo shows a reporter preparing for video interviews with CPPCC members. (Photos: People's Daily app)To curb the spread of the virus amid the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing is also a highlighted principle in this year’s media coverage of the two sessions. CPPCC members will be interviewed by reporters via video conferencing. The photo shows equipment ready for video shooting in the interview room.The photo shows equipment ready for video conferencing in the interview room.The photo shows a People’s Daily reporter working in the interview room in preparation for the interviews.The photo shows the night view of Beijing Friendship Hotel, a guesthouse for CPPCC members.The photo shows a corridor of Beijing Friendship Hotel, a guesthouse for CPPCC members with a sign saying, “Welcome CPPCC members” on an LCD screen.The photo shows the picture signs of garbage sorting in Beijing Friendship Hotel, where restaurants already implement such a policy for garbage disposal.Medical disinfectants, a thermometer and disinfection tablets are placed in different conference rooms at the venue of Beijing Friendship Hotel for disease prevention and control.For epidemic control, the elevator has a sign to remind guests that one elevator can accommodate four persons at most.

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  'World Bee Day' celebrated in Ljubljana, Slovenia

  A staff member of the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum works on a bee model in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on May 20, 2020. Several events were held on Wednesday in Slovenia as the world celebrated "World Bee Day" for the third time. This year's theme is "Bee Engaged" with a specific focus on bee production a

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  Preparations on full swing as cyclone 'Amphan' approaches Bangladesh, India coastlines

  Photo taken on May 20, 2020 shows the impact of cyclone "Amphan" in the Khulna district, some 200 km from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh on Wednesday raised its storm danger signal to the highest level of 10 as "very severe" cyclone "Amphan" formed in the Bay of Bengal is heading towards its coastlin