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Playing in flood water on the main North Circular road in north London, after a local water main burst. Eight people had to be rescued, with firefighters attending the scene after vehicles were trapped in rising flood water, and a large area of north London suffering from low water pressure because of the burst water main.Credit:PA
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Rafaely de Melo, wearing a protective mask, jumps during gym class at the Pereira Agustinho daycare, nursery school and pre-school, after it reopened amid the new coronavirus pandemic in Duque de Caxias. The city of Manaus in the Amazon rainforest and Duque de Caxias in Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan region, became on Monday the first Brazilian cities to resume in-person classes at private schools since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the nation's private school federation.Credit:AP
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People wearing masks wait in line to enter a bank branch, in central Mexico City. After three months of shutdown, officials allowed a partial reopening of the downtown commercial area last week, although COVID-19 cases continue to climb.Credit:AP
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Debris is scattered at a residential area hit by heavy rain in Kumamura, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan. Rescue operations continued and rain threatened wider areas of the main island of Kyushu.Credit:Kota Endo/Kyodo News
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A health worker waits inside a booth to collect swab samples of people for COVID-19 test at a hospital in New Delhi. India has overtaken Russia to become the third worst-affected nation by the coronavirus pandemic. Credit:AP
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A staffer disinfects the goal prior the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton FC at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.Credit:AP
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The swimmer jump into the Yangtze River as residents are swimming under the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Wuhan upgraded its emergency response for flood control from Grade III to Grade II, the second-highest of the four-tier system.Credit:Getty
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People steer their stand-up paddle boards at sunset on the Velikaya River in Pskov, South-West of St. Petersburg, Russia.Credit:AP