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In this handout photograph taken and released on July 20, 2020 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries an H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe known as "Al-Amal" in Arabic, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore Mars, blasts off from Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan. - The first Arab space mission to Mars blasted off on July 20 ...

US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP pic

Members of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA)- Dagoretti Parish attend a church service, after Kenya's President Kenyatta directed the places of worship to reopen under strict guidelines to curb the spread of the COVID-19, in Nairobi. - AFP pic

Ivan Yuen (left) during a matchplay training session with Addeen Idrakie at the National Training Centre on Friday. -- Pix: NSTP/ KNG ZHENG GUAN

Construction labourers work in Dhaka. - AFP pic

The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record 100 new cases confirmed. -File pic via AFP

A worker disinfects packages as they are unloaded from a truck at a JD.com distribution center in Beijing. - The capital of China’s far-western Xinjiang region curtailed most flights into the city on Friday and has shut down subway and public bus services after several coronavirus infections were detected, government authorities and state-controlled media said. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific issued a profit warning, estimating it has haemorrhaged 1.3 billion USD in the first half of the year as it reels from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said it is not compulsory for students or teachers to put on a mask when they are in school. As per the reopening guidelines set by the Education Ministry, schools must provide soap or hand sanitiser as well as check body temperatures and condition of everyone entering the school compound. Photo by MIHAMAD SHAHRIL BADRI SAALI/NSTP

Residents wearing face masks are seen next to the Yangtze River in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Workers, factories and firms cautiously returned to normality after harsh lockdowns brought the virus under control (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)