UZBEKISTAN Candidates sit for the university entrance examination at an outdoor site in Tashkent on September 2 GERMANY Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan, the first-ever twin giant pandas born in Germany, ce
Candidates sit for the university entrance examination at an outdoor site in Tashkent on September 2
GERMANY
Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan, the first-ever twin giant pandas born in Germany, celebrate their first birthday in Berlin Zoo on August 31
CHILE
Damaged houses in Atacama region after a 7-magnitude earthquake hit the northern part of the country on September 1
UKRAINE
Students of a school in Kiev Oblast perform at the opening ceremony of the new school year on September 1. Over 4.2 million resumed their studies, except for those from cities in coronavirus quarantine zones
JAPAN
At a press conference in Tokyo on September 2, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces his candidacy in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race after the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
IRAQ
Iraqi President Barham Salih (right) and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a press conference in Baghdad on September 2. The leaders discussed bilateral ties and the war against the so-called Islamic State extremist group in their meeting
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