A student waits for her turn to enter the Lycee Marie Jeanne school on the first day back to school since the COVID-19 pandemic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. After five months of lockdown, schools are officially reopening on Monday, requiring students to wear masks and dividing students into smaller groups with different schedules. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) »
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A helicopter drops water on the Christie Mountain wildfire in Penticton, B.C.
A helicopter drops water on the Christie Mountain wildfire along Skaha Lake in Penticton, B.C. Thursday, August 20, 2020. Wildfires in the area have forced several thousand people to be on evacuation alert. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward »
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Quebec Solidaire addresses Dollarama workers during a demonstration in Montreal
Quebec Solidaire MNA Andres Fontecilla addresses Dollarama workers during a demonstration in Montreal on Thursday, August 20, 2020. Dollarama workers are demanding higher pay and better working conditions after the retailer ended its temporary coronavirus pay boost earlier this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson »
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German Lieutenant colone wears a face mask with the flags of Israel and Germany
German Lieutenant colonel Samuel Mbassa wears a face mask with the flags of Israel and Germany at the airbase in Noervenich, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Pilots from Israel and Germany will fly together the next two weeks during the first joint military Air Force exercises between the two nations in Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) »
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The TSS Earnslaw sails across Lake Whakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand
The TSS Earnslaw sails across Lake Whakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Launched in 1912 the TSS Earnslaw is the only remaining commercial passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) »
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Flames are seen from the Christie Mountain wildfire along Skaha Lake, B.C.
Flames are seen from the Christie Mountain wildfire along Skaha Lake near Penticton, B.C. Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Wildfires in the area have forced several thousand people to be on evacuation alert. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward »
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Clouds pass by the Peace tower Wednesday August 19, 2020 in Ottawa
Clouds pass by the Peace tower Wednesday August 19, 2020 in Ottawa. Parliament will resume Sept. 23 with a Speech from the Throne after it was prorogued Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld »
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A man plays on a piano at an apartment that was damaged by explosion in Beirut
A man plays on a piano at an apartment that was damaged by Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) »
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Protesters gather in front of the Minsk Tractor Works Plant
Protesters gather in front of the Minsk Tractor Works Plant to support workers leaving the plant after their work shift in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko repeatedly rejected demands to step down and bristled at the idea of talks with the opposition, denouncing the coordination council on Tuesday as a “an attempt to seize power” in the country. Nevertheless, the council is set to convene for the first time Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) »
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A woman wears a face mask in Jakarta, Indonesia
A woman wears a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus as she walks past a mural in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) »
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