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Added on the 23/10/2020 20:35:33 - Copyright : AFP EN
Thousands crowd the beach in the English coastal town of Bournemouth to soak up the sun on the hottest day of the year as lockdown measures are slowly eased -- but with officials still warning of another surge in COVID-19 cases. IMAGES
Smoke billows following an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah on Gaza's southern border with Egypt. Pressure for a ceasefire has mounted as Israeli forces push towards Rafah, where more than half the besieged territory's population has taken shelter. IMAGES
Residents of the southern city of Sderot board buses to evacuate to safer areas in Israel amid ongoing war against Hamas. Situated on the front lines near the Gaza border, Sderot was overrun by Hamas militants in their surprise attack on October 7 and is used to being targeted by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Seen from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, US soldiers stand guard by the US-Mexico border as they wait for the expiration of Title 42, a set of pandemic-era border restrictions that have prevented virtually all asylum claims. Tens of thousands of people are expected to make their case over the coming weeks, further inflaming America's already heated immigration debate. IMAGES
Images from the northern Israeli town of Shlomi near the Israel-Lebanon border after rockets were fired from Lebanon and Israel retaliated with strikes, following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam's third-holiest site which drew warnings of retaliation from around the region. IMAGES
Images from the northern Israeli town of Shlomi near the Israel-Lebanon border after rockets were fired from Lebanon and Israel retaliated with strikes, following clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Islam's third-holiest site which drew warnings of retaliation from around the region. IMAGES