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Depok, Sep 23 (EFE/EPA).- The demand for pottery in Indonesia has significantly increased during the pandemic, with a lot of demand from plant traders and restaurants that need pottery with unique designs. (Camera: ADI WEDA). SHOT LIST: POTTERY MAKERS CREATE AND PAINT BOWLS AT PEKUNDEN POTTER AND CRAFTSMAN FACTORY IN DEPOK, INDONESIA.
Video games had a huge year. More people than ever are buying and playing games during pandemic lockdowns. Industry analysts say video-game industry's revenues are expected to exceed both sports and film combined in 2020. "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" sold nearly 30 million copies between March and October. The COVID shutdowns impacted live sports and moviegoing. Business Insider reports that the game industry is dominating other entertainment mediums in revenue.
World leaders met on Saturday to discuss preparation efforts to contain and alleviate the coronavirus pandemic in the next few months. Leaders from Germany, France, South Korea, and Argentina were scheduled to participate in the side event to the annual G20 gathering. According to Business Insider, the US has more than 11.9 million cases and 255,000 deaths from the highly contagious novel coronavirus. And despite making up the largest share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, noticeably absent was President Donald Trump. He went golfing, instead.
With so many people working from home, restaurant traffic is down but grocery stores are getting plenty of business. But according to Business Insider, Whole Foods had 21% fewer visitors across its stores on October 4 compared to the same day last year. That flies in the face of other grocery store chains, where traffic is bouncing back much faster. At Kroger's, for example, business was only down 2%. A Whole Foods spokesperson said stores normally get a lot of lunchtime trade from office workers, who are now working from home. Sales of packaged sandwiches and salads have fallen 75%. For every five in-store shoppers Whole Foods Markets had last October, it now only has four.
Rio de Janeiro, Jul 23 (EFE).- Caimans, foxes and capybaras share the fairways with golfers on the Olympic course in Rio de Janeiro and their numbers have increased during the Covid-19 pandemic given the greater absence of people. (Camera: ANAÍNA QUINET / ANTONIO LACERDA. Editor: EMMA LOZANO)
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