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India on Sunday recorded the world's highest single-day rise -- even as it continues to open up the economy. Home to 1.3 billion people, India is already the world's third-most infected nation with more than 3.5 million cases, behind the US and Brazil. of people wearing face masks and lockdowns in IndiaN°1VA0K7
The Bioparque Ukumari, an animal nature reserve in the coffee-growing region of Colombia, may miss its visitors, with the pandemic having taken away the tourists, but an unexpected increase in breeding, including from several exotic animals, has come as a balm in the face of this crisis.
The world's shortest woman took to the streets in central India to call on people to stay at home, after police appealed for help enforcing a coronavirus lockdown. Jyoti Amge, who is just 62.8 centimetres tall, told the residents in Nagpur city: "I feel very happy to be supporting and helping the police today in my own small way."
Gita Gopinath, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist, says that if the virus is contained and economies can begin operating again, 2021 should see a rebound of 5.8 percent. [COMPLETES VIDI1QL1IG_EN] SOUNDBITE
Three sea turtles were released back into the wild from a beach in Samandag, in the Turkish province of Hatay, on Thursday, after undergoing treatment for injuries at a local turtle rescue centre. A Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) and two loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) were carried in containers to the coast, where they were then let loose and allowed to walk off and into the waves of the Mediterranean Sea.
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