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Added on the 12/05/2021 19:03:58 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A river terminal south of Dhaka is packed with thousands of people trying to leave the Bangladesh capital and return to rural areas ahead of a tough new lockdown to be imposed on Monday. IMAGES
Traffic densifies on the Paris ring road 'la périphérique' on Friday afternoon with people rushing to get home and others rushing to leave the French capital for the Easter weekend. The rush is exacerbated by recent French government restrictions to limit the spread of Covid. IMAGES
Shiite Muslim pilgrims march with flags en route to the holy city of Karbala from Iraq's southern province of al-Muthanna, ahead of the holiday of Arbaeen. Each year, pilgrims converge in large numbers to the Iraqi shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura. IMAGES
Parisians and tourists sought shade on Saturday in the garden of the Palais-Royal while France, two-thirds of which has been placed on red or orange heatwave alert, is expected to experience "peaks close to 42°/43°C" according to Meteo France. IMAGES
People wait in line at a food bank in Chelsea, Massachusetts, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, as the US grapples with supply chain challenges and increased prices caused by a surge in inflation. IMAGES