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epaselect CHINA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19
epaselect epa09968931 A man in protective gear rides a bicycle on the street past the poster of Chinese president Xi Jinping, amid the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China, 23 May 2022. Shanghai city reported one coronavirus-related death, 55 locally transmitted cases, and 503 local asymptomatic infections, according to the Shanghai Health Commission on 23 May 2022. Since 22 May, four metro lines and more than 200 buses resumed operations. At the metro entrance, passengers must wear masks, show a green health code, hold a 48-hour negative PCR test and get a temperature check. Many people are trying to leave the city, making the busy railway stations. EPA/ALEX PLAVEVSKI
epaselect BULGARIA BELIEF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS
epaselect epa09968875 Orthodox priests take a part duding liturgical procession for the reception of the relics of Saints Cyril and Methodius to the St. Nedelya Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, 23 May 2022. Bulgaria marks on 24 May the official celebration of the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavic literature. EPA/VASSIL DONEV
epaselect NETHERLANDS NATURE
epaselect epa09968721 Divers assemble a piece of a biodegradable material with several coral colonies on it, in the tropical coral reef of Burgers' Ocean in Arnhem, the Netherlands, 23 May 2022. The Delft start-up Reefy has developed a method to restore dying coral reefs in the wild using biodegradable material. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL
epaselect IRAQ WEATHER DUST STORM
epaselect epa09968269 An Iraqi man walks over the al-Shuhadaa bridge shrouded in heavy dust in central Baghdad, Iraq, 23 May 2022. The dust storm sent hundreds of people with respiratory problems to hospitals across Iraq and reduced visibility in the city, making driving difficult on the roads, and flights at Baghdad Airport have also been suspended while the Iraqi authorities ordered government offices to shut except for the Kurdistan region. EPA/AHMED JALIL
epaselect RUSSIA ST PETERSBURG DAY
epaselect epa09968860 A municipal worker cleans the monument of Field Marshal Prince Mikhail Kutuzov, by sculptor Boris Orlovsky and installed in front of the Kazan Cathedral in 1837, during preparations for the City Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, 23 May 2022. St. Petersburg will celebrate its 319th anniversary on 27 May. EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV
BRITAIN CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
epa09969272 Judges view flowers during the Press Preview of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, Britain, 23 May 2022. The horticultural exhibition runs âfrom 24 to 28 May 2022 at the Royal Chelsea Hospital. EPA/NEIL HALL
CHINAHAINANTEA PLANTATION CN
(220523) -- HAIKOU, May 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fu Xiuxiang picks tea leaves at an organic tea plantation in Baisha Li Autonomous County of south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 27, 2020. TO GO WITH 'Across China: Hainan's ethnic tea grower strives for collective prosperity' (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
CHINAHUNANYONGZHOUCULTURAL RELICS CN
(220523) -- CHANGSHA, May 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows a cultural relic unearthed at the Houbeishan tomb complex in the city of Yongzhou, central China's Hunan Province.\r\n Archaeologists have found 25 tombs dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in central China's Hunan Province, according to the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.\r\n TO GO WITH '25 Qing Dynasty tombs discovered in China's Hunan' (Hunan provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute/Handout via Xinhua)
NETHERLANDS NATURE
epa09969212 A diver assembles a piece of a biodegradable material with several coral colonies on it, in the tropical coral reef of Burgers' Ocean in Arnhem, the Netherlands, 23 May 2022. The Delft start-up Reefy has developed a method to restore dying coral reefs in the wild using biodegradable material. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL
AFGHANISTAN HEALTH POLIO VACCINATION
epa09969208 A health worker announces for vaccination during a polio vaccination door-to-door campaign in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 23 May 2022. Repeated immunizations have protected millions of children from polio, allowing almost all countries in the world to become polio-free, besides the two endemic countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan. EPA/STRINGER
