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Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka holds the Olympic Torch after lighting the flame of hope in the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

This picture taken with a fish-eye lens shows the Olympic cauldron and flame during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Fireworks go off around the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Martin BUREAU / AFP

An overview shows Japan's tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the flame of hope in the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Antonin THUILLIER / AFP

A volunteer reacts during a fireworks display at the end of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa performs during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP

The Olympic flag is carried during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

An overview shows the Olympic (L) and Japan's national flag fluttering with empty stands seen in the background during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Antonin THUILLIER / AFP

A Japanese supporter looks on as fireworks light up the sky over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Philip FONG / AFP

Fireworks go off around the Olympic Stadium after the lighting of the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

A man walks the past paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People look at paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

A couple sit under paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People take pictures of paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

Visitors walk past paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People pray during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

Paper lanterns are seen during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People walk past paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

A vendor waits for customers at a shopping centre ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Banda Aceh on July 17, 2021. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

A shopkeeper installs a lightbulb outside his shop waiting for customers to shop after the government loosened a lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Dhaka on July 16, 2021. Munir Uz zaman / AFP

People transport cattle ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 16, 2021. Asif HASSAN / AFP

Sacrificial livestock is being transported on a boat after the government loosened a lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Dhaka on July 16, 2021. Munir Uz zaman / AFP

A man washes a cow for a customer at a car service station ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Karachi on July 14, 2021. Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP

A livestock vendor sits along with camels while waiting for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Karachi on July 13, 2021. Asif HASSAN / AFP

A boy sits next to a cow that will be used as a sacrifical animal at a livestock market in Yemen's capital Sanaa on July 14, 2021, as people buy provisions in preparation for the Eid al-Adha holiday celebrations. Known as the "big" festival, Eid Al-Adha is celebrated each year by Muslims sacrificing various animals according to religious traditions, including cows, camels, goats and sheep. MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

A boy holds the front legs of a goat at a livestock market in Yemen's capital Sanaa on July 14, 2021, as people buy provisions in preparation for the Eid al-Adha holiday celebrations. Known as the "big" festival, Eid Al-Adha is celebrated each year by Muslims sacrificing various animals according to religious traditions, including cows, camels, goats and sheep. MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

Iraqis Mourn Victims in Covid-19 Facility Hospital Fire

People light up candles for a vigil in mourning for the victims of a fire that swept through a COVID-19 coronavirus isolation unit killing over 60 people and wounding dozens more, at al-Hussein Hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province on July 13, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

The devastating blaze, which medics said was fuelled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was the second such fire in Iraq in three months. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

A man reacts at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital after a massive fire overnight, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on July 13, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

People search the rubble at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital after a massive fire overnight, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on July 13, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

People gather as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on July 12, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

People gather near an ambulance as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on July 12, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

Iraqi protesters erect a tent at al-Haboubi Square in the southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province on July 13, 2021, after fire swept through a Covid isolation unit killing 64 people and wounding dozens more in the city's Al-Hussein Hospital. The devastating blaze, which medics said was fuelled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was the second such fire in Iraq in three months. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

Iraqis mourn relatives who died in a massive fire which engulfed a coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, during their funeral in the central city of Najaf, on July 13, 2021. Ali NAJAFI / AFP

Iraqis carry coffins of relatives who died in a massive fire which engulfed a coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, during a funeral procession in the central city of Najaf, on July 13, 2021. Ali NAJAFI / AFP

A diver experiences Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

A diver explores a mock sunken city as he experiences Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

A diver plays mock chess as he experiences Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

A diver experiences Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

A diver experiencing Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, photographs a waiter through a viewing glass, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

Divers play mock chess while experiencing Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

A diver experiences Deep Dive Dubai, the deepest swimming pool in the world reaching 60m, in the United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2021. The city of superlatives, with the world's tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a "sunken city" for divers to explore. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP

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Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka holds the Olympic Torch after lighting the flame of hope in the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

This picture taken with a fish-eye lens shows the Olympic cauldron and flame during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Fireworks go off around the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Martin BUREAU / AFP

An overview shows Japan's tennis player Naomi Osaka lighting the flame of hope in the Olympic Cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Antonin THUILLIER / AFP

A volunteer reacts during a fireworks display at the end of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa performs during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. HANNAH MCKAY / POOL / AFP

The Olympic flag is carried during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

An overview shows the Olympic (L) and Japan's national flag fluttering with empty stands seen in the background during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Stadium, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Antonin THUILLIER / AFP

A Japanese supporter looks on as fireworks light up the sky over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Philip FONG / AFP

Fireworks go off around the Olympic Stadium after the lighting of the Olympic Flame during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo, on July 23, 2021. Jewel SAMAD / AFP

A man walks the past paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People look at paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

A couple sit under paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People take pictures of paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

Visitors walk past paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People pray during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

Paper lanterns are seen during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

People walk past paper lanterns during the Mitama festival, celebrated since 1947 honouring the souls of the enshrined spirits and the fallen soldiers of Japan's past wars, at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 14, 2021. Behrouz MEHRI / AFP

A vendor waits for customers at a shopping centre ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Banda Aceh on July 17, 2021. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

A shopkeeper installs a lightbulb outside his shop waiting for customers to shop after the government loosened a lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Dhaka on July 16, 2021. Munir Uz zaman / AFP

People transport cattle ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on July 16, 2021. Asif HASSAN / AFP

Sacrificial livestock is being transported on a boat after the government loosened a lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Dhaka on July 16, 2021. Munir Uz zaman / AFP

A man washes a cow for a customer at a car service station ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Karachi on July 14, 2021. Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP

A livestock vendor sits along with camels while waiting for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Karachi on July 13, 2021. Asif HASSAN / AFP

People light up candles for a vigil in mourning for the victims of a fire that swept through a COVID-19 coronavirus isolation unit killing over 60 people and wounding dozens more, at al-Hussein Hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province on July 13, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

The devastating blaze, which medics said was fuelled by the explosion of oxygen canisters, was the second such fire in Iraq in three months. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

A man reacts at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital after a massive fire overnight, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on July 13, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

People search the rubble at the ravaged coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital after a massive fire overnight, in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, on July 13, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

People gather as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on July 12, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

People gather near an ambulance as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on July 12, 2021. Asaad NIAZI / AFP

Iraqis mourn relatives who died in a massive fire which engulfed a coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, during their funeral in the central city of Najaf, on July 13, 2021. Ali NAJAFI / AFP

Iraqis carry coffins of relatives who died in a massive fire which engulfed a coronavirus isolation ward of Al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, during a funeral procession in the central city of Najaf, on July 13, 2021. Ali NAJAFI / AFP

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