Dancer Yara al-Hasbani is used to causing a stir everywhere she goes. The Syrian choreographer has drawn crowds across France for her performances in public squares and parks. But there wasn't a soul in sight as she performed a series of spectacular ballet moves in front of the deserted grand monuments of Paris for AFP.

This Ramadan is very different -- it's just not festive. This year, the holy daytime fasting month will be a somber affair for many. Many Muslims will have to adapt their traditions to life under lockdown: Families, mosques, and governments around the world have been preparing to take Ramadan online. Muslims around the world began marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown on Friday. Widespread rules have been imposed banning praying in mosques or meeting relatives and friends for large "iftar" meals at dusk -- a centerpiece of the month-long fast. Breaking ...

A Palestinian woman sifts lightly roasted wheat, harvested before maturity (freekeh), in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, before being prepared to be used in soup during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. From cancelled iftar (fast-breaking) feasts to suspended mosque prayers, Muslims across the Middle East are bracing for the month of Ramadan fasting as the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic lingers. The holy Muslims fasting month of Ramadan is a period for both self-reflection and socialising. Believers fast from dawn to dusk and then gather around a ...

Coronavirus have been spreading in the world since December 2019, starting from China's Wuhan, and now globally COVID-19 infections have surpassed 2.3 million as deaths hit 171,718, according to Johns Hopkins University. Overall, coronavirus outbreak has so far spread to 185 countries since it first emerged in China lasy December. On the other hand, the virus did have some bright side effects such as carbon emissions are dropping, the ozone hole is closing, Venice canals are cleaner with fishes seen inside for the first time, Australia is healing after mass ...

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In Bangkok, Thailand, novice Buddhist monks participate in a religious class at Molilokayaram Educational Institute. They’re wearing protective masks and face shields and are seated to maintain social distancing. All schools in Thailand were closed earlier than the scheduled school break due to the COVID-19 outbreak, but about 200 novice monks remain in the monastic school due to travel restrictions and lockdowns implemented in provinces in Thailand.

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Christians are celebrating Easter, which is a festival and holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary. Despite the fact that the east and the west celebrate in a different dates. However, this year they had common celebration amid lockdown over coronavirus pandemic as global cases passed 2.3 million yesterday according to Johns Hopkins University. Moreover, the data shows the global number of deaths over coronavirus ...

Thais are flocking to Bangkok's Chinatown to sell their gold jewelry as the price of the precious metal spikes and the economy tanks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gold surged to a seven-year high on Tuesday to $1,731.25 an ounce. That has boosted the price of gold across the world, tempting many to sell their stocks of the precious metal at a time of economic hardship without recent precedent. Thailand's economy is forecast to contract by more than five percent this year after the virus shuttered borders -- killing the ...

Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden closure of their uniquely Japanese 24/7 comic book havens. The ubiquitous all-night internet and "manga" comic cafes offer couches, computers, comics, soft drinks and shower facilities for an overnight stay typically priced around 2,000 yen ($18), according to AFP. An estimated 4,000 people down on their luck make their home in such cafes in Tokyo alone, and activists worry that shutting them down could lead to suicides and ...

Cuba hit out at the United States over its nearly 60-year-old embargo against the island nation, which Havana described as "even more cruel" given the suffering caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. The communist-run single-party island is finding it tough to source medical supplies and has already recorded 564 coronavirus cases and 15 deaths. The United States' economic-financial blockade is the most unfair, severe, prolonged system of sanctions of all time by one country against another. The health system is the most affected because it affects the wellbeing of people ...