Today in Pictures, July 28, 2020

Former Malaysian PM Najib in court for 1MDB case verdict, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple reopens to the public, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jul 28, 2020, 10:49 AM

Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak (centre) arrives at the Duta Court complex awaiting a verdict in his corruption trial in Kuala Lumpur on July 28, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

The Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple reopened on July 27, 2020, four months after it closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Devotees were seen observing safe distancing as they queued to enter the temple to offer their prayers. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/CHONG JUN LIANG

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong receiving the instrument of appointment from President Halimah Yacob at the Istana on July 27, 2020, during the swearing-in ceremony for the Prime Minister and other Cabinet ministers. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND WEE

A shopkeeper covering her wares with a plastic sheet at a shop in Chinatown, just before a heavy downpour at around 1pm on July 27, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/MARK CHEONG

A handout picture released by Wasdale Moutain Rescue on July 26, 2020 shows volunteers carrying Daisy, a 55kg St Bernard dog down from Scafell Pike, one of England's highest peaks near Grasmere in north-west England, after it was stranded on the mountain. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

Inmates protest on the rooftop of the San Sebastian prison, to demand government medical assistance, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Cochabamba, Bolivia, July 27, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A picture taken on July 27, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28 shows fireworks launched in Pyongyang to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the Korean War ceasefire. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

An aerial picture taken on July 27, 2020, shows a view of pilgrim housing tents near the Arafat mountain in the holy city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, ahead of the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage. PHOTO: AFP

A skateboarder performs a trick in front of a monument to the Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin in Moscow on July 27, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A rainbow and dark clouds are seen over the city of Dortmund, western Germany on July 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A keeper holds one-month-old female white lion cub (Panthera leo krugeri) triplets in their outdoor enclosure in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, July 27, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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