Today in Pictures, May 18, 2020

Singapore families receive gift packs ahead of Hari Raya, social distancing markers in a park in New York City, U.S., and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 18, 2020, 10:45 AM

Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (left) speaking to beneficiaries at Taman Jurong CC on May 16, 2020. Jamiyah Singapore, along with People's Association, distributed festive gift packs to families at the community club for Hari Raya. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ TIMOTHY DAVID

Volunteers from Muhammadiyah Association, Musa Mohamad Sahir, 44, and Hans Ashrie, 26, observe safe distancing as they deliver food items and financial aid to beneficiary Siti Wahidah, 48, a housewife, at her home, in a photo taken on May 15, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/CHONG JUN LIANG

People are seen practicing social distancing in white circles in Domino Park, during the Covid-19 pandemic on May 17, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. PHOTO: AFP

A waterspout is seen on Wright Patman Lake, Texas, U.S. May 16, 2020, in this still image obtained from a social media video. PHOTO: TEXAS GAME WARDEN VIS REUTERS

Chalon-en-Champagne Bishop Francois Touvet holds the Bible as worshippers attend the mass from their cars during the celebration of the first drive-thru mass in Chalons-en-Champagne, northeastern France, May 17, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A migrant worker covers her child with a sari to protect him from heat as she queues for transport to a railway station to board a train to her home state of northern Uttar Pradesh, after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease, in Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker cleans letters on the wall of the Russian State Duma (the lower house of the parliament) in central Moscow on May 17, 2020, during a strict lockdown in Russia to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. PHOTO: AFP

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge over the Bosphorus is seen partly covered by fog during a 4 day curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A view of a double rainbow over residential area in Moscow, Russia, 17 May 2020. EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

A member of the Serpentine swimming club trains near a swan in the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park during a test session prior to its official reopening on Monday in London, Britain, May 17, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Fox cubs play in a forest near the village of Loshany, Belarus May 17, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

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