Today in Pictures, May 20, 2020

Social distancing at a concert in Wiesbaden, Germany, fireworks in Istanbul, Turkey, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 20, 2020, 10:48 AM

Fewer than 200 audience members attend a concert featuring the baritone Gunther Groissböck and pianist Alexandra Goloubitskaia at the State Theater of Hesse in Wiesbaden, Germany, on May 18, 2020. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

People enjoy fireworks exploding above the Bosphorus to mark the Youth and Sports Day in Istanbul on May 19, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Muslims pray during the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, while practicing social distancing, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, during the fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 19, 2020. PHOTO: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY VIA REUTERS

Zahirul Islam, a site supervisor from Bangladesh, loading groceries onto a vehicle in Little India on May 19, 2020. He is buying a week’s worth of food for six people. He is among 85,000 foreign workers staying in flats, hotels and condominiums following measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus whose SHN lapsed at 11.59pm on May 18, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KUA CHEE SIONG

An improvised rubbish chute system serving each floor is seen at the S11 Dormitory @ Punggol on May 19, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

A fire serviceman and Kashmiri Muslims hold a water hose to douse a fire in houses which were damaged during a gunfight between Indian security forces and militants in the downtown area of Srinagar, Kashmir, India, May 19, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A railway worker takes a bath during hot and humid weather, after Pakistan started easing the lockdown restrictions and allowed to resume passenger trains from tomorrow, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease continues, in Karachi, Pakistan May 19, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Visitors of Miao nationality wearing protective face masks and their traditional clothes walk in front of the Tiananmen gate tower in Beijing, China on 19 May 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Youtubers wearing masks of pigs film a video at a shopping district amid the coronavirus outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, May 19, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Liverpool fan is held up as he looks over a fence to watch training at Melwood following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Liverpool, Britain on May 19, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A baby dolphin, born during the coronavirus pandemic, swims with his mother in the 'Marineland' zoological park in the French riviera city of Antibes, southern France, on May 19, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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