Today in Pictures, May 21, 2020

Better protection for cab drivers in Singapore, man abducted as a child reunites with parents in Xian, China, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 21, 2020, 11:05 AM

Taxi driver Koh Tian Moo, 66, in a cab that has been fitted with a plastic shield to minimise contact between drivers and passengers amid the Covid-19 outbreak in seen in a photo taken on May 20, 2020. ComfortDelGro Corp will fit 400 of its 10,000 cabs with these shields as part of a trial. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KUA CHEE SIONG

A photo taken on May 18, 2020 shows Mao Yin (C) speaking with his mother Li Jingzhi (L) and father Mao Zhenping (R) in Xian, in China's northern Shaanxi province. A Chinese man who was kidnapped as a toddler 32 years ago has been reunited with his biological parents, after police used facial recognition technology to track him down. PHOTO: AFP

People look at damage to a road and bridge after the Edenville dam was breached near Edenville, Michigan, USA, May 20, 2020. The dam at Wixom Lake gave way after heavy rains, sending water downstream and causing the Sanford Dam to give way. Nearly 10 thousand people were forced to evacuate their homes. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A woman carries her son as she tries to protect him from heavy rain while they rush to a safer place, following their evacuation from a slum area before Cyclone Amphan makes its landfall, in Kolkata, India, May 20, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

In an aerial view by drone, new social distancing circles are shown at Dolores Park on May 20, 2020 in San Francisco, California. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

A cashier attends to a customer behind a plastic shield at Don Don Donki in JCube on May 20, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/TIMOTHY DAVID

Tables and seats cordoned off with tape are seen at the void deck of an HDB block in Bedok Reservoir Road on May 20, 2020, as part of social distancing and circuit breaker measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM YAOHUI

A cyclist at Merlion Park is seen on May 20, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/JASON QUAH

A lightning bolt strikes across the sky as a thunderstrom passes over the village of Bardovci near Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia on May 20, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Three red-shouldered hawk chicks crowd a nest in Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC, USA on May 20, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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