Today in Pictures, July 9, 2020

Tree tents in Belgium, aftermath of flooding in Japan, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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July 9, 2020 at 4:46 PM

Guests pose inside a teardrop-shaped tent hanging from a tree created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon, Belgium, July 7, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A damaged building is covered in debris, at a stone quarry, after floods caused by torrential rain swept through Kumamura, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, July 9, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

An aerial view of a Black Lives Matter mural on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 7, 2020. PHOTO: ALON SICHERMAN VIA REUTERS

101 pairs of shoes and a casket are laid out during a vigil to represent the 101 shooting victims in the 74 gun violence incidents that took place over the past week throughout New York City on July 8, 2020 at Borough Hall in New York. PHOTO: AFP

A pile of chairs is seen in a bar closed during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Bangkok on July 9, 2020. - Many businesses remain closed after the restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus in Thailand were lifted. PHOTO: AFP

An employee of the Tokyo Metro wearing a protective mask and goggles sprays chemicals for anti-virus and bacteria coating in order to prevent infections following the coronavirus disease outbreak, inside a railway train at the Tokyo Metro's rail-yard in Tokyo, Japan July 9, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Children play with a water pipe to cool off on a street during hot summer in Rawalpindi on July 8, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Wang Shang-chi, 75, a mobile hats vender, rides his bike on a parking lot next to the Taipei City Zoo on July 9, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial picture shows students sailing with solar boats along all Frisian Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Races) during the Young Solar Challenge in Hindeloopen, on July 7, 2020. PHOTO: ANP VIA AFP

A rainbow is seen over the coastline of Penang on July 8, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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