Today in Pictures, June 2, 2021

Hougang residents undergo Covid-19 tests, sinkhole in Mexico, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jun 02, 2021, 03:27 PM

Residents of Blocks 501 and 507 in Hougang Avenue 8 queueing up for Covid-19 testing at the void deck of Block 507 on on June 1, 2021. The residents were informed about the mandatory testing on Monday, after Covid-19 viral fragments were detected in wastewater samples collected from the blocks. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/JASON QUAH

Aerial view of a sinkhole that was found by farmers in a field of crops in Santa Maria Zacatepec, state of Puebla, Mexico on May 30, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, spews ash and smoke as seen from Sleman in Yogyakarta on May 31, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Palestinian children stand at the window of their home at a building heavily damaged during recent Israeli strikes, on June 1, 2021, in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, more than a week after a ceasefire brought an end to 11 days of hostilities between Israel and Gaza rulers Hamas. PHOTO: AFP

Man pushes a cart as a bus passes by in a flooded street in the city centre of Manaus, capital of the Brazilian Amazonas State, on May 31, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a market in Chennai on June 1, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

A boy sits on a chair amongst sculptures on display at a shopping centre on International Children's Day in Beijing on June 1, 2021, a day after China announced it would allow couples to have three children. PHOTO: AFP

A sculpture of a giant moon called "Museum of the Moon" by British artist Luke Jerram floats inside Notre-Dame Cathedral in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 1, 2021, as part of the 'Industrie Magnifique' festival. PHOTO: AFP

A woman wearing a protective face mask sits on the round lamp at Trans Studio, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 1, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Sara Baras company flamenco dancers perform on stage the spectacle 'Momments' to open the Pedralbes Festival at Pedralbes Gardens in Barcelona, Spain, on June 1, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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