Today in Pictures, Sept 11, 2020

Eighty-one-year-old woman receives award from the Singapore Civil Defence Force, four-vehicle accident along Clementi Road, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures

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Sep 11, 2020, 03:48 PM

Madam Lim Ee Chin may be 81 years old and have heart issues. But instead of fleeing to safety when a fire broke out in her neighbour’s Jurong West Housing Board flat on National Day on Aug 9, she rushed to help him. For her bravery, the Singapore Civil Defence Force honoured Madam Lim with the Community First Responder Award. She is the oldest recipient of the award. Madam Lim is seen in a photograph taken on Sept 10, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ARIFFIN JAMAR

A 71-year-old woman was hurt after a four-vehicle accident in Clementi on Sept 11, 2020. The accident - which involved a taxi, two cars and a lorry - happened at the junction of Clementi Road and Ulu Pandan Road. The accident caused a severe tailback as two lanes had to be closed to traffic. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/JOYCE FANG

A Hornbill is seen on a tree at Pearl's Hill City Park on September, 7, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/MARK CHEONG

Migrants gather during a food distribution two days after Greece's biggest and most notorious migrant camp, Moria, was destroyed by fire, on September 10, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An officer distributes free face mask to people during a mask wearing and public health protocols campaign on a main street in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, September 10, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Agents of the special services of Ivorian Water and Forests, preparing a truck to transport an elephant captured in the department of Sikensi in Ivory Coast, September 10, 2020 as part of an elephant relocation operation. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

In this aerial view from a drone, people walk through a mobile home park destroyed by fire on September 10, 2020 in Phoenix, Oregon. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

A photo issued on September 10, 2020, shows chickens in a classroom that has been converted into a poultry house because of the coronavirus outbreak in the town of Wang'uru, Kenya, August 28, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

This aerial view shows a farmer sorting potted plants in the Daxi district of the northern city of Taoyuan on September 10, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A Thai Airways flight attendant wearing a face shield serves a customer at a airplane-themed pop-up at the airline's headquarters in Bangkok on September 10, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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