Today in Pictures, Sept 23, 2021

Newborn panda cubs rest in a breeding room in Sichuan, China, first Covid-19 stepped-up community care facility in Tampines opens, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

Updated

Published

September 23, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Panda cubs born this year rest at a breeding room of Shenshuping giant panda base in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province, China, September 22, 2021.
PHOTO: CHINA DAILY VIA REUTERS

A senior being assisted on a wheelchair as she arrives at NTUC Health Nursing Home, which is operating on its first day as a stepped-up community care facility in Tampines on September 23, 2021.
PHOTO; THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

Lava and smoke rise during a volcanic eruption in La Palma, Canary Islands, September 22, 2021. The Cumbre Vieja volcano began to erupt in Montana Rajada in the municipality of El Paso on September 19. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Operations Section Chief, Jon Wallace looks over General Sherman where the historic tree was protected by structure wrap from fires along with the Four Guardsmen at Sequoia National Park, California, September 22, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Seized rhino horns are seen burning during an event to mark World Rhino Day in Bokakhat near Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam, India, September 22, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., who returned to the Mexican side of the border to avoid deportation, play soccer in a makeshift migrant camp in Braulio Fernandez Ecological Park in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 22, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

A photo released on September 23, 2021, shows Ibrahim Bilal, an Egyptian artist, presenting finished sculptures of Ancient Egyptian figurines, a book, a mosque, and other shapes sculpted on the tips of pencils at a workshop in the town of Rosetta (Rashid) in northern Egypt on September 18, 2021. PHOTO: AFP

Kyrgyz men assemble a yurt for the upcoming World Festival of Epics of the World on the central square of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 22, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Commuters leave a train station during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Singapore, September 23, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

A member of the media shoots video of the only surviving full-size scale model cast from the original mold used on "Jaws" during a media preview ahead of the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 21, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS

Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.

Today in Pictures