AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA

Giant panda Yang Yang， on loan to Austria by China since 2003， celebrates her 20th birthday at Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna on August 9

RUSSIA

A researcher at work in a laboratory in Moscow on August 6. President Vladimir Putin said on August 11 that Russia had registered the first vaccine for the novel coronavirus disease

LEBANON

Prime Minister Hassan Diab announces his resignation in a televised address in Beirut on August 10. His cabinet stepped down following public outrage over deadly explosions in a warehouse on August 4 that killed over 200 people

EGYPT

A polling station in Cairo on August 11. Amid tight security， Egyptians went to vote for a new senate， the upper chamber of parliament

SRI LANKA

Mahinda Rajapaksa signs a document in Colombo on August 11 to officially assume his duties as prime minister following a landslide victory in the recent parliamentary election

SINGAPORE

Contractors of the National Parks Board begin to destroy seized nine tons of ivory on August 12， World Elephant Day， showing Singapores commitment to combating illegal trade in wildlife