A farmer dam ridges a potato field on his farm in Newport, Shropshire. Getty Images
A farmer dam ridges a potato field on his farm in Newport, Shropshire. Getty Images
Health workers wearing protective face masks watch a member of the contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka performing at the courtyard of a hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
Health workers wearing protective face masks watch a member of the contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka performing at the courtyard of a hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
Inhabitants with face masks ride a motorcycle as a dog runs near them in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. EPA
Inhabitants with face masks ride a motorcycle as a dog runs near them in the city of El Alto, Bolivia. EPA
A man jogs alone beneath a bridge at Jones Point Park where many seek relief from the state's Stay-At-Home orders implemented to help stem the spread of the coronavirus diseasein Alexandria, Virginia, US. Reuters
A man jogs alone beneath a bridge at Jones Point Park where many seek relief from the state's Stay-At-Home orders implemented to help stem the spread of the coronavirus diseasein Alexandria, Virginia, US. Reuters
A municipal corporate worker walks past a graffiti drawn at a traffic junction urging people to stay at home during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad. AFP
A municipal corporate worker walks past a graffiti drawn at a traffic junction urging people to stay at home during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad. AFP
Gold Coast Suns AFL player Touk Miller trains at home in Gold Coast, Australia. Getty Images
Gold Coast Suns AFL player Touk Miller trains at home in Gold Coast, Australia. Getty Images
Lee Nak-yon (front second left), a former prime minister and a candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, watches TVs broadcasting the results of exit polls for the parliamentary election at the National Assembly amid the coronavirus outbreak in Seoul, South Korea. Getty Images
Lee Nak-yon (front second left), a former prime minister and a candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, watches TVs broadcasting the results of exit polls for the parliamentary election at the National Assembly amid the coronavirus outbreak in Seoul, South Korea. Getty Images
'Thank You NHS' and the Manchester worker bee motif is painted on the road outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West at Manchester Central in Manchester, United Kingdom. Getty Images
'Thank You NHS' and the Manchester worker bee motif is painted on the road outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West at Manchester Central in Manchester, United Kingdom. Getty Images
People keep their distance as they exercise outside of a closed La Jolla beach, in San Diego. AP Photo
People keep their distance as they exercise outside of a closed La Jolla beach, in San Diego. AP Photo
Carmen Castellanos, 54, wears a protective face mask and face shield as she makes change for a client holding her hand through a protective sheet of plastic hanging over the counter, at El Foquito, the hardware and electric supply store she owns with her brother in the Benito Juarez district of Mexico City. AP Photo
Carmen Castellanos, 54, wears a protective face mask and face shield as she makes change for a client holding her hand through a protective sheet of plastic hanging over the counter, at El Foquito, the hardware and electric supply store she owns with her brother in the Benito Juarez district of Mexico City. AP Photo
Tulips bloom on a field in Grevenbroich, Germany. Reuters
Tulips bloom on a field in Grevenbroich, Germany. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for April 16, 2020

Take a look at our pick of the best photos from around the world during the past 24 hours

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The Transfiguration

Director: Michael O’Shea

Starring: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine

Three stars

The specs: 2019 Audi A7 Sportback

Price, base: Dh315,000

Engine: 3.0-litre V6

Transmission: Seven-speed automatic

Power: 335hp @ 5,000rpm

Torque: 500Nm @ 1,370rpm

Fuel economy 5.9L / 100km

Five hymns the crowds can join in

Papal Mass will begin at 10.30am at the Zayed Sports City Stadium on Tuesday

Some 17 hymns will be sung by a 120-strong UAE choir

Five hymns will be rehearsed with crowds on Tuesday morning before the Pope arrives at stadium

‘Christ be our Light’ as the entrance song

‘All that I am’ for the offertory or during the symbolic offering of gifts at the altar

‘Make me a Channel of your Peace’ and ‘Soul of my Saviour’ for the communion

‘Tell out my Soul’ as the final hymn after the blessings from the Pope

The choir will also sing the hymn ‘Legions of Heaven’ in Arabic as ‘Assakiroo Sama’

There are 15 Arabic speakers from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan in the choir that comprises residents from the Philippines, India, France, Italy, America, Netherlands, Armenia and Indonesia

The choir will be accompanied by a brass ensemble and an organ

They will practice for the first time at the stadium on the eve of the public mass on Monday evening 

The lowdown

Badla

Rating: 2.5/5

Produced by: Red Chillies, Azure Entertainment 

Director: Sujoy Ghosh

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, Tony Luke

Groom and Two Brides

Director: Elie Semaan

Starring: Abdullah Boushehri, Laila Abdallah, Lulwa Almulla

Rating: 3/5

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Based: Dubai, UAE 

Sector: Hospitality 

Size: 25 employees 

Funding stage: Pre-series A 

Investment: $1 million 

Investors: Seed funding, angel investors  

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