US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Smith-Reynolds Regional Airport in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. AFP
US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Smith-Reynolds Regional Airport in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. AFP
Belgium forward Dries Mertens controls the ball during the Uefa Nations League football match between Belgium and Iceland at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels. AFP
Belgium forward Dries Mertens controls the ball during the Uefa Nations League football match between Belgium and Iceland at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels. AFP
Philippine athelete Ernest John Obiena in action during the men's Pole Vault a Golden Spike Meeting in Ostrava, Czechia. Reuters
Philippine athelete Ernest John Obiena in action during the men's Pole Vault a Golden Spike Meeting in Ostrava, Czechia. Reuters
Burnt-out cars amid the scorched smoldering trees after wildfires in the Cascadel Woods near North Fork in the Sierra National Forest, California, US. EPA
Burnt-out cars amid the scorched smoldering trees after wildfires in the Cascadel Woods near North Fork in the Sierra National Forest, California, US. EPA
Pope Francis has his hands sanitised by his personal assistant during his weekly general audience in San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican. AP Photo
Pope Francis has his hands sanitised by his personal assistant during his weekly general audience in San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican. AP Photo
Riders and their horses walk across the sands as the sun sets on the beach at Deauville, north-west France, during the 46th Deauville US film festival. AFP
Riders and their horses walk across the sands as the sun sets on the beach at Deauville, north-west France, during the 46th Deauville US film festival. AFP
A plume of smoke rises following an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in Kabul. AFP
A plume of smoke rises following an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in Kabul. AFP
Migrants walk inside the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos during a major fire. AFP
Migrants walk inside the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos during a major fire. AFP
Hong-Kong director Ann Hui, right, takes off her face mask as she receives a Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement from from Australian-US actress Cate Blanchett, the Jury President of the 77th Venice Film festival. AFP
Hong-Kong director Ann Hui, right, takes off her face mask as she receives a Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement from from Australian-US actress Cate Blanchett, the Jury President of the 77th Venice Film festival. AFP
A Ethiopian Orthodox Priest casts his ballot at a polling station during Tigray’s regional elections, in the city of Mekele, Ethiopia. AFP
A Ethiopian Orthodox Priest casts his ballot at a polling station during Tigray’s regional elections, in the city of Mekele, Ethiopia. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for September 9, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

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September 09, 2020

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More galleries from The National:

Four sites in Ras Al Khaimah added to Unesco tentative world heritage list

Fire breaks out at Greece's overcrowded Moria refugee camp

Kilometre-long slick left by burning oil tanker off Sri Lanka

Vaccine nationalism: what hoarding Covid-19 jabs means for the world

Memories of Mina Zayed: Abu Dhabi fishermen bid farewell to life as they knew it in stirring photo series

PSA DUBAI WORLD SERIES FINALS LINE-UP

Men’s:
Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)
Ali Farag (EGY)
Simon Rosner (GER)
Tarek Momen (EGY)
Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL)
Gregory Gaultier (FRA)
Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
Nick Matthew (ENG)

Women's:
Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
Raneem El Welily (EGY)
Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
Laura Massaro (ENG)
Joelle King (NZE)
Camille Serme (FRA)
Nouran Gohar (EGY)
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)

In numbers: China in Dubai

The number of Chinese people living in Dubai: An estimated 200,000

Number of Chinese people in International City: Almost 50,000

Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2018/19: 120,000

Daily visitors to Dragon Mart in 2010: 20,000

Percentage increase in visitors in eight years: 500 per cent

On Women's Day
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Kareem Shaheen on Canada
On Women's Day
Marathon results

Men:

 1. Titus Ekiru(KEN) 2:06:13 

2. Alphonce Simbu(TAN) 2:07:50 

3. Reuben Kipyego(KEN) 2:08:25 

4. Abel Kirui(KEN) 2:08:46 

5. Felix Kemutai(KEN) 2:10:48  

Women:

1. Judith Korir(KEN) 2:22:30 

2. Eunice Chumba(BHR) 2:26:01 

3. Immaculate Chemutai(UGA) 2:28:30 

4. Abebech Bekele(ETH) 2:29:43 

5. Aleksandra Morozova(RUS) 2:33:01  

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