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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave after a news conference following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on August 20, 2021. The trip will be the 20th and last visit to Russia for Angela Merkel as German Chancellor, who bows out of politics following an election in Germany on September 26, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave after a news conference following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on August 20, 2021. The trip will be the 20th and last visit to Russia for Angela Merkel as German Chancellor, who bows out of politics following an election in Germany on September 26, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)



German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 20, 2021, prior to talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks between Merkel and Putin are expected to focus on Afghanistan, the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in Belarus among other issues. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via AP Photo)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow, Russia, Friday, August 20, 2021, prior to talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks between Merkel and Putin are expected to focus on Afghanistan, the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in Belarus among other issues. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via AP Photo)



An Afghan family arrives at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 20, 2021, to return back to Afghanistan. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer Network)

An Afghan family arrives at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman on August 20, 2021, to return back to Afghanistan. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer Network)



An Imam speaks next to an armed Taliban fighter during Friday prayers at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul on August 20, 2021, following the Taliban's stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)

An Imam speaks next to an armed Taliban fighter during Friday prayers at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul on August 20, 2021, following the Taliban's stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi/AFP Photo)



In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) plays with children waiting to process during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP Photo)

In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) plays with children waiting to process during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP Photo)



Afghan people enter into Pakistan through a border crossing point, in Chaman, Pakistan, Friday, August 20, 2021. Chaman, is a key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, normally thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis cross daily and a steady stream of trucks passes through, taking goods to Afghanistan. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)

Afghan people enter into Pakistan through a border crossing point, in Chaman, Pakistan, Friday, August 20, 2021. Chaman, is a key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, normally thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis cross daily and a steady stream of trucks passes through, taking goods to Afghanistan. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)



This handout photo taken and received from the Australian Defence Force on August 20, 2021 shows the first Australian citizens and visa holders evacuated from Afghanistan disembarking at Perth International Airport from a government-sponsored charter flight. (Photo by LSIS Richard Cordell/Australian Defence Force/AFP Photo)

This handout photo taken and received from the Australian Defence Force on August 20, 2021 shows the first Australian citizens and visa holders evacuated from Afghanistan disembarking at Perth International Airport from a government-sponsored charter flight. (Photo by LSIS Richard Cordell/Australian Defence Force/AFP Photo)



US soldierstand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)

US soldierstand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee from the country after the Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar/AFP Photo)



A resident crawls away with a donated bag of rice after residents temporarily overtook a truck loaded with relief supplies, in Vye Terre, Haiti, Friday, August 20, 2021. Private aid and shipments from the U.S. government and others were arriving in the country's southwestern peninsula that was struck by a 7.2 magnitude quake on Aug. 14. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

A resident crawls away with a donated bag of rice after residents temporarily overtook a truck loaded with relief supplies, in Vye Terre, Haiti, Friday, August 20, 2021. Private aid and shipments from the U.S. government and others were arriving in the country's southwestern peninsula that was struck by a 7.2 magnitude quake on Aug. 14. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)



Migrants wait in an area between the borders of Belarus and Poland near the village of Usnarz Gorny, Poland, on Friday August 20, 2021. A refugee rights group in Poland said Friday that 32 people who fled Afghanistan have been trapped for 12 days in an area between the Polish and Belarusian borders, caught up in a standoff between the two countries. (Photo by Michal Kosc/AP Photo)

Migrants wait in an area between the borders of Belarus and Poland near the village of Usnarz Gorny, Poland, on Friday August 20, 2021. A refugee rights group in Poland said Friday that 32 people who fled Afghanistan have been trapped for 12 days in an area between the Polish and Belarusian borders, caught up in a standoff between the two countries. (Photo by Michal Kosc/AP Photo)



A medical worker takes swab sample from a man in Vung Tau city, Vietnam Saturday, August 21, 2021. Vietnam's government said it is sending troops to Ho Chi Minh city to help deliver food and aid to households as it further tightens restrictions on people’s movements amid a worsening surge of the coronavirus. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)

A medical worker takes swab sample from a man in Vung Tau city, Vietnam Saturday, August 21, 2021. Vietnam's government said it is sending troops to Ho Chi Minh city to help deliver food and aid to households as it further tightens restrictions on people’s movements amid a worsening surge of the coronavirus. (Photo by Hau Dinh/AP Photo)



People wearing face masks pass by a banner displaying precautions against the coronavirus on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, August 20, 2021. South Korea's daily increase in coronavirus infections on Friday exceeded 2,000 for the second straight day as officials extended the highest level of social distancing restrictions short of a lockdown in large population centers. The signs read “Get tested if you are sick, left, Wearing a mask, center, and Keep 2 meters away”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)

People wearing face masks pass by a banner displaying precautions against the coronavirus on a street in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, August 20, 2021. South Korea's daily increase in coronavirus infections on Friday exceeded 2,000 for the second straight day as officials extended the highest level of social distancing restrictions short of a lockdown in large population centers. The signs read “Get tested if you are sick, left, Wearing a mask, center, and Keep 2 meters away”. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)



A patient receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a pop-up vaccination centre, at the Bare taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Friday, August 20, 2021. Faced with slowing numbers of people getting COVID-19 jabs, South Africa has opened eligibility to all adults to step up the volume of inoculations as it battles a surge in the disease driven by the delta variant. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)

A patient receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a pop-up vaccination centre, at the Bare taxi rank in Soweto, South Africa, Friday, August 20, 2021. Faced with slowing numbers of people getting COVID-19 jabs, South Africa has opened eligibility to all adults to step up the volume of inoculations as it battles a surge in the disease driven by the delta variant. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)



Medical front liners treat the patients suffering from COVID-19 disease at the converted into an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Quezon City General Hospital, Philippines on August 20, 2021. (Photo by Dante Diosina Jr/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Medical front liners treat the patients suffering from COVID-19 disease at the converted into an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Quezon City General Hospital, Philippines on August 20, 2021. (Photo by Dante Diosina Jr/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)



A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a man in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, August 20, 2021. Thailand has recorded more than 1 million accumulated cases on Friday since the pandemic started in 2020. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)

A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a man in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, August 20, 2021. Thailand has recorded more than 1 million accumulated cases on Friday since the pandemic started in 2020. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)



Fishermen remove their boats from the dock in the Veracruz state of Mexico, Friday, August 20, 2021. Residents began making preparations for the arrival of Tropical Storm Grace. (Photo by Felix Marquez/AP Photo)

Fishermen remove their boats from the dock in the Veracruz state of Mexico, Friday, August 20, 2021. Residents began making preparations for the arrival of Tropical Storm Grace. (Photo by Felix Marquez/AP Photo)



Firefighters spray fire-retardant from a fire tender to avoid rework on small fireplaces due to wind, during wildfire in La Garde-Freinel in the department of Var, southern France, on August 20, 2021. After five days of fierce fighting by firefighters against the worst fire of the year in France, which killed two people, the fire is “fixed” in the hinterland of the Var region, but “not extinguished” and the emergency services fear that the wind will strengthen. (Photo by Sylvain Thomas/AFP Photo)

Firefighters spray fire-retardant from a fire tender to avoid rework on small fireplaces due to wind, during wildfire in La Garde-Freinel in the department of Var, southern France, on August 20, 2021. After five days of fierce fighting by firefighters against the worst fire of the year in France, which killed two people, the fire is “fixed” in the hinterland of the Var region, but “not extinguished” and the emergency services fear that the wind will strengthen. (Photo by Sylvain Thomas/AFP Photo)



A man carries his belongings out of his house in the flooded neighbourhood of Keur Massar, Dakar, on August 20, 2021. Each year the neighbourhood of Keur Massar deals with heavy flooding during the peak of the rainy season. Families living in Keur Massar pack up their belongings and move out of the area during this period. Last year, after the worst flooding to date, the government gave over fifteen million West African Francs towards a project to help fight the flooding and displacement in this area. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)

A man carries his belongings out of his house in the flooded neighbourhood of Keur Massar, Dakar, on August 20, 2021. Each year the neighbourhood of Keur Massar deals with heavy flooding during the peak of the rainy season. Families living in Keur Massar pack up their belongings and move out of the area during this period. Last year, after the worst flooding to date, the government gave over fifteen million West African Francs towards a project to help fight the flooding and displacement in this area. (Photo by John Wessels/AFP Photo)



The Hungarian Air Force’s AS 350 helicopter flies low during the St. Stephen's Day celebration in Budapest, Hungary, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Marton Monus/Reuters)

The Hungarian Air Force’s AS 350 helicopter flies low during the St. Stephen's Day celebration in Budapest, Hungary, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Marton Monus/Reuters)



Racegoers arrive for the Coolmore Nunthorpe day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2021 at York racecourse, United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images)

Racegoers arrive for the Coolmore Nunthorpe day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2021 at York racecourse, United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images)



A racegoer arrives for the Coolmore Nunthorpe day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2021 at York racecourse, United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images)

A racegoer arrives for the Coolmore Nunthorpe day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2021 at York racecourse, United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images)



Racegoers arrive for the Coolmore Nunthorpe day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2021 at York racecourse, United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images)

Racegoers arrive for the Coolmore Nunthorpe day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival 2021 at York racecourse, United Kingdom on Friday, August 20, 2021. (Photo by Nigel French/PA Images via Getty Images)



A worker finishes details on a sculpture installed in Valencia, Spain, 20 August 2021. The Fallas 2021 festival will be held in the first week of September 2021, months later than traditionally, after being postponed in March due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Biel Alino/EPA/EFE)

A worker finishes details on a sculpture installed in Valencia, Spain, 20 August 2021. The Fallas 2021 festival will be held in the first week of September 2021, months later than traditionally, after being postponed in March due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo by Biel Alino/EPA/EFE)



People enjoying the second day of the Greenman Festival in South Wales, Crickhowell, United Kingdom on August 20, 2021. (Photo by Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

People enjoying the second day of the Greenman Festival in South Wales, Crickhowell, United Kingdom on August 20, 2021. (Photo by Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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