KAMPALA, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A worker sanitizes a womans hands at Usafi taxi park in Kampala, capital of Uganda, on June 4, 2020. Uganda on Thursday further eased its COVID-19 restrictions, reopening public transportation among other measures, after over 70 days of lockdown. Public transportation has been allowed to reopen across the country, excluding districts neighboring other countries.

ANKARA, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Passengers wearing face masks are seen at a bus terminal in Ankara, Turkey, on June 4, 2020. Turkeys total COVID-19 cases increased to 167,410 on Thursday, with 988 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

OLOMBO, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People hang lanterns to celebrate the Poson Full Moon Poya Day, an important religious day for most Buddhists, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 4, 2020. Security was heightened across Sri Lanka on Thursday as a two-day nationwide curfew got underway to prevent people from gathering and leaving their homes ahead of a religious holiday on Friday amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said.

YEMEN, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Cars drive through a flooded street following heavy rain in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 4, 2020.

BRASILIA, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A patient confirmed of COVID-19 is brought to a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, June 4, 2020. Brazil on Thursday reported 30,925 new COVID-19 infections, totaling 614,941 confirmed cases, said the health ministry.

RONGCHENG, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Workers harvest kelp in Lidao Township, Rongcheng, east Chinas Shandong Province, June 4, 2020. As kelp here has entered harvest season recently, many migrant workers from other provinces returned to Rongcheng to participate in kelp harvest work.

BAGHDAD, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Locals wait for COVID-19 tests at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 4, 2020. The Iraqi Health Ministry on Thursday recorded 672 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 8,840 in the country.

TRIPOLI, June 5, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 4, 2020 shows a destroyed military vehicle of the eastern-based army in Tarhuna, Libya. The spokesman of the UN-backed Libyan governments forces, Mohamed Gonono, on Thursday announced taking over the entire capital Tripoli and expelling the rival eastern-based army. Photo by Hamza