LONDON, Aug. 31, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Protesters hold placards with anti-racism messages during the Million People March demonstration in London, Britain, Aug. 30, 2020. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of west London on Sunday in the Million People March to protest against systemic racism in the UK.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 31, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the United States, Aug. 30, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 5,994,855 as of 9:28 p.m. EDT on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

BEIRUT, Aug. 31, 2020 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks walk on a street in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 30, 2020. Lebanons number of COVID-19 cases increased on Sunday by 595 to 16,870 while the death toll went up by five to 160, the Health Ministry said.

TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A woman puts her pet dog in a picture frame for photos during the 2020 Party 4 Paws event in a park in Toronto, Canada, on Aug. 30, 2020. As a family-friendly event, the pet fair drew hundreds of visitors with their pet dogs on Sunday.

VALLETTA, Aug. 31, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Barn owls are seen in a cage in Valletta, Malta, Aug. 30, 2020. Maltas Federation for Hunting and Conservation, a federation of hunters and trappers, is in the process of releasing some six barn owls grown in captivity as part of a project. They will soon begin the process of reintroducing this species which has been missing from the Maltese Islands for over two decades. TO GO WITH Feature: Malta to release barn owls into the wild in hope for more offsprings