Today in Pictures, July 3, 2020

Landslide hits mining site in Kachin state of Myanmar, tourist attractions reopen in Bangkok, Thailand, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Jul 03, 2020, 04:09 PM

Rescuers recover bodies near the landslide area in the jade mining site in Hpakhant in Kachin state on July 2, 2020. The battered bodies of more than 120 jade miners were pulled from a sea of mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on July 2 after one of the worst-ever accidents to hit the treacherous industry. PHOTO: AFP

A woman grieves over dead bodies of miners recovered in the jade mining site in Hpakhant in Kachin state on July 2, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

In this photo taken on July 2, 2020, a man prays under the fingertips of the largest Buddha statue in Thailand, in Ang Thong province, north of Bangkok, as authorities reopened sites to tourists following lockdowns to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. PHOTO: AFP

A gold plated bathtub and bathroom sink are part of the features in the newly inaugurated Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake luxury hotel, in Hanoi, Vietnam July 2, 2020. The event follows the easing of a nationwide lockdown by the government following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease, PHOTO: REUTERS

Colombians Jefferson Riascos and Diana Paola Angola (left) embrace after he asked her to marry him as health workers hold letters forming the sentence “Do you want to marry me?” at the Versalles Clinic in Cali, Colombia, on June 26, 2020. Ms Angola had recovered from the coronavirus infection and was going to be discharged. PHOTO: AFP

A student undergoing a security check before a simulation of the annual national college entrance exam, also known as Gao Kao, in Handan in China's central Hebei province on July 1, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Artists painting in giant letters that spell out "Black Lives Matter" in front of the Federal Court in Lower Manhattan in New York, on July 2, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A picture taken on July 1, 2020, shows a field of lavender in Puimoisson, southern France. PHOTO: AFP

Senegalese fishermen putting a sea turtle back into the sea after rescuing it from their fishing nets in Joal, Senegal, on June 16, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A surfer falls off a wave while surfing a Leblon beach swell on July 2, 2020. Meanwhile, the coronavirus disease outbreak rages on in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: REUTERS

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