Today in Pictures, Sept 15, 2020

Distribution of TraceTogether tokens begins in Singapore, Dominic Thiem of Austria wins the men's singles title at the US Open, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Sep 15, 2020, 10:55 AM

Residents collecting their TraceTogether tokens at Jalan Besar Community Club on Sept 14, 2020, as the nationwide distribution of tokens kicked off at 20 community centres and clubs in Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar. The effort is meant to boost the participation rate in national contact tracing efforts. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/CHONG JUN LIANG

Dominic Thiem of Austria celebrates with the championship trophy after his match against Alexander Zverev of Germany (not pictured) in the men's singles final match on day 14 of the 2020 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre on Sept 13, 2020, in Flushing Meadows, New York. PHOTO: USA TODAY SPORTS

A handout TV screengrab made available by the Demiroren News Agency shows a freak sandstorm sweeping over Polatli, Ankara, Turkey, on September 12, 2020. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

A woman is seen inside a tent as refugees and migrants from the destroyed Moria camp sleep near a new temporary camp, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Sept 14, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Israeli police pull down a wood structure during a protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu׳s corruption charges, outside his residence in Jerusalem, Israel, on Sept 12, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A volunteer throws water to control a fire using a water tank truck to protect a wooden bridge - one of 119 bridges of the Transpantaneira Park Road - at the wetland of Pantanal at the Transpantaneira park road in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on Sept 13, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Musicians of the Dresden Sinfoniker orchestra play alphorns during a concert performance on the roof of a high-rise building in the Prohlis district of Dresden, eastern Germany, on Sept 12, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man enjoys a beautiful sunny day from a rubber boat while rafting the Vienna river (Wienfluss) in Vienna, Austria, on Sept 12, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A Palestinian man takes out a quail from a net after catching it as another one is seen tangled in the net in the southern Gaza Strip, Sept 14, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Bryde's whale and seagulls feast on anchovies in the Gulf of Thailand on Sept 12, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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