24-Hour Rewind: Monday's best photos

First Published Nov 17, 2020, 10:10 AM IST

Here's a rewind of moments from around the world in the last 24 hours

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Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), elbow bump after a ceremony to present the Olympic Order to Abe at Japan Olympic Museum on November 16, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Bach visits to Japan to discuss on the postponed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon-PoolGetty Images)
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Martin Truex Jr. drives the NASCAR Next Gen car during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Charlotte Motor Speedway on November 16, 2020 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. TiltonGetty Images)
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A truck is bogged down in a flooded street as Nicaragua prepares to receive hurricane Iota on November 16, 2020 in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. Less than two weeks after being hardly affected by Hurricane Eta, villagers of Puerto Cabezas take precautions before landfall of Iota. Iota is the 13th hurricane of the season to hit the Atlantic coast and has already strengthened to category five, threatening the area with catastrophic winds and heavy rains. (Photo by Maynor ValenzuelaGetty Images)
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Health authorities are seen testing people in cars at Victoria Park COVID testing centre on November 17, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. South Australia has reintroduced COVID-19 restrictions in response to a growing coronavirus cluster in Adelaide's northern suburbs. As of midnight on Monday, restrictions have been reintroduced across South Australia including the closure of gyms, play cafes and trampoline parks and the cancellation of indoor and outdoor community sport and trainings. Pubs, clubs and restaurants now have a capped capacity of 100 people per venue with one person per four square metres allowed and no stand-up consumption of alcohol while private gatherings are capped at 10 people per residence. Masks are now mandatory for aged care facilities, with visitors capped at two per day. (Photo by David MariuzGetty Images)
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris attend a press briefing as they deliver remarks about the U.S. economy at the Queen Theater on November 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Biden and his advisors continue to work on the long term economic recovery plan his administration will try to put in place when he takes office. (Photo by Joe RaedleGetty Images)
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A police officer stands guard with Larry the cat outside the door of number 10, Downing Street on November 16, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Leon NealGetty Images)
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Drummer Cyzon Griffin performs in Central Park on November 16, 2020 in New York City. The pandemic has caused long-term repercussions throughout the tourism and entertainment industries, including temporary and permanent closures of historic and iconic venues, costing the city and businesses billions in revenue. (Photo by Cindy OrdGetty Images)
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Happy 100th Birthday is projected on the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Qantas on November 16, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Australia's national airline Qantas is celebrating 100 years. (Photo by Mark KolbeGetty Images)
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Residents across floodwater in the village of Linao Norte on November 16, 2020 in Tuguegarao, Cagayan province, Philippines. The Cagayan Valley region in northern Philippines saw its worst flooding in 48 years after a dam released massive amounts of rainwater brought about by Typhoon Vamco. The country continues to reel from the widespread destruction caused by this year's deadliest cyclone which has killed at least 67 people. (Photo by Ezra AcayanGetty Images)
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the manned Crew Dragon spacecraft attached streaks off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on November 15, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts mission specialist Shannon Walker, vehicle pilot Victor Glover, commander Mike Hopkins and mission specialist Japanese Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi are on board the Crew Dragon Spacecraft and will mark the second astronaut launch from U.S. soil by NASA and SpaceX and the first operational mission named Crew-1 to the International Space Station. (Photo by Red HuberGetty Images)
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