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    Photos: Unemployment rate rises due to coronavirus

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    Photos: Unemployment rate rises due to coronavirus

    Job losses have spared none & no one knows if worst is over


    Published:  August 19, 2020 13:07 Agencies and compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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    Lebanese anti-government demonstrator yells slogans as she takes part in a rally in front of the central bank building in the capital Beirut. - For months, Lebanon has grappled with its worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. Tens of thousands have lost their jobs or part of their salaries, while a crippling dollar shortage has sparked rapid inflation. Image Credit: AFP
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    Banners against renters eviction reading “no job, no rent” is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington. With double digit unemployment, disruption to businesses from social distancing rules, and persistent coronavirus spread, many Americans had been relying on relief measures approved earlier by Congress, but which mostly expired in July. One key Trump order promises to get $400 a week added to Americans' unemployment benefits, while two others offer some protection from evictions and relief for student loans. Image Credit: AFP
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    A woman walks past on branch of the travel firm TUI in Berlin on August 13, 2020 amid the Covid-19 corona virus pandemic. - The world's largest tour operator TUI said it slumped to a huge loss in the third quarter as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the global travel sector. The German tourism giant, which has already announced job cuts and store closures, posted a bottom-line net loss of 1.42 billion euros ($1.7 billion). Image Credit: AFP
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    A man looks at signs of a closed store due to COVID-19 in Niles, Ill. U.S. Many sectors have been impacted due to the pandemic, the lockdown and uncertainty. Image Credit: AP
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    A customer leaves a Pier 1 retail store, which is going out of business, during the coronavirus pandemic in Coral Gables, Fla. The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million last week for the first time since the pandemic intensified five months ago, yet still remains at a high level. Image Credit: AP
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    People wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. President Donald Trump’s plan to offer a stripped-down boost in unemployment benefits to millions of Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak has thus far found little traction among the states, which would be required to pick up a quarter of the cost to deliver the maximum benefit. Image Credit: AP
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    An attendee holds a "Jobs!" sign before a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump at Wittman Regional Airport Basler Flight Service Hangar in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.A group of voters and political candidates sued Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to ensure that the U.S. Postal Service gets enough funding to handle an expected surge in mail-in votes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: Bloomberg
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    Tourists wearing ponchos and facemasks walk through Times Square in the rain in New York. - Five months after New York City shut down to combat the coronavirus, the tourism industry remains flat. Business leaders and City officials are trying to devise plans to revive the tourism industry that has in years past brought in $45 billion annually and supported 300,000 jobs. Image Credit: AFP
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    A Unemployed Graduate of South Africa holds a placard and raises her fist while staging a demonstration at Church Square in Pretoria. They are demanding that government must create job opportunities, for government to fill all vacancies and for graduates to receive a monthly grant of 500 South African Rand (about 28 USD). Image Credit: AFP
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    Job seekers attempt to access an online appointment system using their mobile phones outside a regional employment office in Barcelona, Spain.Spain's unemployment rate rose in the second quarter, a harbinger of the bleak months ahead for one of Europe’s most troubled labor markets. Image Credit: Bloomberg
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    Newly graduated teachers from the state of Michoacan, hang signs on the fence of the city's cathedral, as they protest against Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, demanding better salaries and jobs, in Mexico City.With the country facing a deep economic recession, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pushed to reopen the economy quickly even as COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise. Image Credit: AP
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    American Airlines jets sit idly at their gates as a jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. American Airlines is telling 25,000 workers that they could lose their jobs in October because of the sharp drop in air travel during the virus pandemic. Nearly 200 million jobs in the travel industry could be lost worldwide because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new estimate by the World Travel and Tourism Council. Image Credit: AP
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    Migrant laborers returning to the city for work queue up to register for COVID-19 test in New Delhi. A nationwide coronavirus lockdown imposed by the government on March 25 caused many impoverished migrant workers in cities to lose their jobs. Many made grueling and dangerous trips back to their hometowns, with most public transport including trains halted under the lockdown. Image Credit: AP
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    A person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center in Pasadena, Calif., during the coronavirus outbreak. California’s unemployment rate continued to climb as businesses continued to lay people off . It’s the highest unemployment for the nation’s most populous state since the Great Depression. Image Credit: AP
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    Workers of the hospitality industry hold candles as they protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown regulations and job losses in Cape Town, South Africa. Global foreign direct investment, FDI, in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is projected to plunge by 25 percent to 50 percent in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask carries a Marks & Spencer Group Plc shopping bag in central London. M&S plans to cut about 7,000 jobs after its clothing business was hit hard by the coronavirus lockdown, adding to the toll of lost employment in the U.K. retail industry. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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