"Due To COVID-19"

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9 October 2025

The Government Retirees Alliance Collective from 2020 to 2024 stages a silent protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 8, 2025. Government retirees in Sri Lanka who leave public service between 2020 and 2024 protest pension disparities, claiming their benefits are unfairly reduced due to lower basic pay during a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis in decades. With severe inflation, currency devaluation, and austerity measures, their pension rates are calculated on depressed salary levels. The situation worsens when the 2025 budget increases public sector salaries by 70-80%, leaving this cohort at a significant disadvantage compared to others. These pensioners argue that their retirement benefits do not reflect the current economic adjustments and demand fair compensation.

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#12843620

9 October 2025

The Government Retirees Alliance Collective from 2020 to 2024 stages a silent protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 8, 2025. Government retirees in Sri Lanka who leave public service between 2020 and 2024 protest pension disparities, claiming their benefits are unfairly reduced due to lower basic pay during a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis in decades. With severe inflation, currency devaluation, and austerity measures, their pension rates are calculated on depressed salary levels. The situation worsens when the 2025 budget increases public sector salaries by 70-80%, leaving this cohort at a significant disadvantage compared to others. These pensioners argue that their retirement benefits do not reflect the current economic adjustments and demand fair compensation.

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#12727712

7 September 2025

Workers install glass at a fast-food restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727714

7 September 2025

Workers install glass at a fast-food restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727715

7 September 2025

Workers install glass at a fast-food restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727716

7 September 2025

A window washer works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August, largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727717

7 September 2025

A man looks at a menu board of a fast-food restaurant at a food court in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August, largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727718

7 September 2025

A ''For Lease'' sign appears after the closure of a fast-food restaurant at a food court in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 2, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate rises to a nine-year high, outside the pandemic, as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate increases to 7.1 percent in August, largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727719

7 September 2025

A ''For Lease'' sign is in a retail location in a shopping mall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August, largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727721

7 September 2025

A food delivery driver loads food onto his bicycle for delivery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August, largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727726

7 September 2025

A food delivery driver's bicycle is outside a restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August, largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12727731

7 September 2025

Police officers patrol on bicycles in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 5, 2025. Canada's unemployment rate jumps to a nine-year high outside the pandemic as the economy sheds 66,000 jobs in August, according to new data from Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in August largely due to a decline in part-time work, a level last seen in May 2016 if the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021 are excluded, the data agency says.

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#12276147

18 April 2025

On April 17, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico, members of the Lomitos Club collective gather to offer help, care, and veterinary aesthetics to Don Jose Demetrio Trejo de la Rosa's pack of dogs. He has lived for 15 years in an underpass that was formerly a sewage canal, with 11 dogs of different ages. Their names are Forastero, Chaparra, Chapo, Volador, Flaca, Pinto, Rosi, Ojos, Coffee, Canelo, and Chino. Lomitos Club emerges as a self-managed project in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and health emergency in the capital, due to the urgent need to rescue abandoned or injured dogs and place them with people or families who commit to responsible adoption under various protocols. The multidisciplinary team consists of Ana, Ashanti, Andrea, Paola, Aura, Jose Luis, Mari, Lulu, Monica, Coco Huaf (dog groomer), among other volunteers and others who join this cause. Jose Demetrio Trejo de la Rosa is a Jehovah's Witness originally from the state of Puebla. He claims to have been an immigrant because he moved to the United States 17 years ago in search of better living conditions but was deported for lacking the necessary documentation to prove his residency in that neighboring country. Since then, he lives with many dogs that have been abandoned in the area, offering them food, care, and love in his space to prevent them from being run over and abused. According to data from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, there are more than 29 million dogs and cats living on the streets in Mexico, making it the country with the highest number of homeless animals in all of Latin America.

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#12204277

28 March 2025

The Canal Street subway station is quiet due to health concerns related to COVID-19 in New York City, United States, on May 2, 2020.

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#12204287

28 March 2025

Grand Central Terminal is empty and quiet due to the health risks of COVID-19 in New York City, United States, on May 15, 2020.

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#12204291

28 March 2025

The empty train platform at Grand Central Terminal is due to health risks of COVID-19 in New York City, United States, on May 15, 2020.

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