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Ictyos co-founder and tanner Gauthier Lefebure takes out salmon skin from a machine to check them during the leather tanning process in the company's workshop in Saint-Fons near Lyon, France, September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

Ictyos co-founder and tanner Gauthier Lefebure takes out salmon skins from a machine to check them during the leather tanning process in the company's workshop in Saint-Fons near Lyon, France, September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Ardee Napolitano

Edeline Philipe, 17, the announcer, who will announce the arrival of the bride as part of a Haitian wedding tradition, waits for Sherlyne Fernand, the bride, who works as a merchant, to arrive before making their way in a procession to the church, on the wedding day of Fernand and Imado Joinville, who works as a security guard, in Leogane Arrondissement, Haiti, October 28, 2017. The bridal procession in the church can include friends playing the part of a king and queen, while the bridesmaids and groomsmen often dress so similarly to the bride and groom that it can be difficult to define, from outside, who is actually getting wed. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A food scientist rolls texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist grabs a roll of texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Vince Lu, founder and CEO of Zhenmeat, looks at texturized vegetable protein which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by the company, while calibrating the equipment during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Vince Lu, founder and CEO of Zhenmeat, looks at texturized vegetable protein which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by the company, while calibrating the equipment during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist rolls texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist rolls texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist rolls texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Vince Lu, founder and CEO of Zhenmeat, looks at texturized vegetable protein which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by the company, while calibrating the equipment during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist rolls texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist grabs a roll of texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Vince Lu, founder and CEO of Zhenmeat, looks at texturized vegetable protein which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by the company, while calibrating the equipment during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A food scientist rolls texturized vegetable protein, which is the base of the plant-based meat products offered by Zhenmeat, during a demonstration for the media of the production process in a lab at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. Picture taken September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

A MosaiQ testing instrument runs through a fully automated process to screen plasma samples for COVID-19 antibodies at the Bloodworks Northwest Laboratory during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Renton, Washington, U.S. September 9, 2020. Picture taken September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Buddhist nuns explain a woman about the process of recycling plastics in Yangon, Myanmar, September 4, 2020. Picture taken September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Shew Paw Mya Tin

A man watches the funeral procession of 16-year-old Nathaniel Julies from a window in Eldorado Park, outside Johannesburg, South Africa, September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Blood collection specialist Niilo Juntunen uses a needle to begin the donation process of convalescent plasma from recovered coronavirus patient Monica Jacobs at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global outbreak in Seattle, Washington, U.S. September 2, 2020. Picture taken September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

People watch as an idol of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, is carried by devotees during a procession on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, before immersing the idol into the Arabian sea, in Mumbai, India September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani

Devotees shower flower petals as an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, is carried during a procession on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, before immersing the idol into the Arabian sea, in Mumbai, India September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani

Devotees pray in front of an idol of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, during a procession on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, before immersing the idol into the Arabian sea, in Mumbai, India September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Hemanshi Kamani

A reveller dressed in carnival costume dances as he follows the traditional procession route, after the normal Notting Hill Carnival festivities were cancelled amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

A reveller dressed in carnival costume dances on a street along the traditional procession route, despite the annual Notting Hill Carnival festivities being cancelled amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

A reveller dressed in carnival costume dances on a street along the traditional procession route, despite the normal annual Notting Hill Carnival festivities being cancelled amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

People watch a Muharram procession to mark Ashura, in Mumbai, India August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

People watch a Muharram procession to mark Ashura, in Mumbai, India August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

A Shi'ite Muslim woman touches a replica of the coffin of Imam Hussein during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura, in Kolkata, India August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Shi'ite Muslims beat their chests as they carry a replica of the coffin of Imam Hussein during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura, in Kolkata, India August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Shi'ite Muslim women and girls mourn as they watch a Muharram procession to mark Ashura, in Kolkata, India August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Shi'ite Muslims mourn during an Ashura procession in Istanbul, Turkey, August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslims are detained by Indian police while trying to participate in a Muharram procession, in Srinagar, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

A Kashmiri Shi'ite Mulsim shouts slogans as he is detained an Indan policeman while trying to participate in a Muharram procession, in Srinagar, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

A Kashmiri Shi'ite Mulsim reacts as he is detained an Indan policemen while trying to participate in a Muharram procession, in Srinagar, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslims are detained by Indian police while trying to participate in a Muharram procession, in Srinagar, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

A worker processes plums at the Bosnaplod fruit company in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Workers wearing protective masks process plums at the Bosnaplod fruit company in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Workers wearing protective masks process plums at the Bosnaplod fruit company in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

A worker processes plums at the Bosnaplod fruit company in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Workers wearing protective masks process plums at the Bosnaplod fruit company in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Workers wearing protective masks process plums at the Bosnaplod fruit company in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina August 17, 2020. Picture taken August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Catholics attend a solemn procession at Notre Dame Cathedral square ahead of Saint Mary's day in Paris, France, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Catholics attend a solemn procession at Notre Dame Cathedral square ahead of Saint Mary's day in Paris, France, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Catholics attend a solemn procession at Notre Dame Cathedral square ahead of Saint Mary's day in Paris, France, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit conducts a solemn procession at Notre Dame Cathedral square ahead of Saint Mary's day in Paris, France, August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

People attend the funeral procession of Claudette Halabi, who was killed in an explosion at the Beirut Port, at a cemetery that was also damaged by the blast, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis SEARCH "KARANTINA NEIGHBOURHOOD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A woman reacts next to a coffin of Claudette Halabi who was killed in an explosion at the Beirut Port, during her funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis SEARCH "KARANTINA NEIGHBOURHOOD" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

People, including employees of Minsk Tractor Works, take part in a procession to protest against presidential election results and to demand re-election in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. The banners read: "Not sheep. Not a herd. Not the little people. We are workers of MTZ (Minsk Tractor Plant) and we aren't twenty in number but there are 16,000 of us!" REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

People, including employees of Minsk Tractor Works, take part in a procession to protest against presidential election results and to demand re-election in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko