Workers giving finishing touches to the Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad. Getting ready: Workers giving finishing touches to the Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad. U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold the “Namasthe Trump" event at the stadium with approximately 1.25 lakh people witnessing the special programme on February 24.

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A group of farmers attend to tulip beds at a tulip garden located near Dal lake in Srinagar on February 18, 2020.

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A Chinese security guard wears a protective mask as he stands on a commercial street on February 18, 2020 in Beijing, China.

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