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Good morning. We’re covering catastrophic floods in China, a shift by governments to a new pandemic normal and protests over water shortages in Iran.

More than one million people have been affected by the floods across Henan Province.Credit...Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Floods trap train passengers in China

At least 25 people died in and around Zhengzhou, a city of five million and the capital of Henan Province, when the heaviest rainfall on record caused severe flooding. Twelve of the victims were stuck on a subway train when waters rose.