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A cosplayer wearing a face mask poses for a picture at the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, China. Reuters
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A face mask-wearing girl attends Eid Al Adha prayers on the street in Jakarta. Reuters
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A Muslim man is seen inside a disinfection chamber set up as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, outside Al Mashun Grand Mosque's compound in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. AP Photo
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A doctor checks on a patient at El Cruce de Florencio Varela Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. EPA
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A medical specialist in a protective suit works on blood samples collected for a coronavirus rapid test from people who recently returned from Da Nang City in Hanoi, Vietnam. Getty Images
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Gov Doug Ducey places his face mask back on before leaving a press conference on Covid-19 in the state at the Arizona Commerce Authority Conference Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The Arizona Republic via AP
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A health worker holds a child as they look at coloring sheets on a wall at the Covid-19 Care Center set up at the Commonwealth Games Village Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. Bloomberg
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Colombian industrial designer Ricardo Conde wears his ventilation mask designed by him alongside a medical doctor and two aeronautical engineers in Bogota. AFP
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A security officer conducts a thermal check on a passenger at the SM City Pampanga mall in Pampanga province, Philippines. EPA
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Employees of Oriental Films work during the shooting of an advertisement for Mexico, in Montevideo, Uruguay. AFP
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A man takes a selfie photograph at the Saloma Link bridge in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bloomberg
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People eat their meals behind partitions at a food stall at the Ningxia Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan. Bloomberg
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Visitors hold their smartphones while maintaining social distancing during a re-enactment ceremony of the changing of the Royal Guard at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo
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A cosplayer wearing a face mask poses for a picture at the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, China. Reuters
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A face mask-wearing girl attends Eid Al Adha prayers on the street in Jakarta. Reuters
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A Muslim man is seen inside a disinfection chamber set up as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, outside Al Mashun Grand Mosque's compound in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. AP Photo
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A doctor checks on a patient at El Cruce de Florencio Varela Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. EPA
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A medical specialist in a protective suit works on blood samples collected for a coronavirus rapid test from people who recently returned from Da Nang City in Hanoi, Vietnam. Getty Images
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Gov Doug Ducey places his face mask back on before leaving a press conference on Covid-19 in the state at the Arizona Commerce Authority Conference Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The Arizona Republic via AP
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A health worker holds a child as they look at coloring sheets on a wall at the Covid-19 Care Center set up at the Commonwealth Games Village Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. Bloomberg
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Colombian industrial designer Ricardo Conde wears his ventilation mask designed by him alongside a medical doctor and two aeronautical engineers in Bogota. AFP
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A security officer conducts a thermal check on a passenger at the SM City Pampanga mall in Pampanga province, Philippines. EPA
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Employees of Oriental Films work during the shooting of an advertisement for Mexico, in Montevideo, Uruguay. AFP
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A man takes a selfie photograph at the Saloma Link bridge in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bloomberg
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People eat their meals behind partitions at a food stall at the Ningxia Night Market in Taipei, Taiwan. Bloomberg
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Visitors hold their smartphones while maintaining social distancing during a re-enactment ceremony of the changing of the Royal Guard at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo
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A cosplayer wearing a face mask poses for a picture at the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, China. Reuters
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