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Residents climb on chairs to buy groceries from vendors behind barriers used to seal off a neighborhood in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. AP Photo
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A cyclist stops in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument lit by the setting sun at rear, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Washington, US. Reuters
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Residents climb on chairs to buy groceries from vendors behind barriers used to seal off a neighborhood in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. AP Photo
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Members of the military personnel patrol a hotel area and the beaches in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. EPA
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A motorcyclist rides along an otherwise empty street in Bangkok. AFP
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Health workers collect blood samples from a child to detect the coronavirus, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. AFP
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A man walks his dog in front of the Colosseum in central Rome. AFP
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Migrants wearing protective facemasks hurry to renew work and residence permits in Russia at a migration centre in Saint Petersburg. AFP
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A cyclist stops in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument lit by the setting sun at rear, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues in Washington, US. Reuters
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The deserted Place de la Concorde with the Eiffel tower in the background in Paris. Reuters
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Residents climb on chairs to buy groceries from vendors behind barriers used to seal off a neighborhood in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. AP Photo
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