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Rev. Luke Ssemakula (L) gives a blessing after hearing a parishioner's confession in the parking lot of St. Augustine Catholic Church during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Pleasanton, California, USA. EPA
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Police inspector Rajesh Babu wearing coronavirus-themed helmet speaks to a family on a motorbike at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. AFP
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A train attendant wearing a protective face mask stands on a train to Wuhan, at the railway station in Beijing, China. EPA
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Migrant workers hang on to a door of their moving bus as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi. REUTERS
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Migrant workers walk towards a bus station along a highway with their families as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi. REUTERS
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Medical personnel and hosts cheer from the windows of the Honegger nursing home where 35 people have died so far from coronavirus in Albino, Italy. AFP
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Workers in protective gear wait for passengers arriving at the railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province after travel restrictions into the city were eased following two months of lockdown. AFP
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Lithuanian groom Dainius and his bride Ramune pose for the photographer, wearing protective masks against the new coronavirus after their wedding ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania. AFP
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A woman helps a child with a mask after members of NGO "Team Humanity" gave out handmade protective face masks to migrants and refugees in the camp of Moria in the island of Lesbos as as the country is under lockdown. AFP
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A person walks in falling snow in Tokyo. AP Photo
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A couple enjoy warm weather on a bridge with St. Basil's Cathedral, right, and an almost empty Red Square after sunset in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo
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Police officers patrol the Botafogo beach following the closure of the beaches, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS
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The police musical band performs for the people on a street, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. REUTERS
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Rev. Luke Ssemakula (L) gives a blessing after hearing a parishioner's confession in the parking lot of St. Augustine Catholic Church during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Pleasanton, California, USA. EPA
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Police inspector Rajesh Babu wearing coronavirus-themed helmet speaks to a family on a motorbike at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Chennai. AFP
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A train attendant wearing a protective face mask stands on a train to Wuhan, at the railway station in Beijing, China. EPA
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Migrant workers hang on to a door of their moving bus as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi. REUTERS
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Migrant workers walk towards a bus station along a highway with their families as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi. REUTERS
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Medical personnel and hosts cheer from the windows of the Honegger nursing home where 35 people have died so far from coronavirus in Albino, Italy. AFP
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Workers in protective gear wait for passengers arriving at the railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province after travel restrictions into the city were eased following two months of lockdown. AFP
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Lithuanian groom Dainius and his bride Ramune pose for the photographer, wearing protective masks against the new coronavirus after their wedding ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania. AFP
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A woman helps a child with a mask after members of NGO "Team Humanity" gave out handmade protective face masks to migrants and refugees in the camp of Moria in the island of Lesbos as as the country is under lockdown. AFP
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A person walks in falling snow in Tokyo. AP Photo
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A couple enjoy warm weather on a bridge with St. Basil's Cathedral, right, and an almost empty Red Square after sunset in Moscow, Russia. AP Photo
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Police officers patrol the Botafogo beach following the closure of the beaches, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS
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The police musical band performs for the people on a street, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. REUTERS
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Rev. Luke Ssemakula (L) gives a blessing after hearing a parishioner's confession in the parking lot of St. Augustine Catholic Church during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Pleasanton, California, USA. EPA
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