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A woman carrying a child waits to board a special train to Rajasthan after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at MGR Central railway station in Chennai, India. AFP
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Students chat behind a plastic partition in a classroom at a high school in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. AFP
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Principal Pam Rasmussen takes the temperature of arriving students at Happy Day School in Monterey Park, California, USA. AFP
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Passengers wearing personal protective equipment queue at the check-in counters of Emirates, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Reuters
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A security guard takes a delivery outside the Rydges Hotel which is being used as a quarantine hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. Getty Images
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Protective face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus are sold at a shop in Tokyo, Japan. AP Photo
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An electoral personnel sanitises self-inking pens at a ballot booth at a polling station during the general election amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore. Reuters
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People walk through a shopping arcade in Melbourne, Australia, as the city re-enters a lockdown after a fresh outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus. AFP
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Firefighters spray disinfectant to curb the spread of coronavirus at the Martyrs' mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar. EPA
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Dr. Joseph Varon, right, leads a team as they try to save the life of a patient unsuccessfully inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA. AP Photo
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Maria Delgadillo takes a selfie with her mother Rosa Torres at the entrance to Disneyland on the reopening day of the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, California, USA. The Orange County Register via AP
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Portraits of healthcare workers are displayed on the facade of the Opera Bastille, at the initiative of the collective #ProtegeTonSoignant to pay tribute to caregivers in first line during the Covid-19 epidemic in Paris, France. AFP
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A woman works on the interior of a coffin at the Funerales Nazareth factory, where production has increased due to the ongoing coronavirus disease outbreak, in San Pedro Perulapan, El Salvador. Reuters
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie near an art-wall painted by Indonesian artist Hanafi at Kertas Gallery during an exhibition in Depok, near Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters
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A woman carrying a child waits to board a special train to Rajasthan after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at MGR Central railway station in Chennai, India. AFP
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Devotees offer prayers at the Kuan Yin Temple in Penang, Malaysia. AFP
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Students chat behind a plastic partition in a classroom at a high school in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. AFP
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Principal Pam Rasmussen takes the temperature of arriving students at Happy Day School in Monterey Park, California, USA. AFP
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Passengers wearing personal protective equipment queue at the check-in counters of Emirates, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Reuters
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A security guard takes a delivery outside the Rydges Hotel which is being used as a quarantine hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. Getty Images
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Protective face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus are sold at a shop in Tokyo, Japan. AP Photo
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An electoral personnel sanitises self-inking pens at a ballot booth at a polling station during the general election amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore. Reuters
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People walk through a shopping arcade in Melbourne, Australia, as the city re-enters a lockdown after a fresh outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus. AFP
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Firefighters spray disinfectant to curb the spread of coronavirus at the Martyrs' mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar. EPA
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Dr. Joseph Varon, right, leads a team as they try to save the life of a patient unsuccessfully inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA. AP Photo
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Maria Delgadillo takes a selfie with her mother Rosa Torres at the entrance to Disneyland on the reopening day of the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, California, USA. The Orange County Register via AP
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Portraits of healthcare workers are displayed on the facade of the Opera Bastille, at the initiative of the collective #ProtegeTonSoignant to pay tribute to caregivers in first line during the Covid-19 epidemic in Paris, France. AFP
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A woman works on the interior of a coffin at the Funerales Nazareth factory, where production has increased due to the ongoing coronavirus disease outbreak, in San Pedro Perulapan, El Salvador. Reuters
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie near an art-wall painted by Indonesian artist Hanafi at Kertas Gallery during an exhibition in Depok, near Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters
Coronavirus: global cases pass 20 million
The United States is the worst affected country, with more than 5 million cases and over 163,000 deaths
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