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Police detain two street vendors to evict them from the train station in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo
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Four women wearing face masks sit on the steps of the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus in London, Britain. EPA
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A combination of picture shows Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro adjusting his protective face mask during a press statement to announce federal judiciary measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brasilia. REUTERS
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A single sunbather remains following the closure of Bondi Beach after thousands of peopled flocked there in recent days, defying social distancing orders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sydney, Australia. REUTERS
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Friends clink with beer bottles through a fence built by German authorities on the German-Swiss border, as a protection measure due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an park on the banks of Lake Constance in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. REUTERS
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People sit on designated areas decided by red cross marks to ensure social distancing inside a light rapid transit train in Palembang, South Sumatra. AFP
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US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House, in Washington, DC. AFP
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Aerial view showing empty roads in Bogota as a consequence of measures taken against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak. AFP
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A man touches the coffin of his mother during a funeral service in the closed cemetery of Seriate, near Bergamo, Lombardy during the country's lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 (new coronavirus) pandemic. AFP
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A vendor walks on Ipanema beach during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro. REUTERS
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Traders remove computer equipment to work from home on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the building prepares to close indefinitely due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New York, U.S. REUTERS
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A police officer walks across an empty 7th Avenue in a sparsely populated Times Square due to COVID-19 concerns, in New York. AP Photo
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Police detain two street vendors to evict them from the train station in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo
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Four women wearing face masks sit on the steps of the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus in London, Britain. EPA
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A combination of picture shows Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro adjusting his protective face mask during a press statement to announce federal judiciary measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brasilia. REUTERS
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A single sunbather remains following the closure of Bondi Beach after thousands of peopled flocked there in recent days, defying social distancing orders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Sydney, Australia. REUTERS
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Friends clink with beer bottles through a fence built by German authorities on the German-Swiss border, as a protection measure due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an park on the banks of Lake Constance in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. REUTERS
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People sit on designated areas decided by red cross marks to ensure social distancing inside a light rapid transit train in Palembang, South Sumatra. AFP
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US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House, in Washington, DC. AFP
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Aerial view showing empty roads in Bogota as a consequence of measures taken against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak. AFP
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A man touches the coffin of his mother during a funeral service in the closed cemetery of Seriate, near Bergamo, Lombardy during the country's lockdown aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 (new coronavirus) pandemic. AFP
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A vendor walks on Ipanema beach during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rio de Janeiro. REUTERS
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Traders remove computer equipment to work from home on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as the building prepares to close indefinitely due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in New York, U.S. REUTERS
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A police officer walks across an empty 7th Avenue in a sparsely populated Times Square due to COVID-19 concerns, in New York. AP Photo
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Police detain two street vendors to evict them from the train station in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo
Tooth fairy gets official coronavirus lockdown exemption from Argentina’s president
The late-night tooth hoarder will not be stopped by authorities during her anti-diurnal antics
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