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Two ring-necked parakeets, normally fed by tourists, peck at an apple left on a spike by locals in Hyde Park, London. AP Photo -
People keep their distance from each other while crossing a traffic junction on Orchard Road on March 31, 2020, in Singapore. Getty Images -
People wear protective face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus next to a police statue with its own mask at the Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand. AP Photo -
A man jogs on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Getty Images -
Face masks for wedding dresses, tailored by fashion designer Friederike Jorzig are seen in her wedding dress shop in Berlin, Germany. Reuters -
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and Russia's ambassador in Venezuela Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, touch their elbows at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters -
US President Donald Trump arrives behind Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for the start of the daily coronavirus response briefing press briefing room of the White House in Washington, US. Reuters -
People hug on the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak. Reuters -
A member of a medical assistance team from Huaian being welcomed by her daughter after returning home from Wuhan to help with the COVID-19 coronavirus recovery effort in Huaian in China's eastern Jiangsu province. AFP -
New employees of Japan's defence ministry sit on chairs spaced apart for social distancing as they watch a video message of Defence Minister Taro Kono during a ceremony in Tokyo. AFP -
A woman eats her lunch at home in front of a litter of cats in Bangkok, as the government recommended that people stay home. AFP -
A long-exposure image released by Roy Wang depicts a medical worker. The Beijing-based artist has paid tribute to doctors and nurses and their months-long battle to treat virus-stricken patients in his latest light painting creations. AFP
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