• A skeleton dummy with a sign reading "Takeaway Food Only" sits at the entrance of a restaurant in Mexico City. AFP
    A skeleton dummy with a sign reading "Takeaway Food Only" sits at the entrance of a restaurant in Mexico City. AFP
  • A medical staffer at Sophiahemmet hospital talks on a phone inside a tent for testing and receiving potential coronavirus COVID-19 patients in Stockholm. AFP
    A medical staffer at Sophiahemmet hospital talks on a phone inside a tent for testing and receiving potential coronavirus COVID-19 patients in Stockholm. AFP
  • A police officer wearing a face mask and gloves presents a flower to a woman on the Motherhood and Beauty Day in Yerevan, Armenia. AFP
    A police officer wearing a face mask and gloves presents a flower to a woman on the Motherhood and Beauty Day in Yerevan, Armenia. AFP
  • A passenger wearing protective clothing sits in the first official train departing from Wuhan. EPA
    A passenger wearing protective clothing sits in the first official train departing from Wuhan. EPA
  • Passengers wear hazmat suit as they arrive at the Wuhan Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan. AFP
    Passengers wear hazmat suit as they arrive at the Wuhan Wuchang Railway Station in Wuhan. AFP
  • Lightning flashes in the sky over Rumaithiya district in Kuwait City during a storm. AFP
    Lightning flashes in the sky over Rumaithiya district in Kuwait City during a storm. AFP
  • The pink supermoon rises over St. Louis. April's supermoon is the brightest and largest it will be for all of 2020. AP
    The pink supermoon rises over St. Louis. April's supermoon is the brightest and largest it will be for all of 2020. AP
  • A firefighter puts out the embers of a fire near the Central de Abasto, the main food distribution centre in Mexico City. AP Photo
    A firefighter puts out the embers of a fire near the Central de Abasto, the main food distribution centre in Mexico City. AP Photo
  • Statues wearing protective face masks are seen at the Shibuya shopping and entertainment district in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS
    Statues wearing protective face masks are seen at the Shibuya shopping and entertainment district in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS
  • Passersby are silhouetted in front of a giant screen reporting Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS
    Passersby are silhouetted in front of a giant screen reporting Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS
  • Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the Wisconsin presidential primary election at Marshall High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. EPA
    Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the Wisconsin presidential primary election at Marshall High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. EPA
  • -A man disinfects an intesive care isolation room at the Rafik Hariri public hospital in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP
    -A man disinfects an intesive care isolation room at the Rafik Hariri public hospital in the Lebanese capital Beirut. AFP

World in focus - best photos for April 8, 2020


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