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Ballet dancer and performer Ashlee Montague of New York wears a gas mask while she dances in Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. Reuters -
Women wear face masks and gloves as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, in Quito, Ecuador. AP Photo -
Indonesian Muslims wear masks as they queue to attend Friday Prayers amid the coronavirus pandemic, at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. EPA -
A Hindu woman wears a facemask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus while visiting Durbar Square to workship in Kathmandu. AFP -
Three-time Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura, right, and Saori Yoshida light the torch as Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, left, watches during Olympic Flame Arrival Ceremony. AP Photo -
Asha Devi, mother of the victim of the fatal 2012 gang rape and murder on a moving bus in New Delhi is embraced by an unidentified woman after the rapists of her daughter were hanged. AP Photo -
The buildings of the banking districts are seen as a woman walks by at the River Rhine in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo -
People stand by their windows and applause in solidarity with healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak gripping the country in Paris. AFP
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