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Medics wait outside a special tent during the coronavirus disease outbreak, outside a hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Reuters
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Pope Francis during his streamed Angelus prayer, in the private library, at the Vatican. AFP
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People wearing protective face masks ride in a subway in Wuhan, China. EPA
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People wait to be tested for Covid-19 during the launch of a new rapid testing kit to combat the spread of the virus at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. AFP
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Pedestrians cross Cable Car tracks on Powell Street in San Francisco. AP Photo
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A worker inspects a disinfection chamber installed on a sidewalk as part of measures against the spreading of coronavirus disease in Escobedo, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico. Reuters
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An empty Madison Avenue is seen during the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City, US. Reuters
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Passengers from the Artania cruise ship are transported from the Fremantle Passenger Terminal on buses by a police escort to Perth International airport to board a chartered Condor flight to Germany. Getty Images
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Chihuahua State Police members, wearing protective suits, take part in an information and prevention campaign against the coronavirus at the Cordoba-De las Americas International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. AFP
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An empty GRA motorway during the emergency lockdown in Rome, Italy. EPA
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Medics wait outside a special tent during the coronavirus disease outbreak, outside a hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Reuters
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Pope Francis during his streamed Angelus prayer, in the private library, at the Vatican. AFP
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People wearing protective face masks ride in a subway in Wuhan, China. EPA
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People wait to be tested for Covid-19 during the launch of a new rapid testing kit to combat the spread of the virus at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. AFP
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Pedestrians cross Cable Car tracks on Powell Street in San Francisco. AP Photo
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A worker inspects a disinfection chamber installed on a sidewalk as part of measures against the spreading of coronavirus disease in Escobedo, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico. Reuters
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An empty Madison Avenue is seen during the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City, US. Reuters
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Passengers from the Artania cruise ship are transported from the Fremantle Passenger Terminal on buses by a police escort to Perth International airport to board a chartered Condor flight to Germany. Getty Images
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Chihuahua State Police members, wearing protective suits, take part in an information and prevention campaign against the coronavirus at the Cordoba-De las Americas International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. AFP
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An empty GRA motorway during the emergency lockdown in Rome, Italy. EPA
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Medics wait outside a special tent during the coronavirus disease outbreak, outside a hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Reuters
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