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  • A police officer wears a headgear fitted with thermal monitor to check the temperature of commuters amid the coronavirus lockdown at a police check post in New Delhi, India. Reuters
    A police officer wears a headgear fitted with thermal monitor to check the temperature of commuters amid the coronavirus lockdown at a police check post in New Delhi, India. Reuters
  • Students with torches protest against the alleged encroachment of the Nepal border by India in far west of Nepal. Reuters
    Students with torches protest against the alleged encroachment of the Nepal border by India in far west of Nepal. Reuters
  • A resident receives food supply from a motorist through a barbed wire fence in Petaling Jaya outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The area was locked down after 15 people were diagnosed with Covid-19. EPA
    A resident receives food supply from a motorist through a barbed wire fence in Petaling Jaya outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The area was locked down after 15 people were diagnosed with Covid-19. EPA
  • Nurses recite an oath during a ceremony marking International Nurses Day, at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. AFP
    Nurses recite an oath during a ceremony marking International Nurses Day, at Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. AFP
  • A man walks dogs across a nearly empty 5th Avenue and closed luxury retail stores in Manhattan, New York City. Reuters
    A man walks dogs across a nearly empty 5th Avenue and closed luxury retail stores in Manhattan, New York City. Reuters
  • An animal handler gestures as a goat balances over a stick for onlookers along a street after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Karachi. AFP
    An animal handler gestures as a goat balances over a stick for onlookers along a street after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Karachi. AFP
  • A coronavirus patient speaks with a family member by a video call at a field hospital set up at a sports gym, in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. AFP
    A coronavirus patient speaks with a family member by a video call at a field hospital set up at a sports gym, in Santo Andre, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. AFP
  • A passenger wearing a protective mask walks on a platform at a metro station in Moscow. AFP
    A passenger wearing a protective mask walks on a platform at a metro station in Moscow. AFP
  • A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a military store in St Petersburg during a lockdown in Russia aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
    A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a military store in St Petersburg during a lockdown in Russia aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. AFP
  • The sun sets behind the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, as life in Britain continues during the lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. AFP
    The sun sets behind the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, as life in Britain continues during the lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. AFP

World in focus - best photos for May 12, 2020

Take a look at our pick of some of the best images from around the world from the past 24 hours

The National

May 12, 2020

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