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First coronavirus cases found in Bangladesh refugee camps 14 May 2020 - 04:13 pm
People make their way along a busy street in a market area during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventative measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines 14 May 2020 - 01:59 pm
Residents brave rains and strong wind as they walk past uprooted trees along a highway in Can-avid town, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines on May 14, 2020, as Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall. / AFP / Alren BERONIO
China rejects US claim of attempted vaccine theft as 'smearing' 14 May 2020 - 01:06 pm
A worker is seen inside the Beijing Applied Biological Technologies (XABT) research and development laboratory in Beijing on May 14, 2020. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Bangladesh builds mega field hospital as virus outbreak worsens 14 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
A general view shows a makeshift hospital ward for the treatment of COVID-19 coronavirus contaminated patients at the Bashundhara Convention Centre in Dhaka on May 13, 2020. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Japan seeks to lift virus emergency in most regions 14 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
People walk through a shopping area in Tokyo on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Out-of-work Thai chefs cook for others made jobless by virus crisis 13 May 2020 - 05:15 pm
Volunteers cook free lunch for low-income communities during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
China's Wuhan kicks off mass testing campaign for new coronavirus 13 May 2020 - 02:23 pm
:A medical worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on May 13, 2020. Wuhan plans to conduct coronavirus tests on the Chinese city's entire population after new cases
Pakistan tops 2,000 for a single-day total of new virus cases for 1st time 13 May 2020 - 01:10 pm
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Two new infections end Hong Kong's 24-day virus clean sheet 13 May 2020 - 12:47 pm
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Philippines allows malls, more businesses in capital to reopen 13 May 2020 - 11:52 am
FILE PHOTO: A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases for first time since March 9 13 May 2020 - 11:00 am
A face mask is placed on the face of a giant Buddha statue at Wat Nithet Rat Pradit temple in Pathum Thani outside Bangkok on May 12, 2020, as the country deals with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus situation.
Slowly but steady, China strives to make widespread virus testing the new normal 13 May 2020 - 10:26 am
A medical staff member takes a swab sample from a child to test for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Jian in China's central Jiangxi province on May 13, 2020. China OUT / AFP / STR
Newborns among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing 12 May 2020 - 05:27 pm
A foreign soldier keeps watch among armoured vehicles outside a hospital which came under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Indonesia's COVID-19 deaths top 1,000 as those under 45 urged to resume work 12 May 2020 - 03:04 pm
Crew members wearing protective masks carry their luggage at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia, May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
India carbon emissions seen falling 1st time in four decades 12 May 2020 - 02:16 pm
People with their luggage walk to board a train that will take them to New Delhi after India announced a limited reopening of its giant rail network following a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the
Wuhan to test whole city of 11 Million as new cases rmerge 12 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
A worker wearing protective gear watches screens showing the body temperature of arriving passengers at Hankou railway station in Wuhan, Hubei Province on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Japan to approve first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday 12 May 2020 - 11:57 am
A medical worker analyses swabs in a laboratory of the San Filippo Neri hospital, to check for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Gunmen attack hospital in Afghan capital 12 May 2020 - 11:14 am
Afghan security forces arrive at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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This photograph shows a fire in construction waste at a recycling company near the port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg / ANP / AFP) Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
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Africa

Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time
File photo strictly for representational purposes only. Freepik. Ethiopia posts record 5.7-bln-USD annual mining export revenue
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File photo WHO calls for additional support to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

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Aerial view after a toll plaza was attacked in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca department, Colombia, on August 8, 2026. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) Bombing attacks mark first day of Colombia's new government
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Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche swears-in before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) US Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General

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