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Mosques stay open in Pakistan even as virus death toll rises 03 Apr 2020 - 12:07 pm
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - APRIL 02: A general view of empty Badshahi Mosque closed amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Lahore, Pakistan, April 02, 2020. ( Rana Irfan Ali - Anadolu Agency )
Singapore closing workplaces, schools in latest coronavirus measures 03 Apr 2020 - 11:45 am
Tape to mark off spaces for social distancing are seen on the floor of a restaurant in Marina Bay in Singapore on April 2, 2020, as the government slowly tightens restrictions to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. / AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Customers desert South Korea's animal cafes over virus fears 03 Apr 2020 - 11:27 am
In a photo taken on March 31, 2020 customers play with a cat at the Eden Meerkat Friends animal cafe in Seoul. Business has been devastated by the coronavirus outbreak, with South Koreans staying at home under social distancing guidelines, and tourism dis
India PM plans staggered exit from vast coronavirus lockdown 02 Apr 2020 - 04:12 pm
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel stands guard inside the empty premises of the historic Taj Mahal during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Agra, India, April 2, 2020. Reuters/S
Indonesia virus death toll rises to highest in Asia outside China 02 Apr 2020 - 01:48 pm
A customer wearing protective face mask makes his transaction through a plastic barrier as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Coronavirus death toll moves up to 31 in Pakistan 02 Apr 2020 - 12:44 pm
Residents wearing facemasks walk through a disinfecting tunnel at a vegetable and fruit market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on April 1, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Taiwan plans to donate 10 million face masks 02 Apr 2020 - 12:35 pm
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Indian farmers feed strawberries to cattle as lockdown hits transport 02 Apr 2020 - 12:16 pm
Anil Salunkhe, a farmer, feeds strawberries to his cow during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Darewadi village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. Reuters/R
Toaster-sized ventilator from India helps hospitals in virus fight 02 Apr 2020 - 11:36 am
In this photo taken on March 25, 2020, AgVa Healthcare employee Vaibhav Gupta demonstrates using a ventilator at the research and development (R&D) centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. AFP / Prakash Singh
Pakistan court commutes death sentence of key accused in Pearl killing, acquits three 02 Apr 2020 - 11:30 am
Khawja Naveed, defence lawyer of Omar Sheikh, who was convicted to death sentence over the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl, speaks to media representatives after a court verdict in Karachi on April 2, 2020. AFP / Asif Hassan
Two masks, no lockdown: Japan PM's latest coronavirus move riles social media 02 Apr 2020 - 10:48 am
File photo: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wearing a protective face mask, gestures next to Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso during an upper house parliamentary session, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tokyo, Japan Apr
WHO expects Malaysia's coronavirus cases to peak in mid-April 02 Apr 2020 - 09:37 am
Workers wearing protective suits pray before a disinfection operation, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Chinese county back under lockdown after coronavirus cases re-emerge 02 Apr 2020 - 09:27 am
Delivery men wwearing a wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus wait for mobile orders along a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on April 1, 2020. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Australia begins pre-clinical testing for coronavirus vaccine 02 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
People walk by an area of the city following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Pakistan seals northern region with no COVID-19 case 01 Apr 2020 - 06:16 pm
Pakistani youth play cricket on a field during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 1, 2020. / AFP / Farooq NAEEM
Indonesia set to open emergency coronavirus hospital on uninhabited island 01 Apr 2020 - 01:07 pm
An aerial view of the works in progress of an emergency hospital at a Galang Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Batam Antara Foto/Bobby via REUTERS
Over 100 countries ask South Korea for coronavirus testing help: Official 01 Apr 2020 - 01:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective gear prepares to take samples from a visitor at a 'drive-thru' testing center for the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTER
Pandemic pranks off the table on April Fools' Day 01 Apr 2020 - 11:57 am
An adult helps to put a face mask on a child's face for protection due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Taipei, Taiwan, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Ann Wang

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An aerial view shows a dredger deployed to deepen the navigable channel due to the low level of Danube near Capidava village, on August 12, 2026.(Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) Romania begins shutdown of nuclear plant due to low Danube
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Researchers from San Francisco's Exploratorium museum carry out preparations for the global live broadcast of the upcoming August 12 total solar eclipse, in the abandoned village of Villalibado, near Burgos, northern Spain, on August 10, 2026. Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP Skywatchers gather in Europe to see total solar eclipse

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Representational file photo. Ethiopia seeks to double coffee productivity with new 10-year initiative
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Rescuers and volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 11, 2026. Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP Colombia declares three days mourning for quake victims
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Firefighters and rescue teams carry survivor Daniela Andrea Largo Sanchez out of the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake in Pereira, Colombia on August 11, 2026. (Photo by David SALAZAR / AFP) Colombia rescuers find woman alive as quake death toll passes 240

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