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India reports first coronavirus death amid new restrictions 12 Mar 2020 - 09:56 pm
An employee wearing a facemask amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus works at the production line of facemasks at Salus Products, a manufacturer of surgical disposable products, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on March 12, 2020. AFP / Sam
Philippine president imposes travel limits, quarantines 12 Mar 2020 - 06:41 pm
A man wearing a protective mask holds on to a hand rail in a train in Manila, Philippines, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
As new cases of coronavirus subside in China, Wuhan told to go back to work 12 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
TOPSHOT - Medical staff celebrate after all patients were discharged at a temporary hospital set up to treat people with the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 9, 2020. / AFP / STR
China shuts down Everest over coronavirus 12 Mar 2020 - 11:52 am
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"Better than nothing": Thailand encourages cloth masks amid surgical mask shortage 12 Mar 2020 - 10:27 am
SOACHA, COLOMBIA - MARCH 11: Students are seen with their handmade face masks at the Julio Cesar Turbay school located at the urban area of ??the municipality of Soacha, a sector stigmatized by violence and lack of resources in Soacha, Colombia on March 1
Philippine leader to undergo 'precautionary' virus test 12 Mar 2020 - 08:59 am
Commuters wear protective face masks as they queue to get into a train amid new cases of coronavirus in Manila, Philippines, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Malaysia tracking 5,000 people possibly exposed to coronavirus at religious event 11 Mar 2020 - 11:49 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (L) launched the COVID-19 relief fund after the first official Cabinet Meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Putrajaya, Malaysia on March 11, 2020. (Syaiful Redzuan / Anadolu Agency)
Wuhan told to go back to work as new cases of coronavirus subside in China 11 Mar 2020 - 03:07 pm
A man wearing a protective facemask walks along a street in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on March 11, 2020. AFP / NOEL CELIS
Singapore tests passengers for coronavirus from cruise ship 11 Mar 2020 - 02:10 pm
The cruise ship Costa fortuna is seen docked in Singapore on March 10, 2020, after the vessel was turned away from ports in Malaysia and Thailand amid fears of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. / AFP / Louis KWOK
Vietnam's coronavirus cases up to 35 after new infections from Europe 11 Mar 2020 - 12:44 pm
A closed cafe, near the house of a coronavirus infected patient, is seen in Hanoi, Vietnam March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
Virus-hit Vietnamese carriers cut salaries, encourage unpaid leave 11 Mar 2020 - 12:17 pm
A woman, wearing a facemask amid fears of the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus walks on a street in Hanoi on March 11, 2020. / AFP / Manan Vatsyayana
Fighter jet crashes in Pakistan capital during parade rehearsal 11 Mar 2020 - 10:36 am
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jet F-16 performs to commemorate Pakistan Air Force's 'Operation Swift Retort', following the shot down of Indian military aircrafts on February 27, 2019 in Kashmir, during an air show in Karachi, Pakistan February 27, 202
S.Korea reports jump in coronavirus cases after call centre outbreak 11 Mar 2020 - 10:28 am
Workers disinfect a screen door to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a subway station in Seoul on March 11, 2020./ AFP / YONHAP /
China's Xi says Wuhan has 'turned the tide' againt virus epidemic 10 Mar 2020 - 02:59 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping learns about the hospital's operations, treatment of patients, protection for medical workers and scientific research at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China
Mom, son safe after 52 hours trapped in China hotel rubble 10 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
A man (C) is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on March 8, 2020. At least four people were killed following the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, the
Dutch king apologises for 'excessive violence' in colonial Indonesia 10 Mar 2020 - 01:25 pm
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 10: The Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima (R) visit the National Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 10, 2020. ( Anton Raharjo - Anadolu Agency )
WHO: More than 70% of COVID-19 Patients in China Have Recovered 10 Mar 2020 - 01:01 pm
People who have recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection leave Wuchan makeshift hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. / AFP / STR
China to ease travel curbs within locked-down province 10 Mar 2020 - 12:39 pm
A mask-clad passenger looks on from his seat as others (background) alight from their train at the railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020./ AFP / Noel Celis

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representational file photo UK faces record wildfires amid severe heatwave

Africa

Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence
Medical worker performing disinfection before burying deceased person infected with Ebola in DR Congo. Xinhua file photo. Ebola killing a victim every 30 minutes in DR Congo: UN
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows residents inspecting a drone-attacked mosque in Al-Droshab, north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Aug. 12, 2026. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua) Violence in Sudan continues to imperil civilians: UN

Americas

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A resident looks at a young green sea turtle as ocean waters started to raise due to the approach of Tropical Storm Lala at Reed's Bay in Hilo, Hawaii on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jill K. Briggs / AFP) Hurricane poised to hit Hawaii as El Nino stirs Pacific
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