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Young Chinese doctor dies of coronavirus 21 Feb 2020 - 01:35 pm
Doctors look at a screen that shows the ward where patients who are infected with the coronavirus are treated at the First People's Hospital in Yueyang, Hunan Province, near the border to Hubei Province, which is under partial lockdown after an outbreak o
Japan to let off last healthy cruise travelers, isolate rest 21 Feb 2020 - 11:59 am
Passengers wearing masks have their body temperatures taken after leaving the coronavirus-hit cruise ship Diamond Princess at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
South Korea posts 52 more virus cases as outbreak expands 21 Feb 2020 - 11:05 am
Women wearing masks as a preventive measure against the coronavirus walk at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
China says will help manage Mekong as report warns of dam danger 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 pm
Fisherman Kome Wilai fishing from his boat along the Mekong River between Chiang Rai province in Thailand (R) and Laos (L) on September 20, 2019. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Ahead of Trump's visit, Indian city cleans the swamp 20 Feb 2020 - 02:19 pm
Farmer Bussa Krishna,33, applies kumkum red powder on the statue of US President Donald Trump, ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump to India on February 17, 2020, ( AFP / Noah Seelam)
Some Japan investors worry as coronavirus puts question-mark over Tokyo Olympics 20 Feb 2020 - 01:31 pm
Giant Olympic Rings are installed at the waterfront area, with the Rainbow Bridge in the background, ahead of an official inauguration ceremony, six months before the opening of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan Ja
South Korea sees first virus death as infection cases surge 20 Feb 2020 - 12:45 pm
This picture taken on February 19, 2020 shows South Korean health officials wearing protective suit and spraying disinfectant near a church in the southeastern city of Daegu as about 40 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus confirmed after they attended s
Australian evacuees from virus-hit ship begin 2nd quarantine 20 Feb 2020 - 11:52 am
A bus believed to be carrying Australian passengers from the cruise ship Diamond Princess, leaves Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
China warns of further action after revoking WSJ journalists' credentials 20 Feb 2020 - 11:19 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 19, 2020, Chinese and US national flags flutter at the entrance of a company office building in Beijing. AFP / WANG ZHAO
China sees drop in new virus cases, two Japan cruise passengers die 20 Feb 2020 - 11:18 am
This photo taken on February 17, 2020 shows a member of the medical staff (C) taking the blood pressure of a woman who has displayed mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus at an exhibition centre converted into a hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hu
Two passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan die as public criticism grows 20 Feb 2020 - 10:03 am
Passengers wait for transportation after leaving the coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, Japan, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
24 killed in two road accidents in TN 20 Feb 2020 - 09:42 am
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Kashmir journalist wins AFP's Kate Webb Prize 20 Feb 2020 - 08:57 am
This handout photo taken on October 2019 and received courtesy of Ahmer Khan by AFP on February 19, 2020, shows freelance reporter Ahmer Khan posing in New Delhi. AFP PHOTO / Courtesy of Ahmer Khan and Siddharth Bokolia
Crane crashes at Kamal Haasan movie shooting spot, 3 killed 20 Feb 2020 - 01:37 am
Makkal Needhi Mayyam party founder Kamal Haasan is cheered by supporters at an election rally in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. AFP file photo / Arun Sankar
IndiGo adds daily flight to new Indian city from Doha 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
An IndiGo Airlines A320 aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad March 7, 2012. Reuters/Vivek Prakash
China revokes three Wall Street Journal reporters' credentials 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
The News Corporation building on 6th Avenue, home to Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal,is seen in New York City on March 20, 2019. AFP / Getty Images North America / Kevin Hagen
China's virus center vows no patient unchecked as cases fall 19 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Patients with mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus resting at night in the temporary Fangcai Hospital set up in a sports stadium in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province February 18, 2020. AFP
India buys drones, specialist equipment to avert new locust attack 19 Feb 2020 - 05:40 pm
Swarms of locusts land and feed on shea trees, which are a big source of food and income for local farmers, in Otuke on February 17, 2020. AFP / Sumy Sadurni

Europe

Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo. Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history
(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount
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This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'

Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief
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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

Americas

Representational file photo. US sanctions ICC President and senior prosecutor
(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP) Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Duane Davis arrives for the opening statements of his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Tupac Shakur accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears

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