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Brazil hits new daily record for novel coronavirus cases, deaths 07 May 2020 - 01:35 pm
A woman awaits for the subway standing next to the Brazilian artist Alex Flemming work
Duchess Kate launches photo project to capture lockdown Britain 07 May 2020 - 01:30 pm
A woman wearing a facemask passes an artwork celebrating the National Health Service (NHS) painted on a brick wall in central London on May 5, 2020, during the nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. / AFP / Tolga AKMEN
Paris tests face-mask recognition software on metro riders 07 May 2020 - 01:11 pm
Heavy traffic fills the ring road in Paris during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), France, May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
'Indian hero' - Moldovan tennis player feeds poor in lockdown 07 May 2020 - 12:59 pm
Moldovan tennis player Dmitrii Baskov (C) packs food to be distributed to people in need along with Director of Ace Tennis Academy Pramesh Modi (R) and Founder of Shree Sava Foundation Ami Pramesh Modi during nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure ag
Russia overtakes Germany and France in coronavirus case numbers after record daily rise 07 May 2020 - 12:48 pm
TOPSHOT - A man walks on Red Square in downtown Moscow on May 6, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19. / AFP / Alexander NEMENOV
At Shanghai High, new back-to-school realities under coronavirus 07 May 2020 - 12:45 pm
Students wearing face masks are seen in their classroom during a government-organised media tour at Shanghai High School after it reopened in Shanghai on May 7, 2020.   AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Chemical leak at LG plant in India kills 11, about 1,000 ill 07 May 2020 - 12:41 pm
Smoke is seen at LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam, India, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/R Narendra
Sri Lanka asks government workers to donate May pay to aid virus recovery 07 May 2020 - 12:37 pm
A police officer directs traffic on a road in the central Sri Lankan town of Pilimathalawa May 5, 2020, during a break in the curfew that was first imposed on March 20. AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA
India’s cleanest city Indore turns epicenter of COVID-19 07 May 2020 - 12:27 pm
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Cruise ship linked to Australian coronavirus cluster reaches Philippines 07 May 2020 - 12:12 pm
The M/V Ruby Princess is pictured during a short aerial surveillance conducted at the Manila Bay Anchorage area, in Manila, Philippines, May 7, 2020. Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS
Taxis, bikes & sushi robots keep New Yorkers fed, protected 07 May 2020 - 11:43 am
:Food is prepared by Okan Kizilbayir, Sous Chef along with Le Bernardin chef and co-owner Eric Ripert as they are preparing meals for health care workers as part of the World Central Kitchen charity at his flagship New York restaurant in New York City on
Japan set to approve Gilead’s Remdesivir drug to treat virus 07 May 2020 - 11:20 am
A caution sign sits on a sidewalk in front of the Gilead Sciences headquarters in Foster City, California on April 30, 2020. Gilead Science's remdesivir, one of the most highly anticipated drugs being tested against the new coronavirus, showed positive re
U.K. to ease lockdown Monday but firms say reopening is hard 07 May 2020 - 10:41 am
FILE PHOTO: British Telecom (BT) advertisement is displayed at Goodge Street underground station in London, Britain, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in India kills nine, hundreds hospitalised 07 May 2020 - 08:12 am
Policemen stand guard as people gather in front of a LG Polymers plant following a gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam on May 7, 2020. AFP
Pompeo blames China for hundreds of thousands of virus deaths, denies inconsistency 06 May 2020 - 07:05 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool
Trump backtracks on scrapping of White House coronavirus task force 06 May 2020 - 05:18 pm
US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Baltic states to create "travel bubble" as pandemic curbs eased 06 May 2020 - 04:59 pm
Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas attends a video call with his Latvian counterpart Krisjanis Karins and Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tallinn, Estonia May 6, 2020. Estonian G
French waistlines expand under virus lockdown: poll 06 May 2020 - 04:18 pm
A woman waves a French flag from a window to support healthcare workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Saint-Mande, near Paris, France May 5 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier