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Fire at building site of palace in Berlin 08 Apr 2020 - 12:11 pm
Firefighters arrive at the castle on the Spreeinsel after a fire broke out, in Berlin, on April 8, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS
German, Swiss companies combine to make disinfectant to kill virus 08 Apr 2020 - 10:14 am
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UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19 08 Apr 2020 - 09:49 am
An ambulance leaves St Thomas' Hospital in central London on April 7, 2020, where Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care with symptoms of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.  / AFP / Isabel Infantes
China's Wuhan lockdown ends, but another begins as local coronavirus cases rise 08 Apr 2020 - 09:26 am
A medical staff member from Jilin Province tears up during a ceremony before leaving as Tianhe Airport is reopened in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 8, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Ukraine fights fires in Chernobyl zone, says no radiation jump 07 Apr 2020 - 05:46 pm
This picture taken on April 5, 2020, shows a forest fire burning at a 30-kilometer (19-mile) Chernobyl exclusion zone, not far from the nuclear power plant. AFP / Yaroslav EMELIANENKO
Cash-strapped Lebanon considers first wheat imports in six years 07 Apr 2020 - 04:16 pm
A Lebanese man sitting by a fresh produce stall checks his phone in the market of the historic part of the southern coastal city of Saida, on April 6, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Turkey plans prisoner release, excluding those jailed on post-coup terrorism charges 07 Apr 2020 - 04:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds pictures of jailed former leader of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party Selahattin Demirtas as people gather to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Istanbul, Turkey March 24, 2
Coronavirus lockdown is nothing new for some Moscow residents 07 Apr 2020 - 02:54 pm
Vladimir Petrosyan and his wife Valeria, daughter of Soviet artist Alexei Kokorekin, are seen in Moscow, Russia in this undated handout photo. Alexei Kokorekin was the
Spain death toll rises suggesting disease not yet under control 07 Apr 2020 - 01:10 pm
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Parisians banned from outdoor sports between 10am and 7pm 07 Apr 2020 - 12:54 pm
TOPSHOT - French half marathon runner Yosi Goasdoue trains in the park of the Castle of La Bourdaisiere, where he is staying during a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), on April 3, 2020, in Montlouis-sur
US coronavirus deaths pass bleak 10,000 milestone 07 Apr 2020 - 12:45 pm
People take advantage of minimal traffic as they run, walk, jog and cycle down East Capitol Street towards the U.S. Capitol building as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
US travelers wait days to leave cruise ship with virus cases 07 Apr 2020 - 12:01 pm
An ambulance takes a patient from the cruise ship Coral Princess to the hospital as the ship is docked at the Port of Miami, Florida, on April 4, 2020, after receiving permission from the US Coast Guard. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Japan declares coronavirus emergency, prepares near $1 trln stimulus 07 Apr 2020 - 11:31 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front L) delivers a report to committee members of the Lower House in Tokyo on April 7, 2020 before declaring a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / STR
France reports 200,000 'agricultural army' candidates 07 Apr 2020 - 11:12 am
FILE PHOTO: A French farmer drives his tractor to prepare the land before sugar beets sowing in Anneux, France, March 27, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
Who has the UK nuclear button while Johnson is ill? No comment 07 Apr 2020 - 10:59 am
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Shark kills Australian wildlife worker on Great Barrier Reef 07 Apr 2020 - 10:46 am
This undated handout photo received on April 6, 2020 from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, shows coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
Dozens of doctors demanding virus safety equipment arrested in Pakistan 07 Apr 2020 - 10:37 am
Doctors and paramedics scuffle with policemen in the course of a protest during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Quetta on April 6, 2020. / AFP / Banaras KHAN
China posts drop in coronavirus cases, Wuhan lockdown due to end 07 Apr 2020 - 10:00 am
People wearing face masks get off a subway train at a subway station during morning rush hour in Beijing, as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the country, in China April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang