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Eyeing lockdown exit, Singapore to test all nursing homes 08 May 2020 - 02:48 pm
Tape is used to mark off spaces for social distancing at a seating area, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, along the promenade at Marina Bay in Singapore on May 4, 2020. / AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Indian train kills 16 workers laid-off in coronavirus lockdown 08 May 2020 - 02:11 pm
A migrant worker, who was stranded in the western state of Gujarat due to a lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), looks out from a window of a train that will take him to his home state of Uttar Pr
Warship evacuates stranded Indians from Maldives 08 May 2020 - 02:01 pm
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Indonesia eases coronavirus travel ban despite fears it's too early 08 May 2020 - 01:55 pm
A general view of high-rise buildings is pictured during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
China says it supports WHO-led review of global pandemic response 08 May 2020 - 01:16 pm
People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus walk on a street in Beijing on May 4, 2020. / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
Afghan health minister tests positive for virus 08 May 2020 - 01:08 pm
An Afghan man wearing a protective face mask walks past a painted wall during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kabul, Afghanistan May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
China's new spacecraft returns to Earth: official 08 May 2020 - 12:54 pm
:(FILES) This file photo taken on May 5, 2020 shows a Long March 5B rocket lifting off from the Wenchang launch site on China's southern Hainan island. China's new prototype spacecraft
Australia annoyed as U.S. pushes Wuhan lab COVID-19 theory 08 May 2020 - 11:53 am
A woman walks past a street art in Sydney on May 8, 2020. Australia's government unveiled a three-stage plan to get the economy back to a new
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday, despite rising COVID-19 curve 07 May 2020 - 02:23 pm
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'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
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
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
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
Coronavirus spreads among Indian police enforcing world's largest lockdown 06 May 2020 - 04:11 pm
Police officers march on a street in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, after the extension of the lockdown in Maharashtra state, to control the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/Fil

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A woman wears eclipse glasses in Almelo, eastern Netherlands on August 11, 2026 on the eve of a partial solar eclipse. Photo by Vincent Jannink / ANP / AFP Solar eclipse sparks scramble for protective glasses across Europe
Jellyfish lay on the shore near the Gravelines nuclear power plant in Gravelines, northern France on August 12, 2025. Photo by Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant
(FILES) This aerial photograph shows water-stressed trees affected by prolonged drought and heatwave above Concise, western Switzerland, on August 4, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) France and Switzerland had record drought in July

Africa

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Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time

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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
This aerial view shows rescuers searching 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 earthquake death toll rises to at least 218
This aerial view shows a collapsed building after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia on August 10, 2026. Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132

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