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Philippines closes off capital to fight virus 15 Mar 2020 - 01:03 pm
Soldiers stand guard as they wait inside the military headquarters to be deployed in major thoroughfares, in Manila on March 14, 2020. / AFP / Ted ALJIBE
S.Korea reports 76 new coronavirus cases; airport checks widened 15 Mar 2020 - 12:38 pm
Passengers wear protective face masks to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19, outside the Toncontin International Airport, in Tegucigalpa, on March 14, 2020. Honduran government has prohibited citizens from Europe, China, Iran, and South K
Indonesia president to take coronavirus test as cases top 100 15 Mar 2020 - 12:00 pm
TANGERANG, INDONESIA - MARCH 13: Indonesian President Joko Widodo checks precautions against the coronavirus (Covid-19) at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia on March 13, 2020. Indonesia has confirmed four deaths and 69 positive cases of Coron
First reporter in the Western world to spot the coronavirus crisis was a blogger in Florida 15 Mar 2020 - 11:58 am
A medical worker takes a swab from a previously recovered COVID-19 coronavirus patient during testing at a hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on March 14, 2020. China / AFP / STR
India's coronavirus cases at 107 as Modi plans regional response 15 Mar 2020 - 11:40 am
A commuter (C) wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus uses his phone while travelling on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro, in New Delhi on March 12, 2020. / AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
Passengers held on cruise ship in New Zealand over virus fears 15 Mar 2020 - 10:30 am
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Taiwan reports six new coronavirus cases in largest single-day rise, all imported 15 Mar 2020 - 09:52 am
Mask-clad local residents wait in front of a poster showing New Taipei City mayor Hou You-yi during a drill organised by the New Taipei City government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Xindian district on March 14, 2020. /AFP / Sam Ye
Australia to impose 14-day self-isolation for all international arrivals 15 Mar 2020 - 09:12 am
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 14: People wear face masks as a preventative measure against Coronavirus COVID-19 in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia on March 14, 2020. ( Steven Saphore - Anadolu Agency )
As world grapples with pandemic, Tokyo 2020's Twitter account puts on a happy face 14 Mar 2020 - 01:24 pm
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Philippine capital to undergo curfew, mall closures as coronavirus deaths rise to eight 14 Mar 2020 - 10:36 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
In China's coronavirus epicentre, just five new cases 13 Mar 2020 - 12:50 pm
Patients who have been cured of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged from hospitals exercise at a quarantine center in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 12, 2020. China Daily via REU
Diplomat from Philippines first known coronavirus case at U.N. in New York 13 Mar 2020 - 11:08 am
SAN JUAN, PHILIPPINES - MARCH 09: Workers wears hazmat suits as they disinfect and sanitize as precautionary measure against coronavirus at a public school in the City of San Juan in Philippines on March 09, 2020 ( DANTE DIOSINA JR - Anadolu Agency )
S.Korea reports more recoveries than coronavirus cases for the first time 13 Mar 2020 - 10:38 am
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a subway station in Seoul on March 13, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Australia's home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirus 13 Mar 2020 - 10:03 am
This general view shows part of the exterior of the Gold Coast University Hospital where the US actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were admitted for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Gold Coast on March 13, 2020 / AFP / Patrick HAMILTON
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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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz walks past German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (front L) and German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas prior to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on July 6, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) German government approves 2027 budget, increases spending and borrowing
(FILES) Jewelery created by French glass maker Rene Lalique are seen at the Lalique museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, eastern France on June 23, 2011. The Lalique Glass Museum in Alsace announced on July 5, 2026, that it had been burgled, with the thief or thieves making off with jewellery worth Jewellery worth 4.5 million euros stolen from France's Lalique Museum
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Africa

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File photo for representational purposes only. Uganda says Ebola outbreak contained, seeks lifting of travel restrictions
Protesters march during a demonstration against illegal immigration in Durban, South Africa, June 30, 2026. (Photo by Mbuthi Msweli/Xinhua) South Africa accelerates migration enforcement with new courts, repatriation measures amid tensions

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High waves crash against the coastline at a beach as the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi approaches in Guam on July 5, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) 'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands
High waves crash against the coastline at a beach as the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi approaches in Guam on July 5, 2026.(Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) 'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands

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