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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
Pic: Twitter / Pratheesh G Nair
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
Trump says working on a very big trade deal with India, but will take time 19 Feb 2020 - 04:34 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters prior to boarding Air Force One as he departs Washington for campaign travel to California from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Pakistan probes link between soybean dust and deaths in port city of Karachi 19 Feb 2020 - 02:10 pm
Security personnel (C) and hospital staff wearing facemasks stand outside an hospital entrance in Karachi on February 17, 2020, after a gas leak killed five people and sickened dozens of others in a coastal residential area in Pakistan's port city of Kar
Passengers leave Japan virus ship as China toll tops 2,000 19 Feb 2020 - 01:45 pm
This photo taken on February 18, 2020 shows 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. / AFP / STR
Last passengers leave cruise ship in Cambodia after virus clearance 19 Feb 2020 - 10:21 am
Passengers onboard MS Westerdam, a cruise ship that spent two weeks at sea after being turned away by five countries over fears that someone aboard might have the coronavirus, are seen in Sihanoukville, Cambodia February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/Fil
Superfan prays to Trump idol ahead of US President's India visit 19 Feb 2020 - 10:03 am
Bussa Krishna, a fan of U.S. President Donald Trump, offers prayers to a statue of Trump at his house in Konney village in the southern state of Telangana, India, February 14, 2020. Picture taken February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Vinod Babu
Trump says working on a very big trade deal with India, but will take time 19 Feb 2020 - 09:14 am
People ride their motorbikes past a hoarding with the images of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump ahead of Trump's visit, in Ahmedabad, India, February 18, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Europe

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Peninsula Archaeologists find 2,200-year-old ring depicting Arsinoe III
Files: People sit along the canal Saint-Martin in Paris on May 17, 2022. Photo by Christophe Archambault / AFP Dead body found in Paris canal popular with bathers: police

Africa

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
(FILES) An aerial image shows a general view of Gao, in Mali, on November 26, 2019. (Photo by Souleymane AG ANARA / AFP) Mali hit by new coordinated attacks, including prison
A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola virus disease at the Ebola Treatment Center of the Center Médical Évangélique (CME), in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) DRC Ebola claims 452 lives, says WHO

Americas

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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The new Air Force One escorted by US Air Force F-22 Raptors flies over the National Mall during the Main Washington July Fourth event evacuated over storm threat: AFP

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