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Australia to keep coronavirus restrictions for 4 more weeks despite success 16 Apr 2020 - 10:23 am
A food delivery courier makes her way down an empty area of central Sydney on April 15, 2020. / AFP / Saeed KHAN
Lockdowns should be lifted in 2-week stages to stem COVID-19 spread - WHO 15 Apr 2020 - 12:17 pm
A soldier and a police officer stand guard at an entrance of the red zone under enhanced lockdown, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
China reports fewer coronavirus cases but infections from Russia a worry 15 Apr 2020 - 12:02 pm
:This photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows a staff member walking past graffiti encouraging people to defeat the COVID-19 coronavirus after all patients left Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. / AFP / STR
Lovelorn Aussie is first jailed for breaking virus quarantine 15 Apr 2020 - 10:44 am
Cyclists (C) make their way through streets made empty by the lockdown restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in central Sydney on April 15, 2020. / AFP / Saeed KHAN
India, Pakistan seek to lift some curbs to help millions hit by coronavirus lockdowns 15 Apr 2020 - 10:37 am
A balloon vendor (R) wearing a facemask waits for customers alongside a street during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on April 9, 2020./ AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Japan's homeless 'net cafe refugees' seek shelter amid virus woe 15 Apr 2020 - 10:23 am
Katsuya Asao, 54, prepares to rest at a shelter provided by Kanagawa prefecture for the people who can’t afford to rent an apartment and used to stay at designated internet cafes, which are closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak state of emergenc
Japan firm offers spouses apartments to avoid 'coronavirus divorce' 15 Apr 2020 - 10:04 am
Staff members of the Tokyo metropolitan government wearing face masks hold signs as they call for people to stay home after the government announced the state of emergency for the capital and some prefectures following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) o
Vietnam introduces 'fake news' fines for coronavirus misinformation 15 Apr 2020 - 10:00 am
A man uses a smartphone as he walks past a poster warning against spreading 'fake news' on the coronavirus in Hanoi, Vietnam April 14, 2020. Picture taken April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
U.S. Forces Japan extends health emergency to all bases in Japan 15 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
A man wearing a face mask walks with his umbrella in Roppongi district of Tokyo on April 9, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
China approves inactivated coronavirus vaccines for clinical trials 14 Apr 2020 - 03:50 pm
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India extends ban on domestic and international flights 14 Apr 2020 - 12:54 pm
:British nationals queue up outside a departures terminal before boarding a special British Airways flight during Indian government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Inter
China tightens Russia border checks, approves coronavirus vaccine trials 14 Apr 2020 - 12:50 pm
TOPSHOT - A man wearing a face mask walks in front of a mural at the Leishenshan Hospital that had offered beds for coronavirus patients in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on April 11, 2020. / AFP / Noel Celis
Renault shifts to all-electric cars for China 14 Apr 2020 - 11:23 am
FILE PHOTO: An employee works at a Renault assembly plant in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, February 1, 2016. REUTERS/Darley Shen/File Photo
Taiwan reports no new coronavirus cases for first time in a month 14 Apr 2020 - 10:46 am
Commuters wear face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread during morning rush hour traffic in TAIPEI, Taiwan April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
COVID-19: New Zealand extends state of emergency 14 Apr 2020 - 10:22 am
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India extends world's biggest virus lockdown 14 Apr 2020 - 10:12 am
People move past graffiti on a road depicting the coronavirus as an attempt to raise awareness about the importance of staying at home during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chennai, India, Apri
Philippines ramps up coronavirus testing to find thousands of unknown infections 14 Apr 2020 - 10:06 am
Workers walk inside World Trade Center Metro Manila, an exhibition center temporarily turned into a quarantine facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Manila, Philippines, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Pakistan extends border closure for 2 weeks 13 Apr 2020 - 04:56 pm
Policemen stand guard after cordoning an area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Karachi on April 12, 2020. / AFP / Rizwan TABASSUM

Europe

A resident watches from her window migrants waiting on the sidewalk before being registered in Loma Colmenar district of Ceuta on August 31, 2026. Photo by Antonio Sempere / AFP Italy extends Schengen ban for Spain for 15 days
This screen grab image taken from UGC handout video courtesy of DHA on August 30, 2026, shows passengers waiting to be rescued at sea following the sinking of the ferry they were traveling on after it left the port of Kyrenia in the north of Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP Rescuers hunt for missing after deadly N.Cyprus ferry accident
A Turkish vessels patrols during search and rescue operations following a ferry capsizing off the port of Kyrenia in the north of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus on August 30, 2026. Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP Capsized ferry off Northern Cyprus has 'completely sunk': official
Peninsula 'Some fatalities' in ferry capsize off Northern Cyprus

Africa

Stranded passengers sit on the pavement as they wait with their luggage by the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after staff from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) airport workers' go-slow strike action continued into its second day, in Nairobi, on August 31, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya airport staff end strike
File photo Passengers stranded overnight by Kenya airport strike
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Representational photo. South Africa investigates new reports of sardine deaths along coast

Americas

Aerial view shows anchovy fishing boats anchored off the coast in front of the Constitutional Province of Callao, Peru on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Ernesto BENAVIDES / AFP) El Nino hammering Peru anchovy fishing: industry officials
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Duane Davis enters the courtroom before closing arguments in his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 31, 2026.. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur
This handout image released by the Grand Canyon National Park Service via X (formerly Twitter) on August 30, 2026 shows remnants of stone bridge pylons along Bright Angel Creek following a flash flood that destroyed the footbridge on August 29. (Photo by J.THOMPSON and Handout / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / AFP) Grand Canyon flash flood leaves one dead, around 15 missing

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