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Thailand to close crowded venues, delay holiday due to virus 16 Mar 2020 - 01:54 pm
This photo taken on March 14, 2020 shows a man busking in a face mask at an unusually-empty night market in Chiang Mai, as the number of visitors to the region has plunged due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. / AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
China tightens quarantines for international arrivals 16 Mar 2020 - 01:35 pm
A worker (front R) wearing a protective suit as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus stands next to passengers (L) at the New China International Exhibition Centre, near Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on March 16, 2020./ AFP / NICOLAS
Pakistani president visits China amid COVID-19 pandemic 16 Mar 2020 - 01:21 pm
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Crowded, poor South Asia sees steady rise in coronavirus cases 16 Mar 2020 - 12:10 pm
A man is checked with a thermal scanner by officers at World Trade Center, after the first case with the coronavirus was detected, in Colombo, Sri Lanka March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Philippines impose home quarantine 'to save ourselves from ourselves' 16 Mar 2020 - 12:03 pm
This aerial photo shows traffic congestion from vehicles waiting to clear checkpoints, part of measures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, before entering Manila on March 16, 2020. AFP / Ron LOPEZ
Virus checkpoint queues stretch kilometres in Manila 16 Mar 2020 - 10:51 am
A girl holds on to her mother as a police officer checks her body temperature at a checkpoint placed amidst the lockdown of the country's capital to contain the spread of coronavirus, in the outskirts of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 15, 2
Philippines detects bird flu outbreak in quail farm 16 Mar 2020 - 10:28 am
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Bank of Japan unveils emergency measures over virus 16 Mar 2020 - 09:22 am
A pedestrian walks in front of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on March 16, 2020. The Bank of Japan on March 16 unveiled a series of emergency monetary policy measures to shore up the world's third-largest economy, as the coronavirus pandemic thre
Philippines' coronavirus death toll rises to 12, cases spike to 140 15 Mar 2020 - 05:42 pm
A police officer checks a jeepney passenger's body temperature at a checkpoint placed amidst the lockdown of the country's capital to contain the spread of coronavirus, in the outskirts of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/El
India proposes regional fund to fight coronavirus as cases exceed 100 15 Mar 2020 - 05:02 pm
Passengers wearing facemasks amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, walk inside the airport in Goa on March 15, 2020. (AFP / Punit PARANJPE)
India duo ready to put Olympic dream ahead of coronavirus concerns 15 Mar 2020 - 03:40 pm
The logo for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is seen in Tokyo on March 15, 2020. AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU
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

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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
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Representational photo. South Africa investigates new reports of sardine deaths along coast
File photo showing the AU logo outside the headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AU condemns armed attacks on UN peacekeepers in South Sudan

Americas

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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