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Indonesia virus death toll rises to highest in Asia outside China 02 Apr 2020 - 01:48 pm
A customer wearing protective face mask makes his transaction through a plastic barrier as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Coronavirus death toll moves up to 31 in Pakistan 02 Apr 2020 - 12:44 pm
Residents wearing facemasks walk through a disinfecting tunnel at a vegetable and fruit market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on April 1, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Taiwan plans to donate 10 million face masks 02 Apr 2020 - 12:35 pm
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Indian farmers feed strawberries to cattle as lockdown hits transport 02 Apr 2020 - 12:16 pm
Anil Salunkhe, a farmer, feeds strawberries to his cow during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Darewadi village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. Reuters/R
Toaster-sized ventilator from India helps hospitals in virus fight 02 Apr 2020 - 11:36 am
In this photo taken on March 25, 2020, AgVa Healthcare employee Vaibhav Gupta demonstrates using a ventilator at the research and development (R&D) centre in Noida in Uttar Pradesh state. AFP / Prakash Singh
Pakistan court commutes death sentence of key accused in Pearl killing, acquits three 02 Apr 2020 - 11:30 am
Khawja Naveed, defence lawyer of Omar Sheikh, who was convicted to death sentence over the killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl, speaks to media representatives after a court verdict in Karachi on April 2, 2020. AFP / Asif Hassan
Two masks, no lockdown: Japan PM's latest coronavirus move riles social media 02 Apr 2020 - 10:48 am
File photo: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, wearing a protective face mask, gestures next to Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso during an upper house parliamentary session, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tokyo, Japan Apr
WHO expects Malaysia's coronavirus cases to peak in mid-April 02 Apr 2020 - 09:37 am
Workers wearing protective suits pray before a disinfection operation, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Chinese county back under lockdown after coronavirus cases re-emerge 02 Apr 2020 - 09:27 am
Delivery men wwearing a wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus wait for mobile orders along a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on April 1, 2020. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Australia begins pre-clinical testing for coronavirus vaccine 02 Apr 2020 - 09:07 am
People walk by an area of the city following the implementation of stricter social-distancing and self-isolation rules to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Pakistan seals northern region with no COVID-19 case 01 Apr 2020 - 06:16 pm
Pakistani youth play cricket on a field during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown against the COVID-19 coronavirus on the outskirts of Islamabad on April 1, 2020. / AFP / Farooq NAEEM
Indonesia set to open emergency coronavirus hospital on uninhabited island 01 Apr 2020 - 01:07 pm
An aerial view of the works in progress of an emergency hospital at a Galang Island to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Batam Antara Foto/Bobby via REUTERS
Over 100 countries ask South Korea for coronavirus testing help: Official 01 Apr 2020 - 01:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective gear prepares to take samples from a visitor at a 'drive-thru' testing center for the novel coronavirus disease of COVID-19 in Yeungnam University Medical Center in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTER
Pandemic pranks off the table on April Fools' Day 01 Apr 2020 - 11:57 am
An adult helps to put a face mask on a child's face for protection due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Taipei, Taiwan, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Ann Wang
Postcards from Wuhan: residents tell the world to stay strong, stay indoors 01 Apr 2020 - 11:43 am
A picture taken on March 31, 2020 shows a general view of the Yangtze River and buildings in the city in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. AFP / Hector Retamal
Bondi Beach virus testing targets backpackers 01 Apr 2020 - 11:27 am
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Chinese scientists seeking potential COVID-19 treatment find "effective" antibodies 01 Apr 2020 - 11:22 am
People wearing face masks ride bicycles on a street following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China reports 130 asymptomatic cases of Coronavirus in one day 01 Apr 2020 - 08:59 am
People eat their breakfast near a closed store and a barricade in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

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representational file photo UK faces record wildfires amid severe heatwave

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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence
Medical worker performing disinfection before burying deceased person infected with Ebola in DR Congo. Xinhua file photo. Ebola killing a victim every 30 minutes in DR Congo: UN
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows residents inspecting a drone-attacked mosque in Al-Droshab, north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on Aug. 12, 2026. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua) Violence in Sudan continues to imperil civilians: UN

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A resident looks at a young green sea turtle as ocean waters started to raise due to the approach of Tropical Storm Lala at Reed's Bay in Hilo, Hawaii on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jill K. Briggs / AFP) Hurricane poised to hit Hawaii as El Nino stirs Pacific
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