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Facing shortages, India bets on China for swift ramp-up of protective health gear: sources 31 Mar 2020 - 08:57 pm
Traffic policemen wearing coronavirus-themed helmets in a campaign to educate the public during lockdown against the COVID-19 in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. AFP / Manjunath Kiran
Myanmar journalist faces life sentence over interview 31 Mar 2020 - 04:41 pm
Voice of Myanmar (VOM) editor-in-chief Nay Myo Lin (C) sits in a vehicle as he is escorted from his home by the police to court in Mandalay on March 31, 2020. / AFP / Zaw Zaw
India manhunt after Islamic gathering becomes virus hotspot 31 Mar 2020 - 03:59 pm
Men wearing a protective facemasks walk to board a special service bus taking them to a quarantine facility amid concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi on March 31, 2020. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
Pakistan's coronavirus tally soars past 1,800 31 Mar 2020 - 02:17 pm
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant on a street at a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on March 29, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
China to focus on Asymptomatic coronavirus cases as public fears grow 31 Mar 2020 - 12:49 pm
Students sit in a classroom as grade three students in middle school and high school return after the term opening was delayed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Huaian in China's eastern Jiangsu province on March 30, 2020. / AFP / STR
Malaysia calls on women to 'stop nagging, use makeup' in coronavirus advice 31 Mar 2020 - 11:16 am
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Indian doctors fight coronavirus with raincoats, helmets amid lack of equipment 31 Mar 2020 - 10:57 am
A doctor wearing a torn raincoat stands at the major coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facility amid concerns about the spread of the disease in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2020. Picture taken March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
S.Korea puts off school opening again, will turn to online 31 Mar 2020 - 10:06 am
A student wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus walks past a professor of Pusan National University Park Hyun who used to be a coronavirus patient as he have an interview with Reuters at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, Mar
Cherry blossoms, empty stores in virus-hit Japan 31 Mar 2020 - 09:36 am
People wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen among blooming cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Nineteen killed in massive China forest fire 31 Mar 2020 - 08:40 am
Firefighters battle a forest blaze in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province early on March 31, 2020. / AFP / STR
Woman convicted in Thai knife attack held in girl's death 30 Mar 2020 - 07:42 pm
A passenger sits in a commuter train in Bangkok on March 26, 2020, amid decreased passengers numbers due to fears over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. AFP / Mladen Antonov
Philippines grounds company's aircraft after deadly fire 30 Mar 2020 - 05:14 pm
Debris of the crashed plane are seen at Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 29, 2020. Manila International Airport Authority Media Affairs Division/Handout via REUTERS
Fear on front lines as hospital staff face threats, stigma over coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 02:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rickshaws block a street from outsiders to protect a neighborhood from the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak 30 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on March 28, 2020, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) greets Chinese doctors upon their arrival at the Islamabad International airport in
Philippines reports seven coronavirus deaths, 128 more infections 30 Mar 2020 - 11:27 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask on his neck walks past closed shops in an empty street following the lockdown in the Philippine capital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTER
India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle 30 Mar 2020 - 10:08 am
A deserted street and closed shops are pictured during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Amritsar on March 29, 2020. / AFP / Narinder NANU
Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 09:16 am
A man wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past in front of a huge screen reporting death of Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with the new coronavir
Ardern's online messages keep spirits up in New Zealand's coronavirus lockdown 30 Mar 2020 - 08:46 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference one day before the country goes on lockdown to stop any progress of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Parliament in Wellington on March 24, 2020. / AFP / Marty MELVILLE

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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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