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Thailand virus cases rocket to 600 as crisis fears grow 22 Mar 2020 - 11:45 am
People visit a food court with social distancing markers on the floor at a shopping mall, amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Bangkok on March 20, 2020. / AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Pakistan: Lockdown in major cities, cases jump to 629 22 Mar 2020 - 11:16 am
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Indian athletes join call for Games to be delayed 22 Mar 2020 - 10:24 am
FILE PHOTO : A banner for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics is seen through a traffic signal in Tokyo, Japan, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Army patrols Malaysian streets as coronavirus cases spike 22 Mar 2020 - 10:22 am
A motorcyclist rides past soldiers inside a police station during the control of movement in Kuala Lumpur on March 22, 2020, amid fears over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. / AFP / Mohd RASFAN
India stays home in 'people's curfew' to stem coronavirus 22 Mar 2020 - 09:17 am
A view of deserted road is seen during a one-day Janata (civil) curfew imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on March 22, 2020. / AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Pakistan halts international passenger flights for two weeks 21 Mar 2020 - 04:00 pm
A worker disinfects a passenger train amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at Karachi Cantonment railway station in Karachi on March 20, 2020. / AFP
Coronavirus overshadows spring festival in Afghanistan 20 Mar 2020 - 01:15 pm
Iranians, some wearing protective face masks, shop for traditional items ahead of Nowruz, the national New Year 2-week celebration, at the Tajrish Bazaar in the capital Tehran on March 19, 2020, despite the heavy death toll due to infections by the novel
Mumbai on partial lockdown as India tries to contain virus 20 Mar 2020 - 01:14 pm
A general view shows deserted roads with minimal traffic near the sea front in mumbai on March 19, 2020. / AFP / Punit PARANJPE
Malaysia will deploy army to keep everyone indoors 20 Mar 2020 - 12:14 pm
People line up to pay at a supermarket amid fears of a disruption in supplies after the Malaysia's government announces a restricted movement order imposed on March 18 due to the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, March 17, 2020.
Timeline - India executes four men convicted in 2012 Delhi gang rape, Nirbhaya murder case 20 Mar 2020 - 10:02 am
Asha Devi (C), the mother of a gang-rape victim, reacts after the convicts of her daughter's case were hanged in New Delhi on March 20, 2020. India executed four men on March 20 for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked h
India bars international commercial passenger flights from landing in country for one week 19 Mar 2020 - 03:20 pm
A health worker (R) checks the temperature of a Central Industrial Security Force personnel (L) amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the entrance of the Wings India 2020 international exhibition at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on M
Pakistan confirms first two deaths from coronavirus - minister 19 Mar 2020 - 02:26 pm
A policeman wearing a facemask patrols at the deserted Clifton beach after a public ban imposed by the national authorities amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Karachi on March 18, 2020. / AFP / Asif HASSAN
Australia closes borders to coronavirus, pumps $56 bln into economy 19 Mar 2020 - 10:10 am
An elderly couple sit at a table in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, following an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Sydney, Australia, on March 19, 2020. (Steven Saphore - Anadolu Agency)
Beijing hit by record imported coronavirus cases, no China transmissions 19 Mar 2020 - 08:52 am
Staff in protective suits accompany passengers outside a centralized facility for screening and registration near the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, China, March 17, 2020. RE
IndiGo, Vistara may ground jets as virus cases jump in India 19 Mar 2020 - 08:48 am
Groundsmen stand near the Vistara Boeing 787-9 displayed at the Wings India 2020 international exhibition at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, on March 14, 2020. / AFP / NOAH SEELAM
Fiji city sealed off as first virus case confirmed 19 Mar 2020 - 08:46 am
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New Zealand shuts border to all foreigners to curb spread of coronavirus 19 Mar 2020 - 08:44 am
File photo: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a joint press conference held with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Covid-19: CBSE postpones Class 10, 12 board exams till March 31 18 Mar 2020 - 09:32 pm
Health workers (L and C) wearing facemasks check the body temperature of devotees amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, at the entrance of the Durgiana Temple in Amritsar on March 18, 2020. AFP / Narinder Nanu

Europe

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File photo. Ukrainian President rebuffs calls for wartime polls
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson visit the makeshift memorial outside a school in Fagersta, central Sweden, on August 22, 2026, a day after a 17-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured in a sword attack at the school. Photo by Magnus LEJHALL / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP Sweden remands school attack suspect in custody
This handout photograph taken and released on August 21, 2026 by the Cantonal Police of Graubunden (Kantonspolizei Graubunden) shows a fire that broke out in a building in the small town of Thusis, eastern Switzerland. Photo by HANDOUT / KANTONSPOLIZEI GRAUBÜNDEN / AFP Four bodies found after Swiss apartment block fire: police

Africa

Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslide struck the Dar es Salaam dumpsite overnight in Conakry on August 23, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Death toll rises to 30 in Guinea rubbish dump landslide
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File photo More than 16,000 doses of Ervebo vaccine arrive in Ebola-hit DRC

Americas

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Crney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on August 22, 2026 after trade talks with the US collapsed. Photo by Dave Chan / AFP Canada retaliates as trade war with US escalates
The Presidential limousine is seen near turn 2 prior to the NTT INDYCAR Freedom 250 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Graythen AFP) IndyCars zip among iconic Washington landmarks ahead of Freedom 250
The US and Canadian flags flutter next to the Blue Water Bridge border crossing in Point Edward, Ontario, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) Canadian PM vows "dollar-for-dollar" tariffs against US as trade talks collapse
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