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Nearly 10,000 inmates freed as virus hits Philippine jails 02 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
A worker in a protective suit, used due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, waits outside the crematorium facility as the cremation process takes some two hours in Manila on April 29, 2020.  AFP / Maria TAN
Hindu woman observes Ramadan in India 02 May 2020 - 12:25 pm
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Russia's daily coronavirus case tally hits new high 02 May 2020 - 11:30 am
A municipal worker wearing a protective suit disinfects an office building in Moscow, on May 1, 2020 during a partial lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Vasily MAXIMOV
Six Canadian soldiers killed in NATO helicopter crash 02 May 2020 - 11:25 am
FILE PHOTO: Air detachment members aboard HMCS Fredericton attach a fueling hose on the hoist cable of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter during Operation Reassurance at sea February 15, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. Picture taken February 15
Weary Moroccan medics fight virus, nightmares and tears 02 May 2020 - 11:17 am
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India extends nationwide lockdown for two weeks from May 4 02 May 2020 - 11:08 am
Railway Protection Force personnel stand at a platform as a special train carrying migrant labourers from Nasik arrives during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Misrod railway station in
70,000 evacuated in Uzbekistan after dam wall collapses 02 May 2020 - 10:59 am
An aerial view of submerged Sirdarya Region, Uzbekistan is seen after a dam wall collapsed following heavy rain on May 02, 2020.
Germany Reports Fewest New Coronavirus Cases in Four Days 02 May 2020 - 10:54 am
People ride bikes at nearly empty Brandenburg Gate and its surroundings in Berlin, Germany on May 01, 2020.  Abdulhamid Ho?ba? - Anadolu
Misery of Italy's migrants grows not from virus but lockdown 02 May 2020 - 10:47 am
This aerial photograph taken on May 1, 2020 shows the empty streets and the Colosseum in Rome during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19. / AFP / Filippo MONTEFORTE
South Africa seeking new carrier from ashes of state airline 02 May 2020 - 10:35 am
FILE PHOTO: A South African Airways (SAA) plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumors 02 May 2020 - 10:32 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the completion of a fertiliser plant, together with his younger sister Kim Yo Jong, in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 20
New York to keep schools closed for remainder of academic year 02 May 2020 - 10:27 am
In this aerial image from a drone, unused school buses populate the First Student Bus Company parking lot on May 2, 2020 in Hicksville, New York. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announce yesterday that state schools will remain closed for this academ
Singapore to ease restrictions on some businesses, schools 02 May 2020 - 10:12 am
A man wearing a face mask walks past blank screen at the departure hall at Singapore Changi Airport's terminal 2, which is set to suspend operations for 18 months from May 1, 2020, as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic impacts the aviation sector, in Singa
WHO says virus 'natural in origin' 02 May 2020 - 09:55 am
A sculpture in the likeness of a coronavirus particle is seen outside a property that borders a road leading to St. Michaels, Maryland, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the U.S., April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Katharine Jackson
US FDA authorizes emergency use of Gilead's COVID-19 drug remdesivir 02 May 2020 - 09:55 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 8, 2020, one vial of the drug Remdesivir lies during a press conference. AFP / POOL / Ulrich Perrey
Malaysia to ease virus curbs as outbreak slows 01 May 2020 - 03:23 pm
Petronas Twin Towers are seen illuminated in blue as part of the
Spain confirms pandemic slowdown with 281 new deaths 01 May 2020 - 03:17 pm
Health workers wearing protective face masks react after last patients were discharged from a temporary hospital set up at IFEMA fairgrounds, before it's closure, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Sergi
Canada's coronavirus curve flattens but worrying trends emerge - top medical officer 01 May 2020 - 03:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: A memorial for Const. Heidi Stevenson is seen outside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Headquarters, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada April 20, 2020. REUTERS/John Morris/File Photo