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Dutch king apologises for 'excessive violence' in colonial Indonesia 10 Mar 2020 - 01:25 pm
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 10: The Dutch King Willem-Alexander (L) and Queen Maxima (R) visit the National Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 10, 2020.  ( Anton Raharjo - Anadolu Agency )
WHO: More than 70% of COVID-19 Patients in China Have Recovered 10 Mar 2020 - 01:01 pm
People who have recovered from the COVID-19 coronavirus infection leave Wuchan makeshift hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. / AFP / STR
China to ease travel curbs within locked-down province 10 Mar 2020 - 12:39 pm
A mask-clad passenger looks on from his seat as others (background) alight from their train at the railway station in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020./ AFP / Noel Celis
Italy wakes up to deserted streets in unprecedented coronavirus lockdown 10 Mar 2020 - 12:10 pm
General view of the Rome's Spanish Steps, virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown in an unprecedented clampdown aimed at beating the coronavirus, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Two US lawmakers exposed to virus before meeting Trump 10 Mar 2020 - 11:29 am
US President Donald Trump (C) gestures during a tour of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as US Representative Doug Collins (2L) and US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar (L) look on in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 6, 2020./ AF
8 new coronavirus cases reported in Pakistan 10 Mar 2020 - 11:11 am
A boy wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, rides on a motorbike along with others in Rawalpindi on March 4, 2020.  AFP / Farooq NAEEM
India's celebration of festival of colours muted amid coronavirus fears 10 Mar 2020 - 10:54 am
A reveller smeared in colour powder celebrates the Holi, the spring festival of colours, in Mumbai on March 10, 2020. / AFP / Indranil MUKHERJEE
First passengers leave virus-hit cruise ship at California port 10 Mar 2020 - 10:33 am
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 09: Passengers disembark from the Princess Cruises Grand Princess cruise as it sits docked in the Port of Oakland on March 09, 2020 in Oakland, California.Justin Sullivan/AFP
Passengers sue over coronavirus-hit Grand Princess cruise ship 10 Mar 2020 - 10:19 am
Tents begin to appear as workers tend to passengers disembarkingf from the Grand Princess cruise ship at the Port of Oakland in California on March 09, 2020. The cruise ship carrying thousands of people who were stranded for days due to a coronavirus outb
China's President Xi visits Wuhan as number of new coronavirus cases tumbles 10 Mar 2020 - 09:43 am
A general view shows an empty street in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan on March 10 for his first visit to the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic since the crisis erupted in January
The Philippines has just 2,000 virus testing kits and cases are rising 10 Mar 2020 - 09:14 am
Workers wear hazmat suits as they disinfect and sanitize as a precautionary measure against coronavirus at a public school in the City of San Juan in the Philippines on March 09, 2020. DANTE DIOSINA JR - Anadolu Agency
Singapore charges visitors for coronavirus treatment after imported Indonesian cases 10 Mar 2020 - 09:04 am
Passengers arriving from Batam, Indonesia, pass a temperature screening station at the Singapore Cruise Center, following the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Serie A, all sport in Italy halted because of coronavirus crisis 10 Mar 2020 - 08:51 am
Photographers take pictures of the empty Juventus stadium before the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan which will be played behind closed doors, in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Blockaded Gaza free of coronavirus, but stepping up precautions 09 Mar 2020 - 11:44 pm
A Palestinian worker wearing a mask sanitizes the hands of a customer amid coronavirus precautions, in a supermarket in Gaza City March 8, 2020. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Italians unravel new world of strict virus-control measures 09 Mar 2020 - 11:08 pm
Inter Milan and Juventus players compete in an empty stadium due to the novel coronavirus outbreak during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Inter Milan, at the Juventus stadium in Turin on March 8, 2020. AFP / Vincenzo Pinto
Kuwait schools closed till March 23 09 Mar 2020 - 09:25 pm
Expatriates are seen in line as they need to take a coronavirus clearance certificate, after returning from vacations, following the outbreak of the virus, at a health clinic in Subhan, Kuwait March 9, 2020. Reuters/Stephanie McGehee
Burkina Faso 'vigilante' attacks kill dozens 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
French Army soldiers holds detectors while searching for the presence of Improvised Explosive Devices during the Burkhane Operation in northern Burkina Faso on November 12, 2019. AFP / Michele Cattani
Germany reports first two deaths from coronavirus 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
A Czech police officer, with a protective mask, checks the temperature of a driver during sanitary checks on drivers at the border crossing between Germany and Czech Republic, near the German village of Furth and the Czech village Nova Kubice in a measure