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Crowds wearing protective masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, are seen at the Shinagawa station in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg hugs his husband Chasten Buttigieg as he arrives at the podium to announce his withdrawal from the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during an event in South Bend, Indiana. Michael...more
Archie Paray, a gunman and former security guard, surrenders and releases dozens of hostages outside a mall in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
People watch a TV showing a file picture for a news report on North Korea firing two unidentified projectiles, in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Heo Ran
Attendees stand and turn their backs on Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg as he talks about his plans to help the U.S. black community during a commemoration ceremony for the 55th anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' march in the...more
Police detains activists of the youth wing of India's main opposition Congress party during a protest demanding the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah following last week's clashes between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship...more
Migrants cross Meric river as they walk towards the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, near Edirne, Turkey. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
A visitor looks out from a largely empty Marina Bay Skypark Observation Deck as tourism takes a decline due to the coronavirus outbreak in Singapore. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Models present creations by designer Satoshi Kondo as part of his Fall/Winter 2020/21 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Issey Miyake during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
A couple wearing masks to prevent contacting the coronavirus rides on an escalator at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Swans gather on flooded riverside streets, following Storm Jorge, in Worcester, Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville
People take part in a festive activity during celebrations of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Moscow region, Russia. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a laboratory at the Public Health England National Infection Service in Colindale, north London. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Migrants walk towards the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, in Edirne, Turkey. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
Democratic presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren march in the Annual Bloody Sunday March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Migrants from Afghanistan are seen on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias, after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
A man performs a physical exercise on a beach in the city of Limassol, Cyprus. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Supporters of Uruguay's President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou and their horses wait for him to arrive for his swear-in ceremony, in Montevideo, Uruguay. REUTERS/Andres Cuenca Olaondo
A man climbs up a wooden pole to get a prize in front of an Orthodox cathedral during celebrations of Maslenitsa, also known as Pancake Week, which is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter, in Vladivostok, Russia. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev
A woman wails as law enforcement officials move in to disperse a group of immigrants who had occupied a historic church and a square demanding to be moved to another country as they claimed to feel not safe because of xenophobic attacks, in central...more
Kazakh law enforcement officers detain protesters during a rally held by opposition supporters, after anti-government activist has died of heart problems in a police detention center earlier this week, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. REUTERS/Tamara Vaal
Kaia Gerber and other models present creations by designer Clare Waight Keller as part of her Fall/Winter 2020/21 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Givenchy during Paris Fashion Week. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden attends a commemoration ceremony for the 55th anniversary of the 'Bloody Sunday' march at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
A hooded migrant who, along with other migrants wants to cross into Greece from Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing, prepares to throw a stone at a Greek riot police officer, in Kastanies, Greece. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have their pictures taken before a campaign rally in San Jose, California. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
Migrants walk towards the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, near Edirne, Turkey. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir
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