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Global efforts to combat coronavirus continue

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South Korean army soldiers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus on a street in Gyeongan, South Korea, today.
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A woman wearing a face mask exits Bank underground train station in London today. British authorities laid out plans Tuesday to confront a COVID-19 epidemic, saying that the new coronavirus could spread within weeks from a few dozen confirmed cases to millions of infections, with thousands of people in the U.K. at risk of death.
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Workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant inside a plane for New York as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, today.
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In this picture taken with a slow shutter speed, far smaller crowds than usual of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, today.
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Airline passengers wear masks in the terminal area of Orlando International Airport today in Orlando, Fla. Many travellers are wearing masks because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Dr. Deborah Birx, left, the coronavirus response coordinator, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, center, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, walk with Vice President Mike Pence, right, as they walk on Capitol Hill in Washington, today.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, center, stands in front of a recreation vehicle at a potential coronavirus isolation and quarantine site with Nathan Weed, incident commander for the coronavirus response team at Department of Health, today in Centralia, Wash. Eight RVs are located at the site. The state has now reported 39 COVID-19 cases, all in the greater Seattle area, including 10 deaths.
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An airline passengers wears a mask in the terminal area of Orlando International Airport today.
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People walk out of an Amazon Go store today in Seattle. On Tuesday, an Amazon spokesperson said an employee who worked in a building on the company's campus in Seattle had tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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Employees make face masks at a textile workshop in the Gamarra neighborhood of Lima, Peru, today.
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Police officers wear masks at Baghdad Airport, Iraq, today.
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Passengers wear protective masks while waiting for their plane in Baghdad Airport, Iraq, today.
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President Donald Trump with Vice President Mike Pence and White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, speaks during a coronavirus briefing with Airline CEOs in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington today.
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A motorcyclist wears face mask in an effort to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Karachi, Pakistan, today.
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Pedestrians wearing face masks and gloves cross an intersection in northern Tehran, Iran, today.
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A man looks at Raphael's oil on wood panel, Madonna con il Bambino (Virgin with the Child), in Rome, today. The paintings, drawings and sketches in the most ambitious assemblage ever of Raphael works in an exhibition, more than even the Renaissance superstar had in his workshop at one time, are collectively insured for 4 billion euros ($.4 billion), against the likes of theft or vandalism. But no money can guarantee that Italy’s outbreak of coronavirus, the largest in Europe, won’t play havoc with the three-month run in Rome of the art world’s eagerly-awaited blockbuster.
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Electoral officials count ballots cast by Israelis under home quarantine after returning from Coronavirus infected zones in the city of Shoham, Israel, today.
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A security officer stands wearing a mask in Hyderabad, India, today.
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An Indian students wears a self-made mask and listens to a teacher at a government school in Hyderabad, India, today.
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Information regarding the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are displayed on a screen at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, today.
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A woman wearing a face mask waits to board an underground train on the Central Line at Bank station in London, today.
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Medical staff wearing protective suits check documents as they wait for people with suspected symptoms of the new coronavirus, at a testing facility in Seoul, South Korea, today.