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Photos of the week: Coronavirus continues to spread and Olympic flame lighting ceremony

Updated On Mar 14, 2020 08:08 PM IST

The coronavirus has spread rapidly across the world. More than 1,28,000 people have been infected and the Olympic flame for the 2020 Tokyo Games was lit in ancient Olympia amid an unprecedented health lockdown as Greece registered its first death from coronavirus.

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A man wearing a protective face mask is seen following an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. The coronavirus has killed more than 3,000 people in mainland China. It had also stalled the world’s second-largest economy as, beginning in January, authorities ordered work stoppages, travel restrictions and home quarantines. (Aly Song / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 14, 2020 08:08 PM IST

A man wearing a protective face mask is seen following an outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China. The coronavirus has killed more than 3,000 people in mainland China. It had also stalled the world’s second-largest economy as, beginning in January, authorities ordered work stoppages, travel restrictions and home quarantines. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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Tricia LaVoice from Kirkland, Washington, decorates trees with ribbons outside the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. (Karen Ducey / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Tricia LaVoice from Kirkland, Washington, decorates trees with ribbons outside the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. (Karen Ducey / REUTERS)

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Demonstrators clash with security forces during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile. (Pablo Sanhueza / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Demonstrators clash with security forces during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile. (Pablo Sanhueza / REUTERS)

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A hundred members of the conservative activist group called Manif pour Tous ("Protest for Everyone") dressed as Marianne, French Republic's allegory, stage a protest against assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy in front of the National Assembly, French Parliament lower house, in Paris on International Women's Day. (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A hundred members of the conservative activist group called Manif pour Tous ("Protest for Everyone") dressed as Marianne, French Republic's allegory, stage a protest against assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy in front of the National Assembly, French Parliament lower house, in Paris on International Women's Day. (Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un observes an artillery fire competition between the artillery units under the Korean People's Army Corps 7 and Corps 9 at a training ground in North Korea. (REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un observes an artillery fire competition between the artillery units under the Korean People's Army Corps 7 and Corps 9 at a training ground in North Korea. (REUTERS)

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An installation titled "Umbrella Sky Project" created by Portuguese artist Patricia Cunha and composed with pink umbrellas is pictured in Paris, France. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An installation titled "Umbrella Sky Project" created by Portuguese artist Patricia Cunha and composed with pink umbrellas is pictured in Paris, France. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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A man prays toward the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, to mark the nine-year anniversary of the disaster. The March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi plant, 220 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A man prays toward the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, to mark the nine-year anniversary of the disaster. The March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl at Tokyo Electric Power Co’s Fukushima Daiichi plant, 220 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of Tokyo. (Kyodo / REUTERS)

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Slum dwellers search for their household items after a fire broke out in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Slum dwellers search for their household items after a fire broke out in a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain / REUTERS)

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The rising full moon crosses behind the Statue of Liberty, on Monday evening in New York City. (J. David Ake / AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The rising full moon crosses behind the Statue of Liberty, on Monday evening in New York City. (J. David Ake / AP)

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Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the flame during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Greece. (Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the flame during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics in Greece. (Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS)

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Stock trader Thomas Lee works at the New York Stock Exchange. Shares rose in Paris and London but fell 6.1% in Japan following Wall Street’s and Europe’s biggest drop since the 1987 Black Monday crash. (Mark Lennihan / AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Stock trader Thomas Lee works at the New York Stock Exchange. Shares rose in Paris and London but fell 6.1% in Japan following Wall Street’s and Europe’s biggest drop since the 1987 Black Monday crash. (Mark Lennihan / AP)

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A soldier of the Malian army patrols the archaeological site of the Tomb of Askia in Gao. The site, which was protected during the 10 months of jihadist occupation in 2012, represents one of the finest examples of Sudano-Sahelian architecture in the Sahel region. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Mar 14, 2020 08:08 PM IST

A soldier of the Malian army patrols the archaeological site of the Tomb of Askia in Gao. The site, which was protected during the 10 months of jihadist occupation in 2012, represents one of the finest examples of Sudano-Sahelian architecture in the Sahel region. (AFP)

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An aerial view of the town of Afis, which has sustained widespread destruction due to heavy fighting and air-strikes by pro-Syrian regime forces, in the northwestern Idlib province. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An aerial view of the town of Afis, which has sustained widespread destruction due to heavy fighting and air-strikes by pro-Syrian regime forces, in the northwestern Idlib province. (Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

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A view of the scene of a railroad collision in the Egyptian capital Cairo, where a train crashed into another which was stationary. Over a dozen were injured when two passenger trains collided , the health ministry said, triggering a suspension in nationwide rail services. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A view of the scene of a railroad collision in the Egyptian capital Cairo, where a train crashed into another which was stationary. Over a dozen were injured when two passenger trains collided , the health ministry said, triggering a suspension in nationwide rail services. (AFP)

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A Brazilian indigenous man and a policeman exchange a glance during a protest demanding the demarcation of indigenous lands, in Brasilia, Brazil. (Sergio LIMA / AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Brazilian indigenous man and a policeman exchange a glance during a protest demanding the demarcation of indigenous lands, in Brasilia, Brazil. (Sergio LIMA / AFP)

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