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    Good photos , Wills and Ginger , great . New topic?. 555

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    old news
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    News you idiot.
    defiling this once great thread.

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    the fine art of diplomacy is ignored by the drumpf

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    is Melania about to slip Trudeau some tongue?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cujo View Post
    is Melania about to slip Trudeau some tongue?
    Trump will be declaring war on Canada when he sees that.

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    ^Also not so bad choice...


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    This is the chilling moment soprano Ayleen Jovita Romero defies the silence curfew, imposed under martial law by the government of Sebastián Piņera in Chile and sings the song “El derecho de vivir en paz”, (The right to live in peace) by Victor Jara.
    Such is the silence because of the martial law, that her voice echoes through the buildings, while people from their windows and balconies are “holding their breath” to the words of her song, until the moment she hits the final note and a wave of applause by dozens of people fills the night and space of a neighborhood under police siege.



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    The culprit behind a mysterious disappearance of poppies from an Australian war memorial has been unmasked as a broody bird. Staff at the tomb of the unknown soldier in the capital Canberra had been left scratching their heads when they began noticing the poppies disappear in early October. But it turns out the thief was in fact a pigeon, who had built a colourful home near a stained glass window at the Australian War Memorial. A maintenance worker reportedly clocked the carefully crafted nest in the Hall of Memory in late October.



    Blind 104-year-old World War Two veteran Ron Freer from Kent was the oldest parading at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday this year 2019




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    A selection of the best photographs taken by news agency photographers around the world this year.
    Image copyrightMARK EVANS / GETTY IMAGESImage captionA farmer feeds his sheep in Louth, Australia, in February. Large parts of eastern Australia endured severe drought for months, crippling farming communities.Image copyrightDANISH SIDDIQUI / REUTERSImage captionDevotees throw turmeric powder as an offering to the shepherd god Khandoba as others carry a palanquin during Somvati Amavasya, at a temple in Jejuri, India, in February.Image copyrightYASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFPImage captionEnia Joaquin Luis, 11, wakes up beside her sister Luisa, six, under plastic sheets protecting them from rain, at a shelter in Buzi. Cyclone Idai struck the coast of Mozambique on 14 March, causing devastation and heavy loss of life. The UN said 1.7 million people in the country lived in the path of the cyclone, with a further 920,000 people affected in Malawi and many thousands more in Zimbabwe.Image copyrightHAGEN HOPKINS / GETTY IMAGESImage captionNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs a woman at the Kilbirnie Mosque, in Wellington, following mass shooting attacks in Christchurch. Fifty people died on 15 March when a white supremacist attacked two mosques while livestreaming on Facebook.Image copyrightMICAH GAREN / GETTY IMAGESImage captionKurdish families celebrate Nowruz, in the mountainous area around on Akre in Iraq. The festival, in March, marks the Persian New Year as well as the vernal equinox and is celebrated by diverse communities across western and central Asia.Image copyrightBEHROUZ MEHRI / AFPImage captionFormer Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn is escorted out of the Tokyo Detention House in April following his release on bail for multiple charges of financial misconduct. Ghosn's lawyers have accused the Japanese government of conspiring against him, along with prosecutors and Nissan executives.Image copyrightDREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGESImage captionJesus Tavarez and Juan De La O kiss on steps covered in rainbow colours for Pride Month at Franklin D Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, in June. Hundreds of thousands of people attended this year's World Pride in New York City. A march on 30 March, one of the largest LGBT celebrations, took place 50 years after the Stonewall riots in the city, which helped energise the fight for gay equality.Image copyrightGEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFPImage captionThe spire of Notre-Dame de Paris collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames, on 15 April. The main structure - including the two bell towers - was saved as firefighters worked through the night. President Emmanuel Macron set a five-year deadline for completing the restoration.Image copyrightCARL COURT / GETTY IMAGESImage captionCoffins are carried to a grave during a mass funeral at St Sebastian's Church on 23 April in Negombo, Sri Lanka. A wave of bombings targeting churches and hotels left more than 250 people dead and many more injured. The bombers struck on Easter Sunday in the cities of Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa.Image copyrightCOURTESY LANA H HAROUNImage captionStudent Alaa Salah, 22, was nicknamed The Nubian Queen after a video of her leading chants against former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir went viral in April.Image copyrightKEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERSImage captionPresident Trump met the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, at the demarcation line between North and South Korea on 30 June. The two men shook hands, with Mr Kim saying he had never expected to meet the president at this place. Mr Trump then crossed over into North Korea, the first US President to do so.Image copyrightDIANA SANCHEZ / AFPImage captionThe 10th annual tomato-fight festival, Tomatina, took place in Sutamarchan, Colombia, in June, to mark the end of the tomato harvest.Image copyrightCHRISTOPHER FURLONG / GETTY IMAGESImage captionMilitary re-enactors look on as 280 paratroops take part in a parachute drop on to fields at Sannerville, France. Veterans, families, visitors and military personnel gathered on 6 June to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory in Europe 11 months later.Image copyrightJIM LO SCALZO / EPAImage captionThe US House of Representatives voted to condemn President Donald Trump after, in a series of tweets in July, he said congresswomen Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" and should "go back".Image copyrightPHILIPPE WOJAZER / REUTERSImage captionSwedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and Ivy-Fleur Boileau, Virgile Mouquet, Adelaide Charlier and Alicia Arquetoux, from the Youth for Climate movement, attend the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, in July. Ms Thunberg later became Time magazine's youngest Person of the Year.Image copyrightISAAC LAWRENCE / AFPImage captionPro-democracy protesters react as police fire water cannon in Hong Kong in September. The protests started in June over a controversial extradition bill but evolved into broader anti-government demonstrations that have gripped the territory for more than six months.Image copyrightPAULA BRONSTEIN / GETTY IMAGESImage captionAfghans listen to speeches during the final campaign rally for presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Bamiyan. Low turnout was widely reported during Afghanistan's presidential poll as many voters were worried about security following threats from the Taliban.Image copyrightLOREN ELLIOTT / REUTERSImage captionA destroyed house is seen in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco, Bahamas. The most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas since records began left widespread devastation, at least 43 dead and many more still missing days after the storm passed in September.Image copyrightDANISH ISMAIL / REUTERSImage captionA masked man with his head covered with barbed wire attends a protest in Srinagar in October, following the scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government.Image copyrightJOSH EDELSON / AFPImage captionFirefighters work on a back-fire in an attempt to control the Maria fire, in Santa Paula, California, in November. Nearly 100,000 acres (400 sq km) have been burned by wildfires and thousands of people have had to leave their homes.Image copyrightUESLEI MARCELINO / REUTERSImage captionA man from the Guajajara community - a member of Guardians of the Forest, a group formed to combat logging gangs in the area - stands by a fire at a loggers' camp on Arariboia indigenous land near the city of Amarante, Maranhao state. Brazil's populist President Jair Bolsonaro has drawn intense domestic and international criticism for failing to protect the Guardians' territory in the eastern Amazon region.Image copyrightDELIL SOULEIMAN/AFPImage captionA woman covers her face by a road near the Syrian Kurdish town of Ras al-Ain, along the border with Turkey. Behind her, tyre fires have been lit to decrease visibility for Turkish warplanes. In October, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved against Kurdish forces after President Donald Trump announced he was pulling US forces out of Syria's border region.Image copyrightVERONICA G. CARDENAS / REUTERSImage captionA Mexican one-year-old awaiting her turn to seek asylum in the US with her mother is seen in front of the gates to the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros.

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    A selection of the best photographs taken by news photographers around the UK this year.
    Image copyrightOWEN HUMPHREYS / PA MEDIAImage captionThe owner of a three-wheeled Reliant Robin car battles snow off the A6 near the village of Shap in January. Roads and schools were closed across Cumbria, with snow covering parts of North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales.Image copyrightDOMINIC LIPINSKI / PAImage captionOn a cold winter's day, a group of Polish tourists have fun by trying to see how many of them can fit into a red telephone box in Westminster, London.Image copyrightJACK TAYLOR / GETTY IMAGESImage captionAnti-Brexit protester Steve Bray (left) and a pro-Brexit protester argue as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, in January.Image copyrightAFPImage captionOlivia Colman clutches her Oscar for best actress, for her role as Queen Anne in the The Favourite. She gave a heartfelt speech, saying: "It's genuinely quite stressful. This is hilarious. I got an Oscar."Image copyrightKATIE COLLINS / PAImage captionTwins Ami and Aya from Tokyo took the catwalk to the street during London Fashion Week.Image copyrightPHIL COOMES / BBCImage captionIn February, students around the country walked out of schools to call on the government to declare a climate emergency and take active steps to tackle the problem. Organisers Youth Strike 4 Climate said about 15,000 people had protested, in more than 60 towns and cities. Later in the year, a global climate strike saw millions of people around the world demonstrate for "an end to the age of fossil fuels and climate justice for everyone".Image copyrightDANNY LAWSON / PA MEDIAImage captionIn March, a member of the Canal & River Trust inspects the Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.Image copyrightSTEFAN ROUSSEAU / AFPImage captionSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (centre) meets Green Party Westminster leader Caroline Lucas (left) and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn at the House of Commons in April. Ms Thunberg criticised the UK for supporting new exploitation of fossil fuels and exaggerating cuts to carbon emissions. An empty chair was left for former Prime Minister Theresa May, who did not attend.Image copyrightBEN BIRCHALL / PA MEDIAImage captionParticipants take part in the annual cheese-rolling competition at Cooper's Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, in May. Max McDougall, 22, won the first men's downhill race after tripping and tumbling down the hill. Mr McDougall said: "It was better than last year, when I knocked myself out."Image copyrightDANNY LAWSON / PA MEDIAImage captionIn April, about 50 firefighters tackled a large blaze on moorland above White Wells, in Ilkley, covering 25,000 sq m (six acres), with helicopters making water drops. The fire came amid record-breaking temperatures in the UK.Image copyrightPAUL HARDING / PA MEDIAImage captionElite runner Hayley Carruthers crawls over the finish line of the London Marathon, in April. The NHS worker said she started to feel unwell just after the halfway point of the 26.2 mile (42.2km) race. Despite crawling over the finishing line with the help of marshals, Carruthers still managed to beat her personal best time by three minutes, finishing in two hours, 33 minutes and 59 seconds.Image copyrightOWEN HUMPHREYS / PA MEDIAImage captionGardner Eric Drennon trims the maze at Traquair House, in Peebleshire. Scotland's oldest inhabited house, originally a hunting lodge for the kings and queens of Scotland, has been lived in for over 900 years.Image copyrightCHARLES MCQUILLAN / GETTY IMAGESImage captionA friend of Lyra McKee holds an order of service at the funeral of murdered journalist at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast. Ms McKee, 29, was shot in the head observing rioting in Londonderry's Creggan estate in April. The New IRA admitted carrying out the murder in a statement and offered "full and sincere apologies" to her family and friends.Image copyrightSCOTT HEPPELL / REUTERSImage captionBrexit Party leader Nigel Farage reels from having a milkshake thrown at him as he arrives at a campaign event in Newcastle in May. Paul Crowther, 32, later pleaded guilty to common assault and criminal damage, at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court. The attack, which involved a Ģ5.25 banana-and-salted-caramel milkshake, was described in court as "politically motivated".Image copyrightCHRIS ALLERTON / SUSSEXROYAL / AFPImage captionThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex show their newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland. The Queen met her eighth great-grandchild at Windsor Castle in May.Image copyrightOLI SCARFF / AFPImage captionFootball fans line the streets at an open-top bus parade around Liverpool in June. Liverpool won the Uefa Champions League final 2-0 against Tottenham, at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid.Image copyrightDANNY LAWSON / PA MEDIAImage captionAn RAF Chinook helicopter flies in sandbags to shore up a dam at Toddbrook reservoir, after it was damaged by heavy rainfall in the summer. More than 1,500 people were evacuated from Whaley Bridge, in Derbyshire, in August over fears the dam would collapse and flood the town. Temporary work to repair the damaged dam will begin in 2020.Image copyrightSTEFAN ROUSSEAU / PA MEDIAImage captionChelsea pensioner and D-Day veteran George Skipper, 95, poses for photographs at his home in the Chelsea Royal Hospital. Mr Skipper, who landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944, sailed back there to mark the 75th anniversary.Image copyrightRICHARD SELLERS / PA MEDIAImage captionThe England squad listen to head coach Phil Neville after losing the semi-final to the USA at the Women's World Cup in France.Image copyrightNICK POTTS / PAImage captionEngland beat New Zealand to win the World Cup for the first time in one of the most amazing games of cricket ever played, with victory coming only after an extra over apiece.Image copyrightSTEFAN ROUSSEAU / AFPImage captionBoris Johnson enters 10 Downing Street on the day he was confirmed as the new Prime Minister by the Queen in July. Mr Johnson was elected as the new Conservative leader with 92,153 votes from party members. Later in the year, he won a large majority in a general election.Image copyrightMIKE EGERTON / PA MEDIAImage captionDina Asher-Smith celebrates her silver medal after the 100m final during day three of the IAAF World Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar. Asher-Smith became the first British woman to win an individual World Championships sprint medal in 36 years.Image copyrightDAN ABBOTTImage captionA diver swims alongside an enormous jellyfish off the coast of Cornwall. In July, wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly and fellow diver Dan Abbott encountered the barrel jellyfish during a week-long project documenting marine encounters.Image copyrightKIRSTY O'CONNOR / PAImage captionAhead of the release of the film The Rise of Skywalker, the final chapter in the Skywalker saga begun by George Lucas in 1977, a selection of helmets and props from earlier Star Wars films were sold at auction at the BFI Imax in Waterloo, London.Image copyrightLIAM MCBURNEY / PA MEDIAImage captionMartha Brown (centre left) and her partner, Louise McCullough, celebrate new legislation in Belfast. In October, legislation was passed to allow people of the same sex to get married and abortion was decriminalised. The first same-sex weddings in Northern Ireland are set to take place in February 2020.Image copyrightNEIL HALL / REUTERSImage captionThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge admire the view during their visit to the Chiatibo glacier, in the Hindu Kush mountain range, in Pakistan. The glacier has retreated rapidly in recent years because of global warming. During the visit, in October, Prince William said communities "vulnerable to change" needed more awareness of climate change.Image copyrightFAYEZ NURELDINE / AFPImage captionBritish boxer Anthony Joshua (right) competes with Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr for the IBF, WBA and WBO titles, in Diriya, Saudi Arabia, in December. Joshua won a unanimous points victory to become a two-time world heavyweight champion.Image copyrightJANE BARLOW / PA MEDIAImage captionSNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meets constituents in Edinburgh on the final day of campaigning before the general election on 12 December. Her party won 48 seats, 13 more than in the 2017 election.Image copyrightJANE BARLOW / PAImage captionAs the year draws to a close, for some there is a chance to enjoy the snow. Here Geraint Stone pulls his two-year-old son Arthur on his sledge across the snow-covered lawn in front of Balmoral Castle.Image copyrightJEFF OVERS / BBCImage captionAlthough there is no snow in London, its residents can still enjoy some winter sport as ice rinks like this one in Greenwich pop up across the capital..

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    A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyond:
    Image copyrightAFPImage captionHorsemen attend a memorial service on Sunday at the crash site of the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max…Image copyrightAFPImage captionAnother ceremony is held two days later on the first anniversary of the accident. The aircraft, bound for Kenya, crashed shortly after take-off from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.Image copyrightEPAImage captionMen tidy up at a cemetery in Liberia's capital, Monrovia, on Wednesday - a public holiday known as Decoration Day, when people go to look after the graves of their relatives.Image copyrightAFPImage captionOpposition leaders in Tanzania are escorted back to jail from a court in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday after being ordered to pay a total fine of $150,000 (Ģ119,000) for holding an illegal rally.Image copyrightEPAImage captionA child marches during independence-day celebrations in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi on Friday...Image copyrightEPAImage captionTraditional dancers also take part in the event to mark 63 years since the West African nation became independent.Image copyrightAFPImage captionOn the same day, a man wears a mask outside the entrance of the main hospital in Cameroon's capital, Yaoundé - where a French national is being treated for Covid-19.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionOn Monday, demonstrators protesting about the conflict in Cameroon's English-speaking regions gather in the British capital, London, ahead of a Commonwealth Service.Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionWomen in Algeria march through the capital, Algiers, to mark International Women's Day on Sunday...Image copyrightAFPImage captionOn the same day in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, a woman raises her arm during a demonstration calling for the repeal of the country's family law, which protesters say discriminates against women.Image copyrightEPAImage captionA python wraps itself around a woman at a fair celebrating medieval life in the South African city of Johannesburg on Saturday.Image copyrightEPAImage captionThe next day, a cyclist rides through the South African township of Masiphumelele near Cape Town...Image copyrightEPAImage captionThe cyclists are competing in the world's largest timed cycle race - tackling a 109km- (67 mile) route around Cape Town.Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe next day in South Africa's port city of Durban, children take part in Holi - a Hindu festival that celebrates spring, love, and new life...Image copyrightAFPImage captionIt is also known as the "festival of colours"…Image copyrightAFPImage captionAnd involves the throwing of powder paint and coloured water.Image copyrightAFPImage captionLesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who says he cannot be charged with the murder of his estranged wife as his position makes him immune from prosecution, attends a rally on Sunday.Image copyrightEPAImage captionOn Tuesday, Ahlem Souidi poses on stage in Tunis before being crowned to represent Tunisia later this year at Miss Arab World.Image copyrightAFPImage captionThe next day, a troupe of performers from Mali adorned in Dogon masks wait to take part in a cultural festival in the Ivorian city of Abidjan.Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionWorkers stand on scaffolding at a construction site at the main airport in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Thursday.Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionA girl washes her hands on Wednesday at one of the sinks set up at bus stations in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, as part of measures to stop any spread of Covid-19.Image copyrightAFPImage captionAnd coronavirus precautions present a business opportunity on the same day for a vendor in Johannesburg who sells hand gel to motorists in the South African city.

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    Shanghai skyscrapers' viewing platforms re-open as virus eases


    High-profile fixtures of Shanghai's skyline began to re-open Thursday on a limited basis in a sign of confidence that the coronavirus was being tamed in the Chinese financial centre.


    The 632-meter Shanghai Tower -- the world's second-tallest building -- and the futuristic Oriental Pearl Tower Radio and Television Tower were among skyscrapers to announce viewing platforms and other public areas had opened again, subject to various restrictions.



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    Strict new measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus have been introduced in the UK.
    Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionPrime Minister Boris Johnson outlined the new rules to tackle the spread of coronavirus, including a ban on public gatherings of more than two people who are not from the same household.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionMany of the Tube trains in London are quiet like this one on the Jubilee Line - but that is not the situation at all times....Image copyrightTERRY DOLZYCImage captionDuring rush hour many commuters reported very crowded services, like this train on the District Line. That is despite Mr Johnson saying that travel to and from work should only be where "absolutely necessary".Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionMr Johnson urged people to stay at home and only leave the house for specific reasons he outlined in his address to the nation.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionOne of those is exercise: people are advised they can leave home once a day for a walk, run or cycle - but must observe social distancing guidelines.Image copyrightJACOB KINGImage captionThat outing should be done alone or only with people you live with. You should not arrange to meet people from other households.Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMembers of the armed forces have been helping with deliveries of personal protective equipment to St Thomas' Hospital in central London.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionThe M1 in Leicestershire appeared devoid of the usual rush hour traffic.Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionA sign on the M8 motorway in Glasgow advises motorists to avoid travel where possible.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionBusinesses that will not need to close include supermarkets, petrol stations, post offices, launderettes, bike shops, pet shops, hardware stores and banks.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionShopping for basic necessities such as food and medicine is allowed but shopping trips should be as infrequent as possibleImage copyrightAFPImage captionPremises such as libraries, playgrounds and places of worship have been ordered to close.Image copyrightVICTORIA JONESImage captionBritish Airways aircraft have been parked at Bournemouth Airport where they are expected to remain after the airline reduced flights amid travel restrictions and a huge drop in demand.Image copyrightPA MEDIAImage captionChildren all around the UK are taking part in "PE with Joe", a daily live workout with Joe Wicks on Youtube to help kids stay fit who have to stay indoors

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    Thank you for those contributors that make the attempt to reinvigorate Mr. Lick's outstanding premium news-photo thread, as we might appreciate the daily work and dedication that came natural to him before his untimely passing.

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    A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week as people react to the spread of the coronavirus.
    Image copyrightAMANDA JUFRIAN / AFPImage captionAn Indonesian nurse at a clinic in Bireuen, Aceh province, is seen wearing protective gear with a newborn baby also wearing a face shield to protect against transmission of the coronavirus. Indonesia so far has had about 5,500 cases and nearly 500 confirmed virus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.Image copyrightMARTIN BUREAU / AFPImage captionParisian residents applaud to show their appreciation of healthcare workers.Image copyrightKHALED DESOUKI / AFPImage captionThe golden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun lies in the restoration lab of the newly built Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the outskirts of Cairo. British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.Image copyrightARIANA DREHSLER / AFPImage captionNoel Brandon, known as DJ Iamnoel, plays his set on a balcony in San Diego, California, to cheer up locals amid the virus lockdown.Image copyrightVOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV / AFPImage captionA forest fire burns within just a few miles of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986. On Tuesday, the authorities said the fire had been contained.Image copyrightLEAH MILLS / REUTERSImage captionA worker cleans the area around the podium in the White House, shortly before the daily coronavirus briefing.Image copyrightLIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFPImage captionAnissa Mekrabech wears the face mask she created for deaf and hearing-impaired people. Ms Mekrabech, from Toulouse in France, launched a crowdfunding initiative to develop the transparent mask to allow lip reading.Image copyrightNOEL CELIS / AFPImage captionA man wearing a face mask looks over a barricade set up to keep people out of a residential compound in Wuhan, the city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began. Officials this week raised the death toll by 50% but insisted there had been no cover-up.Image copyrightANTARA FOTO / REUTERSImage captionPeople practise social distancing while exercising along rail tracks in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia.Image copyrightALAIN JOCARD / AFPImage captionA woman wearing a protective mask walks past a store window in Paris.Image copyrightJOE GIDDONS/ PAImage captionKonik ponies fight for dominance during the foaling season at the National Trust's Wicken Fen Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire.

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    A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week, as people react to the spread of the coronavirus.
    Image copyrightMAXIM SHEMETOV / REUTERSImage captionRussian military aircraft fly over Moscow, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day flypast that will mark the 75th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany. Parades are traditionally held in Red Square on 9 May to showcase the country's military hardware - but the Covid-19 outbreak has led to the government postponing them until later in the year.Image copyrightSUSANA VERA / REUTERSImage captionA bride tries on a wedding dress on the first day some businesses were allowed to open during lockdown amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Madrid.Image copyrightMANUEL SILVESTRI / REUTERSImage captionA rally organised by small-business owners stops by the Rialto bridge, to commemorate the healthcare workers who died amid the outbreak, as Italy began a phased end to a nationwide lockdown.Image copyrightSHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERSImage captionA boy wearing a protective face mask touches a wall of graffiti outside the New York Aquarium, in Brooklyn.Image copyrightANTARA FOTO/RAISAN AL FARISI/ VIA REUTERSImage captionA man wearing a Transformers costume appeals to citizens to stay at a home during the Covid-19 outbreak in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia.Image copyrightSOE ZEYA / REUTERSImage captionAn artist wearing a protective face shield performs at the Erawan Shrine, in Bangkok, after Thailand's government started opening some restaurants, outside shopping malls, parks and barbershops.Image copyrightVICTORIA JONES / PA MEDIAImage captionA couple wearing face masks walk through Chinatown, central London, as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of Covid-19.Image copyrightHANNAH MCKAY / REUTERSImage captionArtist Lionel Stanhope paints a mural in London, depicting the Supper at Emmaus, by Caravaggio, with added protective gloves.Image copyrightJEFF J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGESImage captionOlympic rower Polly Swann trains at home during lockdown, on 4 May, in Edinburgh. The silver medallist has recently started working as a junior doctor in a hospital.Image copyrightROBIN UTRECHT/SOPA IMAGES/ GETTY IMAGESImage captionA demonstrator clashes with a riot police officer during an anti-lockdown protest in the Netherlands.

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    Image copyrightDALE DE LA REY/AFPImage captionA woman is hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street of protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong KongImage copyrightJOHN THYS/AFPImage captionA vandalised statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is removed in Ghent, on the 60th anniversary of DR Congo's independenceImage copyrightAJENG DINAR ULFIANA/REUTERSImage captionA child carries a kite shaped like a ghost in Depok, on the outskirts of JakartaImage copyrightSEBNEM COSKUN/ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGESImage captionTurkey's world record-holding free-diver Sahika Encumen dives in the Bosphorus Strait to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the seasImage copyrightSHAHID ALI/AFPImage captionFarmers try to scare away a swarm of locusts from a field on the outskirts of Sukkur, Pakistan. The country has declared an emergency, saying locust numbers are the worst in more than two decadesImage copyrightGABRIEL KUCHTA/GETTY IMAGESImage captionPeople dine at a 500m-long table on the Charles Bridge, after coronavirus restrictions were eased in PragueImage copyrightATHIT PERAWONGMETHA/REUTERSImage captionStudents in Pathum Thani province sit inside old ballot boxes repurposed into partitions, after schools reopened in ThailandImage copyrightGARY HERSHORN/GETTY IMAGESImage captionThe Empire State Building is lit in rainbow colours to celebrate Pride weekend in New York CityImage copyrightJEFF J MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGESImage captionDharma the Sumatran tiger yawns, following the reopening of Edinburgh ZooImage copyrightKIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/POOL VIA REUTERSImage captionPrince Charles looks at a Gloucestershire Old Spot pig with her piglets during a visit to Cotswold Farm Park in Guiting Power near Cheltenham, western England

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    Image copyrightAMIT DAVE/REUTERSImage captionBeads of sweat run down the forehead of a healthcare worker after she took swabs from residents at a residential apartment in Ahmedabad, India. The country has the third largest number of coronavirus cases in the world, after the US and Brazil.Image copyrightMUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFPImage captionCommuters make their way through a waterlogged street after a heavy downpour in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that more than 2.4 million people have been affected by the prolonged monsoon flooding.Image copyrightRUPAK DE CHOWDHURI/REUTERSImage captionA healthcare worker takes a swab from a woman to test for the coronavirus in Kolkata, India.Image copyrightCARMELO ISGRO/MUMA MUSEO DEL MARE DI MILAZZImage captionItalian coastguard divers work to free a sperm whale caught in a fishing net, north of the Sicilian Aeolian Islands.Image copyrightLAVANDEIRA JR / EPAImage captionSmoke rises from a forest fire next to a tourist beach in Porto de Son, A Coruņa, Spain.Image copyrightDAI KUROKAWA/EPAImage captionWomen wearing protective face masks walk near Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto, Japan.Image copyrightBAZ RATNER/REUTERSImage captionA worker walks through rows of roses in a greenhouse at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya.Image copyrightVICTORIA JONES/PA WIREImage captionFashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood is suspended in a large bird cage outside the Old Bailey in London to protest against the proposed US extradition of Julian Assange.Image copyrightJONATHAN BRADY/PA WIREImage captionA member of staff stands before a portion of Yinka Shonibare's artwork, The British Library, at the Tate Modern in London, as the gallery prepares to reopen to the public.Image copyrightCHRISTOPHER FURLONG/GETTY IMAGESImage captionA 15ft (4.57m) sculpture sits between two fields in Cramlington, United Kingdom. Created by artist Bob Budd, Eat For England was commissioned in 2006 as part of a National Lottery-funded art trail in Northumberland.

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    IMAGE COPYRIGHTNEIL HALL/EPA
    image captionActivists from Extinction Rebellion and Doctors for XR pose as bodies in Parliament Square, in London, to send a message that climate change causes mass death.


    IMAGE COPYRIGHTOWEN HUMPHREYS / PA MEDIA
    image captionTwo pupils from Marden Bridge Middle School in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, greet each other on their first day of term as schools in England reopen after the coronavirus lockdown.


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    image captionA rescue team searches through rubble in Beirut's port area in Lebanon, a month after at least 190 people were killed when 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were detonated, amid reports that a person might be alive under the debris.


    IMAGE COPYRIGHTYARA NARDI / REUTERS
    image captionActor Tilda Swinton hides behind a mask on the red carpet of the 77th Venice Film Festival.


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    image captionA spectator wearing a face covering watches competitors in stage three (Nice to Sisteron) of the Tour de France.


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    image captionUS President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Washington for Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on the election campaign trail.


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    image captionClowns entertain Palestinian children during a lockdown following an outbreak of coronavirus in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.


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    image captionWorkers disinfect the Salt Cathedral, an underground church built into a salt mine, in Zipaquira, Colombia. The popular tourist attraction is awaiting permission from the health ministry to reopen.


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    image captionModels have their make-up applied during Ukrainian Fashion Week in Kiev.


    IMAGE COPYRIGHTISSEI KATO / REUTERS
    image captionGoldfish inside a water tank covered in lenses form part of an artwork entitled Reflecterium, by Hidetomo Kimura, at the Art Aquarium Museum in Tokyo, Japan.

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