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Photos of the week: Coronavirus prevention in Japan and Brazil floods

A huge crowd of commuters are seen wearing masks as a precaution against coronavirus in Japan and the flash floods in Brazil; a roundup of top photos from across the world.

Updated on: Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM IST

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A large crowd of mask-wearing commuters walk through Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, Japan. The government has indicated it sees the next couple of weeks as crucial to containing the spread of COVID-19, which was discovered in China in late 2019. (Jae C. Hong / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

A large crowd of mask-wearing commuters walk through Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, Japan. The government has indicated it sees the next couple of weeks as crucial to containing the spread of COVID-19, which was discovered in China in late 2019. (Jae C. Hong / AP)

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Catherine Amidu, 17, right, laughs with her best neighbourhood friend, Aisha, at her home in Machinga, Malawi. People with albinism in several African countries live in fear of being abducted and killed in the mistaken belief that their body parts carry special powers and can be sold for thousands of dollars. The teenager survived an attempt on her life in 2017. (Thoko Chikondi / AP)

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Catherine Amidu, 17, right, laughs with her best neighbourhood friend, Aisha, at her home in Machinga, Malawi. People with albinism in several African countries live in fear of being abducted and killed in the mistaken belief that their body parts carry special powers and can be sold for thousands of dollars. The teenager survived an attempt on her life in 2017. (Thoko Chikondi / AP)

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This photo provided by Turkey's IHA news agency taken Thursday, March 5, purports to show a group of some 100 migrants near the Turkey-Greece border, in Uzunkopru, Edirne, Turkey. The agency says the migrants were sent back to Turkey from Greece by Greek security forces after allegedly being stripped of their clothes on Thursday. (AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

This photo provided by Turkey's IHA news agency taken Thursday, March 5, purports to show a group of some 100 migrants near the Turkey-Greece border, in Uzunkopru, Edirne, Turkey. The agency says the migrants were sent back to Turkey from Greece by Greek security forces after allegedly being stripped of their clothes on Thursday. (AP)

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A wounded Syrian child sits at a makeshift clinic in the town of Maaret Misrin following Syrian government forces airstrikes on March 5 in the country's northwestern Idlib province. Russian air strikes killed at least 15 civilians including a child in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said. (Aref Tammawi / AFP)

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A wounded Syrian child sits at a makeshift clinic in the town of Maaret Misrin following Syrian government forces airstrikes on March 5 in the country's northwestern Idlib province. Russian air strikes killed at least 15 civilians including a child in the last major opposition bastion of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a Britain-based war monitor said. (Aref Tammawi / AFP)

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Leon Dell'era, 15, left, waits backstage for his turn to walk the runway while Lisa Smith, 70, emerges from the dressing rooms in Boston, USA. For many years, the TransFORMED fashion show featured male-to-female crossdressers. But over time, the focus has become less about the clothes, and more about the people in them. (Wong Maye-E / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Leon Dell'era, 15, left, waits backstage for his turn to walk the runway while Lisa Smith, 70, emerges from the dressing rooms in Boston, USA. For many years, the TransFORMED fashion show featured male-to-female crossdressers. But over time, the focus has become less about the clothes, and more about the people in them. (Wong Maye-E / AP)

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A model presents a creation for Louis Vuitton during the Women's Fall-Winter 2020-2021 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris, France. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP)

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A model presents a creation for Louis Vuitton during the Women's Fall-Winter 2020-2021 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris, France. (Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP)

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The lantern decorations for the upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday on April 30 are reflected on the windows as a woman wears a face mask at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea. Infections of the COVID-19 disease have spread around the globe. (Ahn Young-joon / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

The lantern decorations for the upcoming celebration of Buddha's birthday on April 30 are reflected on the windows as a woman wears a face mask at Jogyesa temple in Seoul, South Korea. Infections of the COVID-19 disease have spread around the globe. (Ahn Young-joon / AP)

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Legislators push each other as a brawl breaks out between lawmakers from opposing parties during a tense discussion about Turkey's military involvement in northwest Syria, in Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. (AP)

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Legislators push each other as a brawl breaks out between lawmakers from opposing parties during a tense discussion about Turkey's military involvement in northwest Syria, in Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. (AP)

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Uruguay's new President Luis Lacalle Pou waves as he rides on an open car with Vice President Beatriz Argimon, after taking the oath of office in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Natacha Pisarenko / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Uruguay's new President Luis Lacalle Pou waves as he rides on an open car with Vice President Beatriz Argimon, after taking the oath of office in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Natacha Pisarenko / AP)

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Dogs take part in a gundog competition on the second day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, Britain. (Eddie Keogh / REUTERS)

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Dogs take part in a gundog competition on the second day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, Britain. (Eddie Keogh / REUTERS)

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The metal frame of a chair of a is lodged at the mouth of a damaged manhole after heavy rains caused flashfloods in the Realengo neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The water flooded the streets and entered homes of residents, with at least 4 deaths reported. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

The metal frame of a chair of a is lodged at the mouth of a damaged manhole after heavy rains caused flashfloods in the Realengo neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The water flooded the streets and entered homes of residents, with at least 4 deaths reported. (Silvia Izquierdo / AP)

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Dancer Alexandra Kirshina rehearses on pointes made at Grishko company especially for her in Moscow, Russia. Born in the chaos of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Grishko family business has emerged among the top makers in the world of dance shoes, notably classic ballet pointe shoes, worn on the world's great stages. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)

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Dancer Alexandra Kirshina rehearses on pointes made at Grishko company especially for her in Moscow, Russia. Born in the chaos of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Grishko family business has emerged among the top makers in the world of dance shoes, notably classic ballet pointe shoes, worn on the world's great stages. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)

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A migrant cries as she tries to warm herself as she and others arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Hundreds of refugees and migrants in Turkey have begun heading for the country's land and sea borders with Greece, buoyed by Turkish officials' statements indicating they will not be hindered from crossing the frontier to head into Europe. (Michael Varaklas / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

A migrant cries as she tries to warm herself as she and others arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey. Hundreds of refugees and migrants in Turkey have begun heading for the country's land and sea borders with Greece, buoyed by Turkish officials' statements indicating they will not be hindered from crossing the frontier to head into Europe. (Michael Varaklas / AP)

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A house along Hoover Beach is covered by ice formed by high winds in Hamburg, New York, USA. (Jeffrey T. Barnes / AP)

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A house along Hoover Beach is covered by ice formed by high winds in Hamburg, New York, USA. (Jeffrey T. Barnes / AP)

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Bathers enjoy the warm volcanic hot springs of the Blue Lagoon in Grindavik, Iceland. (Hannah McKay / REUTERS)

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Bathers enjoy the warm volcanic hot springs of the Blue Lagoon in Grindavik, Iceland. (Hannah McKay / REUTERS)

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A man climbs on a pole in snowfall to get a prize during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, some 550 kilometre northeast of Moscow, Russia. Maslenitsa is traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. At background right is a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin. (Dmitri Lovetsky / AP)

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A man climbs on a pole in snowfall to get a prize during celebrations of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week, in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, some 550 kilometre northeast of Moscow, Russia. Maslenitsa is traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. At background right is a statue of Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin. (Dmitri Lovetsky / AP)

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A picture released on March 5 by American Broadcasting Companies (ABC) shows US acrobat Nik Wallenda as he crosses the 1,800 foot high wire walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Wallenda became the first person to complete the full crossing. (Oscar Duarte / American Broadcasting Companies / AFP)

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A picture released on March 5 by American Broadcasting Companies (ABC) shows US acrobat Nik Wallenda as he crosses the 1,800 foot high wire walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua. Wallenda became the first person to complete the full crossing. (Oscar Duarte / American Broadcasting Companies / AFP)

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John Isner of the US, front, returns a ball in his semifinal match against Taylor Fritz of the US at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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John Isner of the US, front, returns a ball in his semifinal match against Taylor Fritz of the US at the Mexican Tennis Open in Acapulco, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell / AP)

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Model Kaia Gerber wears a creation from the Givenchy fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris, France. (Vianney Le Caer /Invision / AP)

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Model Kaia Gerber wears a creation from the Givenchy fashion collection during Women's fashion week Fall/Winter 2020/21 presented in Paris, France. (Vianney Le Caer /Invision / AP)

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Tourists pull their luggage as they walk through a nearly empty St. Mark's Square on a rainy day in Venice, Italy. The coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy has so overwhelmed the public health system that officials are taking extraordinary measures to care for the sick, seeking to bring doctors out of retirement and accelerate graduation dates for nursing students. (Francisco Seco / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Tourists pull their luggage as they walk through a nearly empty St. Mark's Square on a rainy day in Venice, Italy. The coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy has so overwhelmed the public health system that officials are taking extraordinary measures to care for the sick, seeking to bring doctors out of retirement and accelerate graduation dates for nursing students. (Francisco Seco / AP)

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People wearing face masks attend Mass at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. The church decided to replace Sunday services with online ones for members' safety amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Ahn Young-joon / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

People wearing face masks attend Mass at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. The church decided to replace Sunday services with online ones for members' safety amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Ahn Young-joon / AP)

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US Secret Service agents stand by as US President Donald Trump (not pictured) observes tornado damage in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA. (Tom Brenner / REUTERS)

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US Secret Service agents stand by as US President Donald Trump (not pictured) observes tornado damage in Cookeville, Tennessee, USA. (Tom Brenner / REUTERS)

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Jobson of Brazil's Santos scores his side's opening goal as goalkeeper Luiz Ezequiel Unsain of Argentina's Defensa Y Justicia fails to stop the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group G soccer match at the Norberto Tomaghello stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Gustavo Garello / AP)

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Jobson of Brazil's Santos scores his side's opening goal as goalkeeper Luiz Ezequiel Unsain of Argentina's Defensa Y Justicia fails to stop the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group G soccer match at the Norberto Tomaghello stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Gustavo Garello / AP)

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A Muslim worshipper attends a mass prayer against COVID-19, the new coronavirus, in Dakar, Senegal, after two cases were confirmed in the country in the previous days. (John Wessels / AFP)

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A Muslim worshipper attends a mass prayer against COVID-19, the new coronavirus, in Dakar, Senegal, after two cases were confirmed in the country in the previous days. (John Wessels / AFP)

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An aerial view of Jumbo floating restaurants in Hong Kong. The Jumbo floating restaurants are closed "until further notice" as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to slam the city's food and beverage industry. (Kin Cheung / AP)

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An aerial view of Jumbo floating restaurants in Hong Kong. The Jumbo floating restaurants are closed "until further notice" as the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak continues to slam the city's food and beverage industry. (Kin Cheung / AP)

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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. The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca, while Iran cancelled Friday prayers in major cities. (Amr Nabil / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

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. The coronavirus outbreak disrupted Islamic worship in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca, while Iran cancelled Friday prayers in major cities. (Amr Nabil / AP)

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Nepalese armed police force personnel on their morning patrol walk through a mustard field in Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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Nepalese armed police force personnel on their morning patrol walk through a mustard field in Khokana, Lalitpur, Nepal. (Niranjan Shrestha / AP)

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Nicole looks through her refrigerator after it was ripped out of her home at Underwood St. and 16th Ave. N. after a tornado ripped a wall off in the Elizabeth Park neighbourhood of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (George Walker IV / The Tennessean via AP)

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Nicole looks through her refrigerator after it was ripped out of her home at Underwood St. and 16th Ave. N. after a tornado ripped a wall off in the Elizabeth Park neighbourhood of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. (George Walker IV / The Tennessean via AP)

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A migrant of Afghanistan is covered with a blanket on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias, after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece. (Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

A migrant of Afghanistan is covered with a blanket on a beach near the village of Skala Sikamias, after crossing part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece. (Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS)

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Members of the Bolivarian militia walk after the celebration rally commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1989 uprising known as the Caracazo, in Caracas, Venezuela. The week-long riots and the protests began mainly in response to the government's economic reforms and the resulting increase in the price of gasoline and transportation. (Matias Delacroix / AP)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Members of the Bolivarian militia walk after the celebration rally commemorating the 31st anniversary of the 1989 uprising known as the Caracazo, in Caracas, Venezuela. The week-long riots and the protests began mainly in response to the government's economic reforms and the resulting increase in the price of gasoline and transportation. (Matias Delacroix / AP)

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