Unanticipated COVID-19 Outbreak Worldwide

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January 25, 2020: At 3 p.m. on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day, empty streetsnearthe Yellow Crane Tower, a landmark of Wuhan built in the third century.

by Zhou Lixin
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February 1, 2020: quiet and empty Zhongshan Park in Beijing, China.

by Duan Wei
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January 31, 2020: A man wearing a mask walks across theYangtze River BridgeinWuhan, China.

by Wu Wei
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January 27, 2020: Jiangtan Park, once bustling with visitors, is deserted, in Wuhan, China.

by Wu Wei
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April 18, 2020: The message “Stay home” is projected on the Great Pyramid of Gizain Egypt.

by Saudi Mahmoud•马哈穆德（Saudi Mahmoud）
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April 12, 2020: Christ the Redeemer statue,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is lighted up.The city performed a mass to pay tribute to national medical staff that day.

by Buda Mendes
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A deserted street in Lima, Peru, after the country announced a nationwide state of emergency.

by Renato Pajuelo
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The Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia,is desertedbecause of a stay-at-home order.

by Aleksei Danichev
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March 31, 2020: A pedestrian walks acrossthe Red Square in Moscow, Russia.

by Sergei Kuksin
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March 18, 2020: A woman wearing a face mask walks the dog at Trocadéro Square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

by Pascal Le Segretain
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March 2, 2020: France shuts down the Louvre Museum in Paris to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

by Adrienne Surprenant
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Namdaemun, a traditional market adjacent to Myeongdongin Seoul, South Korea,which used to be visited by around four million people per year, is almost empty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March 27, 2020: Pope Francis delivers a special prayer for the end of the coronavirus pandemic in the Vatican.

Stefano Dal Pozzolo
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Myeongdong, a shopping mecca for foreign tourists in Seoul, South Korea, is deserted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March 31, 2020: Traffic is under control near the Washington Monument to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Washington D. C.

by Drew Angerer
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March 12, 2020: An ice hockey player is practicing alone at a spacious stadium in Washington D.C. The American Hockey Leaguehas stopped all matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Patrick Smith
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April 2, 2020: Police officers are patrolling Francisco I. Madero Avenue to prevent pedestrians from entering the avenue in the historic center of Mexico City, capital of Mexico.

by Marco Peláez
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A pedestrian passes by Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital, which was designated to treat COVID-19 patients in Rome, Italy.

by Max Intrisano
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Via Roma in central Turin, Italy, used to be boisterous, is desolate due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Andreja Restek
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February 29, 2020: Community staffare checking temperatures for residents entering the Sanyanqiao Street Communityin Wuhan, China.

by Zhan Song
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January 27, 2020: A mother touches her son’s forehead to check his temperature when they stopped at the curb in Wuhan, China.

by Wu Wei
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February 4, 2020: Two children wear face shields made from plastic bottles by their parents at Taoxian International Airport terminal building in Shenyang, China.

by Chen Song
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February 18, 2020: A mother carrying her daughter in her arms walks towards the passenger car at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, China.

by Xu Xun
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May 14, 2020: Egyptian nationals evacuated from Kuwait due to the COVID-19 pandemic arrive at Cairo International Airport.

by Ashraf Fawzy
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May 14, 2020: A man wearing a shield rides along Cairo Ring Road in Egypt.

by Karim Abdul-Aziz
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An indigenous resident in the Brazilian Amazon wears a mask. Remote areas in Brazil were hit harder by the pandemic.

by Alex Pazuello
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May 9, 2020: A boy wearing a mask celebrates the 75th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War in Victory Square, St. Petersburg, Russia.

by Roman Pimenov
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May 20, 2020: The royal guard changing ceremony at the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea, resumes after an 83-day suspension since February 27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 9, 2020: People are queuing for food in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

by Mario Tama
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April 10, 2020: A man wearing a mask walks his dog in Los Angeles. The city asked its citizens to wear masks or fabric face-coverings during outings to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Xinhua
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April 26, 2020: A cleaner is disinfecting a residential area in Iztapalapa, one of the worst-hit boroughs in Mexico City, capital of Mexico.

by Marco Peláez
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May 14, 2020: A family member of a COVID-19 patient is waiting at the gate of Manuel Gea GonzálezGeneral Hospital in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, for news about the patient from hospital staff.

by Marco Peláez
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April 1, 2020: Two municipal staff are prepared for disinfection in Dakar, capital of Senegal.

Xinhua
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Two elderly citizens wearing masks support each other as they walk in a street in Barcelona, Spain.

by Jordi Trenzano Vilar
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April 8, 2020: An ambulance parks at the main square in downtown Bergamo, Italy.

by Marco Di Lauro
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March 20, 2020: Members of the Blue Sky Rescue, a charity emergency rescue organization in China, are disinfecting Wuhan’s Hankou Railway Station, which had been closed for 58 days since January 23 due to the city lockdown measures.

by Duan Wei
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March 28, 2020: Epidemic prevention workers are disinfecting a public market in Cairo, Egypt.

by Maher Iskandar
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March 18, 2020: An epidemic prevention workeris disinfectinga subway carriage in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

by Tatyana Andreeva
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Citizens and public servants are disinfecting traditional markets to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea.

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April 14, 2020: Fire department emergency personnel are disinfected from head to toe after transporting coronavirus patients in Yonkers, near New York City.

by John Moore
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April 6, 2020: An anti-epidemic worker sprays disinfectants in front of a sculpture of wings in Mexico City, capital of Mexico.

Xinhua
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March 17, 2020: A worker carries out disinfection work around the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy.

by Laura Lezza
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March 31, 2020: A worker is cleaning the Piazza del Duomo in Milan. Italy had beenin a national lockdown since March 10.

Xinhua
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April 4, 2020: A Chinese national flag flies at half-mastat Tian’anmen Square in Beijing to mourn martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the fight against COVID-19 and people who died of the disease.

by Dong Fang
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April 4, 2020: This day people stand in silence to mourn the lives lost to the coronavirus in Wuhan, China.

by Chen Jian
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April 4, 2020: Members of the Beijing medical team, wearingblueoperating coats with white flowers pinned to their chests, observe a three-minute silence at 10 a.m. in the corridors ofa Beijing hotel, where they stayed for medical observation after withdrawing from Hubei Province.

by Tao Ran
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April 22, 2020: A funeral for firefighterEdwardSingleton, who died of COVID-19 complications, in Chicago.

by Scott Olson
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May 7, 2020: A wedding ceremony in Quezon City, Philippines.

by Liu Jie
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April 18, 2020: A priest presides over a church wedding in Arlington, U.S.A. No relatives or friends were invited to the ceremony during the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Win McNamee
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May 18, 2020: People receive Holy Communion during a Mass in Rome, Italy for fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

by Andreas Solaro

by Zhou LixinJanuary 25, 2020: At 3 p.m. on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Day, empty streetsnearthe Yellow Crane Tower, a landmark of Wuhan built in the third century.