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February 11, 2020 — 4.38pm

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Jessica Hahn-Chaplin, center, from Bristol, England, dances during a rehearsal of the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hahn-Chaplin is part of the movement of foreigners who flock to Brazil to train in the ways of the hip swiveling and hot stepping rhythms of samba.Credit:AP

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South Korea's You Young performs during the gala exhibition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP

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A passenger wearing a full-body protective suit walks out from the Beijing railway station as they arrive in Beijing. China's daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time and pushed the total past 1,000 dead, authorities said Tuesday after leader Xi Jinping visited a health center to rally public morale amid little sign the contagion is abating. Credit:AP

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A boy plays under a Venezuelan national flag during a protest against new sanctions by the administration of US President Donald Trump that affect the Venezuelan state airline CONVIASA, in Caracas, Venezuela. Credit:AP

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Flooding inundates the streets after the Tiet and Pinheiros rivers overflowed following a strong storm in Sao Paulo. Credit:Getty

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Mary Lou McDonald, President of Sinn Fein greets supporters In Dublin City Centre in Dublin. Ireland has gone to the polls following Taoiseach Leo Varadkars decision to call a snap election. In the last general election, no party came close to a majority and it took 10 weeks of negotiations to form a government with Varadkars party Fine Gael eventually forming a coalition with Fianna Fail. Credit:Getty

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A cleaner walks through a deserted compound of a commercial office building in Beijing.Credit:AP

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People attend a memorial service at the Terminal 21 Korat shopping mall in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.Credit:AP

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty celebrate the Jewish feast of 'Tu Bishvat' or "New Year of the Trees." as they sit with their rabbis around a long table filled with all kinds of fruits, in the ultra-Orthodox town of Bnei Brak, Israel.Credit:AP