In Pictures

Week in Pictures: 7-13 March 2020

  • 14 March 2020

A selection of news photographs taken around the world this week.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference inside 10 Downing Street Image copyright FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA / EPA
Image caption The UK prime minister Boris Johnson has said the public should be prepared for more lives to be cut short due to the spread of coronavirus.
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A municipal company employee sprays disinfectant in public areas at the Rialto Bridge in Venice. 11 March 2020. Image copyright MARCO SABADIN / AFP
Image caption A municipal worker sprays disinfectant at a deserted Rialto Bridge in Venice, as part of precautionary measures against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.
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A man washes his hands at a public hand washing station before boarding a bus as a cautionary measure against the coronavirus at Nyabugogo Bus Park in Kigali in Rwanda. Image copyright MARGARET ANDRESEN / REUTERS
Image caption A man washes his hands at a public hand-washing station before boarding a bus, as a cautionary measure against the coronavirus, at Nyabugogo bus park in Kigali, Rwanda. Although cases have been confirmed in many African countries, the continent has so far been spared a major outbreak.
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has a heated exchange with a worker as he tours the Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan on 10 March 2020 Image copyright AFP
Image caption Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has a heated exchange with a worker over gun rights as he tours the Fiat Chrysler automobile plant in Detroit, Michigan. The former vice-president won Michigan, the biggest prize of primary voting on Tuesday, extending his lead over main rival Senator Bernie Sanders, in an effort to become the Democratic Party candidate to run against President Donald Trump in November.
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A reveller is covered with coloured powder Image copyright INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP
Image caption A reveller is covered with coloured powder during Holi, the Spring Festival of colours, in Mumbai.
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Children wear costumes and play during the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Ashdod, Israel. 9 March 2020 Image copyright AMIR COHEN / REUTERS
Image caption Children wear costumes during the Jewish holiday of Purim, in Ashdod, Israel. Every year, Jewish people from all over the world wear fancy dress to celebrate the beginning of the festival, which celebrates the salvation of the Jews from genocide in ancient Persia.
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A couple dressed as Corpse Bride Emily and as a Mandalorian at the Bradford Unleashed Comic-Con at Bradford City AFC. 8 March 2020 Image copyright Danny Lawson / PA Media
Image caption A couple dressed as Corpse Bride Emily and a Mandalorian at the Bradford Unleashed Comic-Con in Bradford, England.
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Kenta Kambara, who was born with spina bifida, performs onstage during a dance event in Tokyo, Japan. 8 February 2020. Image copyright KIM KYUNG-HOON /REUTERS
Image caption Kenta Kambara, 34, performs onstage during a dance event in Tokyo. Kambara, who was born with spina bifida, a disorder that paralysed his lower body, aims to perform at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics opening or closing ceremonies. "If you can't walk with your legs, it's okay to walk with your hands. If there is something you want to do but cannot, it's okay to find another way," he said.
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Trader Peter Tuchman reacts as he works on the floor during the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Trading on Wall Street was temporarily halted as US stocks joined a global rout on crashing oil prices and mounting worries over the coronavirus outbreak. 9 March 2020 Image copyright TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP
Image caption Trader Peter Tuchman reacts as he works on the floor during the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. When stocks fell sharply, closure of the market was automatically triggered,
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Three women look at the destroyed homes Image copyright MONIRUL ALAM / EPA
Image caption Women stand in the ruins after a fire ripped through a Rupnagar slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More than 2,000 houses were destroyed, and around 10,000 residents affected.

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