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July 25, 2020 — 6.26pm

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Women wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus watch a mobile phone at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea's well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 25, 2020. South Korea reported newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, its first daily jump over 100 in nearly four months.Credit:AP

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A person puts a protective mask on a Botero sculpture in Medellin, Colombia.Credit:Bloomberg

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Mexican paralympic discus throw athlete Angel Archer trains during a training session in Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico. Credit:Getty Images

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Los Angeles Angels' Brian Goodwin before his team's baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif.Credit:AP

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Sylvie Mutieme, a 37-year old Congolese refugee, receives medical attention through a free online service after testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Credit:Getty Images

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A candy vendor wearing a protective mask pushes a cart in Medellin, Colombia.Credit:Bloomberg

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Nurse Claudia Flores Martinez, right, assists Dr. Diana Pacheco as she collects samples from a COVID-19 test, inside a mobile diagnostic tent, in San Gregorio Atlapulco in the Xochimilco district of Mexico City. The capital's health secretariat has erected mobile testing units in the areas of the city hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but only a limited numbers of testing kits are available each day.Credit:AP

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Homes in the Moravia neighborhood of Medellin, Colombia. Coronavirus-related deaths spiked in Colombia with 315 reported on Thursday, bringing the total since March to 7,688. Credit:Bloomberg

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A woman, wearing a protective face mask, stands in line to receive a free meal in the Peronia neighborhood of Villa Nueva, Guatemala. The Villa Nueva City Hall delivers hot meals three times a week in a selected area of the neighborhood for residents who have been economically affected by the COVID-19 restrictions related to the government-ordered shutdowns.Credit:AP

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A public safety worker sprays a disinfectant solution on the outside of a building in San Gregorio Atlapulco in Xochimilco, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, in Mexico City.Credit:AP

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A man wearing a protective mask sits outside the Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez General Hospital in Caracas, Venezuela. With Covid-19 cases erupting across Venezuela, the government of Nicolas Maduro has restricted testing to two state laboratories around Caracas, preventing private and university labs from participating and raising fears that coronavirus will go undiagnosed while the country claims a low caseload. Credit:Bloomberg

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A waiter wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus works in a discotheque in Madrid, Spain, early Saturday, July 25, 2020. Nightlife is becoming the new target of Spanish authorities attempting to contain a spike in coronavirus infections since the country ended a lockdown. The Catalonia regional government has shut nightlife venues in Barcelona, and on Friday officials in Madrid said they were considering a similar step. Credit:AP

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Laundry dries on a clothesline on the terrace in the Peronia neighborhood of Villa Nueva, Guatemala. Credit:AP