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An elderly man walks along a nearly empty street of Psiri, in central Athens. Greece is on lockdown through Dec. 7 but government officials say it is too early to say when schools and businesses will reopen due to continued pressure on the state-run health service, with intensive care wards near capacity in parts of the country. Credit:AP
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The snow covered trees make an almost perfect reflection in the partially frozen waters at the Sugar Hollow Wetlands in Bristol, Virginia.Credit:David Crigger/Bristol Herald Courier
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Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray ride a bus going to the Village 8 temporary shelter, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan.Credit:AP
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A COVID-19 test is handed through the vehicle window at a mobile testing site, in Long Beach, California.Credit:AP
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A disinfection worker sprays anti-septic solution in a classroom to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 ahead of college scholastic ability test at a YoungSang high school in Seoul, South Korea. The annual College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), slated for Dec. 3 this year, is the country's most important annual academic event, and the whole country almost grinds to a halt for the smooth administration of the test. Credit:Getty
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Migrants stand at Arguineguin port after their rescue on the southwestern coast of the Gran Canaria island, Spain. Emergency services in Spain's Canary Islands say that 68 northern Africans have been the first migrants to arrive in the archipelago since authorities dismantled a makeshift camp that had brought criticism and shame to authorities.Credit:AP
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a news conference to introduce his nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater, in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit:AP
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People wait their turn to be called for a PCR test for the COVID-19 outside a hospital in Barcelona, Spain.Credit:AP
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A woman, wearing a mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection, is reflected in a tinted chapel window, along with a metal casing said to contain the remains of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, in Bucharest, Romania.Credit:AP