Coronavirus prevention measures around the world, cherry blossoms in England, snowshoeing in New York, the “burial of the sardine” on Tenerife, Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland, the Crufts dog show in England, Holi festival in India, and much more.
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Workers place a mask on a figure made for the Fallas festival in Valencia, Spain, on March 11, 2020. The festival, which was scheduled to take place on March 13, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. #
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French artists Coco Petitpierre and Yvan Clédat, equipped with a beach ball and towels, arrive for a creative performance entitled “Les Baigneurs” in Strasbourg, France, on March 11, 2020, as part of the Les Giboulées festival. #
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Commandos take part in exercises in heavy snow at Eğirdir Mountain Commando School, training for severe weather, field, and climate conditions on Davraz Mountain in Isparta, Turkey. #
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Local actors, dressed up as devils and witches, perform the “burial of the sardine” during Las Burras (“the donkeys”) festival, marking the end of the carnival celebrations in Güímar, on the Canary Island of Tenerife on March 7, 2020. #
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Residents look out from a window at a Holika Dahan effigy of the coronavirus demon, “Coronasur,” ahead of the Hindu festival of Holi in Mumbai on March 9, 2020. The coronavirus effigy will be set ablaze as part of the festival. #
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Cleaning crews from Servpro have their masks wiped down as they emerge from the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term-care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, on March 11, 2020. #
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A campaign worker offers hand sanitizer to guests at a rally with the Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden at Renaissance High School on March 9, 2020, in Detroit, Michigan. #
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An Iranian man uses a provided toothpick to press an elevator button in an office building in Tehran on March 4, 2020, as a preventative measure against viral transmission. #
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Harvard sophomore Jordan Di Verniero, 19, sits with her belongings in front of Eliot House before returning home to Florida for the rest of the semester, on March 12, 2020, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Students have been asked to move out of their dorms by March 15 due to the coronavirus risk. All classes will be moved online for the remainder of the spring semester. #
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People with face masks line up at a supermarket to stock up on food and goods, after a government announcement prohibiting travel and assembly, on March 10, 2020, in Rome, Italy. #
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A scene from above shows a quiet Pattaya Beach—normally packed with tourists—in Pattaya, Thailand, on March 11, 2020. Tourist arrivals to Thailand have plunged more than 50 percent and are expected to continue declining for months ahead. #
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Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama is seen with his large-scale installation in the Turbine Hall on Cockatoo Island during the 22nd Biennale of Sydney NIRIN media preview on March 10, 2020, in Sydney, Australia. The installation of sewn coal sacks that covers the interior of the building speaks to his investigation of the conditions of supply and demand in African markets. #
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The sun shines through the glass floor of the Edge, as people stand on the outdoor skydeck, 100 floors high, at the top of 30 Hudson Yards, on March 9, 2020, in New York City. #
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Connections of Imperial Aura cheer home their horse as it wins the Northern Trust Company Novices’ Handicap Chase on Champion Day at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England, on March 10, 2020. #
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A supporter of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó reacts in front of Venezuelan security forces that were preventing protesters from continuing to the National Assembly in Caracas on March 10, 2020. #
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A police officer stands behind her riot shield covered in red paint during an International Women’s Day march in Mexico City’s main square, the Zócalo, on March 8, 2020. #
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Demonstrators hold placards and a banner that reads “We are the feminist revolution” during a protest to mark International Women’s Day in Madrid, Spain, on March 8, 2020. #
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A pair of hikers snowshoe through a forest of rime ice–covered spruce trees on the eastern slope of Mount Marcy, New York’s tallest mountain, near Keene, New York, on March 7, 2020. #
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Sika deer cross a road in Nara, Japan, on March 12, 2020. Like a number of tourist hot spots around the country, Nara, a popular ancient city where free-roaming deer are an attraction for tourists, has seen a decline in visitor numbers in recent weeks amid concern over the spread of COVID-19. Some deer have begun roaming into the city’s residential area due to a shortage of food, as they were partially fed by visitors, according to media reports. #
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A Los Angeles Angels player reaches for a baseball to autograph for a child standing behind a fence, before the team’s spring-training baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, on March 10, 2020, in Peoria, Arizona. #
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A woman kisses an Alaskan Malamute named Arctictreks Black Sheep during grooming on day three of the Crufts dog show at the NEC arena on March 7, 2020, in Birmingham, England. #
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A girl wearing a protective mask reacts as she is splashed with colored water during Holi celebrations amid coronavirus precautions, in Chennai, India, on March 10, 2020. #
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A man prays toward the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on March 11, 2020, to mark the nine-year anniversary of the disaster. #
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