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A Chinese health worker carries out a nucleic acid test on a journalist covering events around the National People's Congress in Beijing, China.Credit: Getty

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, in Wellington, New Zealand.Credit: Getty

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Employees from Fatih Municipality clean and disinfect Istanbul's famous Egyptian Bazaar (Spice Market) amid the spread of the coronavirus.Credit: Getty

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Owner Dan Paine steam cleans the seats in rows that won't be in use due to Covid-19 social distancing spacing on opening day at Matakana Cinema in Auckland, New Zealand.Credit: Getty

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\Australian triathlete Aaron Royle swims during a training session in Wollongong Harbour.Credit: Getty

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Race horses are seen exercising on Epsom Downs in Epsom, England.Credit: Getty

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Supporters of the "Generation Rescue Package" ("Generationen Rettungsschirm") campaign hold up orange umbrellas at the campaign's official launch in front of the Chancellery during the coronavirus crisis in Berlin, Germany.Credit: Getty

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A woman passes a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19, in New York.Credit: AP

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, left, speaks with Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Credit: AP

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Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia.Credit: AP

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Chase Elliott does a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord.Credit: AP

Gallery: The best photos from around the world

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.