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| - Duty Editor: Ian Timberlake Contact: Ian.Timberlake@afp.com 1 202 873 4262 -- TOP STORIES -- + Europe, New York report virus headway + Worshippers urged to stay home for Orthodox Easter + Mali votes amid conflict, pandemic + Turkmenistan fans flock to football Health-virus,WRAP NEW YORK European nations hard hit by the coronavirus and the US epicenter New York report headway in their battle against the deadly pandemic, as governments around the world debat how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than half of humanity confined to their homes and crippled the global economy. 950 words 2030 GMT by Catherine Triomphe with Mariette Le Roux in Paris and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic. Live Video. Health-virus-Orthodox-Easter MOSCOW More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter Sunday, with church leaders urging worshippers to stay at home to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus. 800 words moved by Romain Colas with AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. Live Video Mali-vote-unrest-health-virus,WRAP BAMAKO Malians vote in the final round of legislative elections that aim to revive public faith in the country's embattled institutions despite a bloody jihadist conflict and the coronavirus pandemic. 650 words 2000 GMT by Serge Daniel Turkmenistan-football-health-virus-Fbl,Focus ASHGABAT Turkmenistan is rebooting its football season with fans flocking back to stadiums in one of the few countries yet to declare a case of coronavirus. 550 words moved by Anton Lomov with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty. Picture -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK Hard-hit New York state cautiously declares that it may be over the peak of its coronavirus outbreak as President Donald Trump clashes with state governors over ending lockdowns. 550 words 2100 GMT by Catherine Triomphe. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-France PARIS France's prime minister says the country is starting to beat back the coronavirus as the outbreak death toll nears 20,000, but new hospitalisations continue to fall off. 650 words moved by Mariette Le Roux. File picture. Health-virus-Britain,2ndlead LONDON The British government insists that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "on top of things" as he recovers from the coronavirus facing criticism of his early handling of the crisis. 600 words moved by James Pheby. Picture. Video Greece-migrants-fire-unrest,WRAP ATHENS Many asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Chios are left homeless as a fire rips through one of the country's largest migrant camps after the death of an Iraqi woman sparks unrest. 550 words moved by John Hadoulis. Graphic. File picture. Austria-history-WWII,OBIT VIENNA An Austrian who deserted Nazi forces before campaigning decades later to rehabilitate those who refused to fight for Hitler has died at the age of 97, his group says. 500 words 1930 GMT by Julia Zappei. File picture. -- MIDDLE EAST -- Iraq-US-Iran-tensions,FOCUS BAGHDAD It has been weeks since Iran-backed factions in Iraq traded fire with US forces, but experts warn the rivals could be using the time to prepare for escalation. 750 words moved by Maya Gebeily. Health-virus-Libya-conflict TRIPOLI Already tired of the tribulations of war, Libyans in the capital are reluctant to respect intensified lockdown measures introduced to forestall the spread of coronavirus. 600 words moved by Rim Taher. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Lesotho-politics-army,WRAP MASERU Lesotho troops deployed by Prime Minister Thomas Thabane in a showdown with opponents demanding his resignation are withdrawn from the streets of the capital 650 words moved by Pascalinah Kabi. Picture. Chad-jihadists-prison-rights-investigation NDJAMENA The deaths by apparent poisoning of 44 suspected Boko Haram jihadists in a Chad prison are shrouded in mystery, with observers wondering whether they were murdered or committed collective suicide. 500 words by Ali Abba Kaya and Djimet Wiche, with Camille Malplat in Libreville -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India-migrants-social,FOCUS NEW DELHI Tens of thousands of stranded labourers have been herded into camps and shelters across India like the Yamuna sports complex in Delhi where their suffering has been forgotten amid the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Abhaya Srivasta. Video -- SPORT -- Fbl-Asia-CHN-health-virus-Wuhan SHANGHAI Wuhan Zall, the Chinese Super League team from the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, made an emotional return to the city after more than three months torn from their families. 400 words moved by Peter Stebbings afp
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