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| - Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Email: emma.charlton@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Lockdowns tighten as US toll surpasses China's + US Navy captain pleads for help over virus threat + Africa's biggest city Lagos deserted for virus + US asks Guaido to renounce power -- for now + Harry and Meghan formally quit royal life Health-virus,WRAP MADRID More than 40,000 people have died in the coronavirus pandemic as the disease circles the globe, with the United States bracing for its darkest hours after the nation's death toll surpasses China's. 900 words 2030 GMT by Hazel Ward, with Peter Hutchison in New York. Graphic. Picture. Also moved: Health-virus-toll,FACTS Health-virus-world,FACTS Health-virus-US-defense-Navy-Roosevelt,lead WASHINGTON The captain of the US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt says the coronavirus is spreading uncontrollably through his ship and calls for immediate help to quarantine onshore its huge workforce of sailors. 550 words 2000 GMT by Paul Handley. File picture Health-virus-Africa,4thlead LAGOS Africa's largest city Lagos appears deserted after Nigeria imposed a lockdown, in the continent's latest effort to brake the juggernaut of coronavirus. 650 words moved by Sophie Bouillon and Joel Olatunde Agoi with AFP Africa bureaus. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: Health-virus-Nigeria-Lagos-shutdown,SCENE Also moved: Health-virus-Africa-pandemic,FACTS US-Venezuela-diplomacy-vote,WRAP WASHINGTON The United States calls on its Venezuelan ally Juan Guaido to renounce his claim to the presidency at least temporarily as it recalibrates its strategy to oust leader Nicolas Maduro. 650 words 2030 GMT by Shaun Tandon Britain-US-royals-Harry-Meghan,WRAP LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family, as they start a controversial new life in the United States. 700 words moved by Joe Jackson. File picture. File video -- CORONAVIRUS -- Health-virus-masks,FOCUS PARIS Is a homemade mask better than nothing at all? With an unknown number of asymptomatic virus carriers, some experts are advising people to fashion their own face coverings to prevent them spreading the disease. 700 words moved by Paul Ricard. File picture Health-virus-vaccine-pharmaceutical,FOCUS PARIS From medical workers struggling to care for the rising tide of COVID-19 patients to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine. 1400 words moved by Kelly Macnamara with Issam Ahmed in Washington Also moved: Health-virus-mortality-study-pandemic Health-virus-medicine,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- Health-virus-US NEW YORK Emergency field hospitals are going up in Central Park and at the home of the US Open with New York racing against time to prevent the raging coronavirus from overwhelming the city as the number of deaths in America surpass those reported by China. 650 words 2130 GMT by Peter Hutchison. Picture. Video. Live video Health-virus-ship-US,WRAP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida The operator of a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship and its sister vessel pleads for a port to allow them to dock, calling for "compassion" and warning that more passengers may die. 600 words 2130 GMT by Leila Macor. File picture Health-virus-Brazil-politics,FOCUS BRASILIA A new meme on Brazilian social networks pokes fun at President Jair Bolsonaro's response to the coronavirus pandemic. It shows a dinosaur looking at the meteorite that is about to annihilate his kind and complaining, "This is going to be bad for the economy!" 700 words 1930 GMT by Jordi Miro. Picture -- EUROPE -- Health-virus-Italy,2ndlead ROME Italy marks a minute of silence and flies flags at half mast to mourn the 12,428 people who have died from the coronavirus pandemic that has dramatically altered life in the Mediterranean country. 500 words moved by Dmitry Zaks. Picture. Video Health-virus-Russia-politics,FACTS MOSCOW Russia has enforced a strict lockdown and approved a coronavirus-focused package of legislation including prison terms. A look at the main recent measures. 500 words moved. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA-- Health-virus-G20-economy-Saudi,3rdlead RIYADH G20 finance ministers and central bankers pledge to address the debt burden of low-income countries and deliver aid to emerging markets as part of a plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic. 550 words moved Health-virus-Israel-religion,FOCUS JERUSALEM Israeli police with face masks and batons and backed by surveillance helicopters have stepped up patrols of ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighbourhoods that have become coronavirus hotspots. 700 words moved by Michael Blum. Picture. Video Health-virus-Israel-IT-biometrics,FOCUS JERUSALEM One app tells you if you've been in the vicinity of a COVID-19 carrier and another aims to assess whether you have the virus based purely on the sound of your voice -- Israel has seen a flurry of new technologies designed to contain contagion. 600 words moved by Guillaume Lavallee and Jonah Mandel. Picture Algeria-politics-Bouteflika,FOCUS ALGIERS A year after the unexpected downfall of Algeria's longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the ailing octogenarian remains holed up in his plush and medically adapted home, with his detractors still demanding justice. 600 words moved by Abdellah Cheballah. File picture. File video Also moved: Algeria-politics-Bouteflika,CHRONO -- AFRICA -- Health-virus-Zimbabwe-water,SCENE HARARE Buckets and jerrycans in hand or in wheelbarrows, dozens of Zimbabweans stand in a long queue, all backed up into each other, patiently waiting to fill up at a water borehole in the capital Harare as the country starts a 21-day coronavirus lockdown. 550 words moved by Ish Mafundikwa. File Picture Health-virus-SAfrica-Soweto,SCENE SOWETO Along the Soweto township's Vilakazi, one of South Africa's most famous streets and where Nelson Mandela once lived, restaurateur Maqoba Mbutho sips coffee, worrying about his business and fearing a rise in crime due to the coronavirus lockdown. 400 words moved by Susan Njanji. Picture. Video CAfrica-species-pangolin-health-virus,FOCUS DZANGA-SANGHA NATIONAL PARK, Central African Republic Scientists in the Central African Republic are battling to save the pangolin, a scale-covered mammal whose plight has come to worldwide recognition through the coronavirus pandemic. 750 words moved by Camille Laffont. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Health-virus-India,lead NEW DELHI A large religious gathering in New Delhi sparks a manhunt across India for suspected coronavirus cases after being linked to dozens of infections and several deaths. 450 words 2130 GMT. Picture. Video Health-virus-China-Wuhan-burials,SCENE WUHAN, China As China's coronavirus epicentre Wuhan awakens from its long nightmare, formerly locked-down citizens are beginning to reemerge, but for many, their first outdoor act in more than two months is grim: burying loved ones. 600 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture. Video Health-virus-Palau-Pacific,FOCUS KOROR, Palau A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect place to ride out a pandemic -- but residents on Palau say life right now is far from idyllic. 700 words moved by Bernadette Carreon. Picture Health-virus-Thailand-animal-elephants-tourism,FOCUS BANGKOK Campaigners warn many elephants working in Thailand's tourism sector, underfed and chained up for endless hours, may starve, be sold to roadside zoos or shifted into the illegal logging trade as the coronavirus decimates visitor numbers. 600 words moved by Sophie Deviller. Picture. Video -- SPORTS -- Health-virus-sports-psychology,FOCUS HONG KONG Fear, stress and money worries: coronavirus lockdown is hard for anyone, but athletes are facing extra mental health risks as they go from highly active lifestyles to isolation and boredom, experts warn. 600 words moved by Talek Harris. File picture afp
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