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Week in pictures: 11-17 April 2020

News imageAmanda Jufrian / AFP An Indonesian nurse wearing protective gear holds a newborn baby, also wearing a face shieldAmanda Jufrian / AFP
An Indonesian nurse at a clinic in Bireuen, Aceh province, is seen wearing protective gear with a newborn baby also wearing a face shield to protect against transmission of the coronavirus. Indonesia so far has had about 5,500 cases and nearly 500 confirmed virus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week as people react to the spread of the coronavirus.

News imageMartin Bureau / AFP Parisians applauding from their windowMartin Bureau / AFP
Parisian residents applaud to show their appreciation of healthcare workers.
News imageKhaled Desouki / AFP The golden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun lies in the restoration lab as workers look onKhaled Desouki / AFP
The golden sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun lies in the restoration lab of the newly built Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza on the outskirts of Cairo. British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
News imageAriana Drehsler / AFP A music DJ stands on a balcony and performs to surrounding flatsAriana Drehsler / AFP
Noel Brandon, known as DJ Iamnoel, plays his set on a balcony in San Diego, California, to cheer up locals amid the virus lockdown.
News imageVolodymyr Shuvayev / AFP A forest fire burns and smoke billows into the skyVolodymyr Shuvayev / AFP
A forest fire burns within just a few miles of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986. On Tuesday, the authorities said the fire had been contained.
News imageLeah Mills / Reuters A worker cleans a wallLeah Mills / Reuters
A worker cleans the area around the podium in the White House, shortly before the daily coronavirus briefing.
News imageLionel Bonaventure / AFP A woman wears a face mask that has a clear plastic panel over the mouth, so the mouth is visible for lip readingLionel Bonaventure / AFP
Anissa Mekrabech wears the face mask she created for deaf and hearing-impaired people. Ms Mekrabech, from Toulouse in France, launched a crowdfunding initiative to develop the transparent mask to allow lip reading.
News imageNoel Celis / AFP A man wearing a face mask looks over a barricadeNoel Celis / AFP
A man wearing a face mask looks over a barricade set up to keep people out of a residential compound in Wuhan, the city in China where the coronavirus pandemic began. Officials this week raised the death toll by 50% but insisted there had been no cover-up.
News imageAntara Foto / Reuters People stretch next to train tracksAntara Foto / Reuters
People practise social distancing while exercising along rail tracks in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia.
News imageAlain Jocard / AFP A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a store window with an advert behind her showing lots of women crowded togetherAlain Jocard / AFP
A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a store window in Paris.
News imageJoe Giddons/ PA Konik ponies fight for dominance during the foaling seasonJoe Giddons/ PA
Konik ponies fight for dominance during the foaling season at the National Trust's Wicken Fen Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire.

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