Thread by @AFP

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

War against a virus:
Troops patrol in Paris
Serbian soldiers patrol in Belgrade
Soldiers guard a hospital in Caracas
Pakistan troops guard a quarantine facility

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

Europe:
Medical staff evacuate a patient in France
"Cinema from Home" in Rome
A lone worshipper in London
People in lockdown sing from their windows in Madrid

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

Latin America:
Quarantine in San Salvador
Supermarket queues in Colombia
Stranded Argentinian passengers at Mexico airport
Building a temporary hospital in Guatemala

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

East Asia:
Spraying disinfectant in Banda Aceh
Imperial Palace reopens in Shenyang, China
Virus testing tent in Seoul
Queue into Singapore before Malaysia travel ban

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

South Asia:
Mural of Buddha with a face mask in Mumbai
Rickshaw ride in Dhaka
Nurses distribute leaflets about virus in Colombo
Temperature check at Peshawar station

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

Middle East:
Disinfecting Petra, Jordan
Waiting to be tested in Kuwait
Iraqi Kurd entertains locked down residents in Arbil
Spraying Palestinian refugee camp of Aida

Topshots from @AFP staff photographers and stringers across the world as they cover the #coronavirus pandemic:

Africa:
Passengers given hand sanitizer in Nairobi
Closed schools in Abidjan
Health check at Addis Ababa airport
French citizens seek help at consulate in Marrakesh