March 14, 2020, Florida, USA: Poll worker Kathleen Fahey greets a voter after he casts his ballot during early voting at the Gardens Branch Library in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

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March 19th, 2020: An intensive care unit of the Poliambulanza hospital in Brescia, Italy

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NO single story has drastically affected the world more than the Coronavirus COVID-19!

ZUMA’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Jessica Cotsonas, Julie Rogers, Mark Avery, Ruaridh Stewart, Scott Mc Kiernan, Shalan Stewart, and the POM Editor-in-Chief Jim Colton made this ZUMA show possible, as well as the amazing ZUMA Licensing, IT and Mangement Staff: Dane Aton, Jeremy Mc Kiernan, Julie Mason, Katrina Kochneva and Pat Johnson. Enjoy and pass the word to others.

Photographers © Abed Alrahman Alkahlout • Adisorn Chabsungnoen • Albert Ivan Damanik • Alberto Lingria • Alex Lentati • Alexander Shcherbak • Andrew Mccaren • Andrew Milligan • Ben Stevens • Beppe Bedolis • Cadu Rolim • Cai Yang • Can Ozer • Carlo Cozzoli • Caroline Brehman • Carsten Koall • Chen Yehua • Chong Voon Chung • Chris Putnam • Claudio Furlan • Darek Szuster • David Becker • David Crane • David Davies • David Tanecek • Dmitry Feoktistov • Donal Husni • Dylan Meiffret • Gareth Fuller • Gavriil Grigorov • Gehad Hamdy • Greg Lovett • Hassan Jedi • Hendrik Schmidt • Herwin Bahar • Hussain Ali • John Gastaldo • Jorg Carstensen • Jose Carlos Fajardo • Keith Tsuji • Kevin Dietsch • Khandaker Azizur Rahman Sumon • Kristin Callahan • Leonard Ortiz • Luciana Guerra • Majdi Fathi • Marcus Santos • Marechal Aurore • Matthias Oesterle • Md Rafayat Haque Khan • Michael Brochstein • Michael Kappeler • Michael Nagle • Mohamed Shokry • Mohammad Rakibul Hasan • Niklas Larsson • Pascal Bonniere • Patrick Pleul • Paul Hennessy • Paul Kuroda • Peter Kovalev • Qian Weizhong • Ramiro Agustin Vargas Tabares • Rana Sajid Hussain • Raphael Lafargue • Ringo Chiu • Roberto Monaldo • Robin Utrecht • Rodrigo Reyes Marin • Rouzbeh Fouladi • Sarah Reingewirtz • Scott Keeler • Sebastian Gollnow • Sergei Bobylev • Shealah Craighead • Skanda Gautam • Sonia Moskowitz • Stanislav Krasilnikov • Stefani Reynolds • Utrecht Robin • Vanessa Carvalho • Wang Jingqiang • William Volcov • Xie Jianfei • Xiong Qi • Yuri Gripas • Zikri Maulana

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Music: ‘Black Sword’ by jjjack

“NBC Today show put together an amazing piece on the true heroes and moments of the World Pandemic. They featured this image, it is an amazing moment in the War on this virus. Shot in Binzhou, China in a special isolation ward by a TPG photographer. Amazing composition and Moment. Bravo! The other heroes out there are the photojournalists like this one, risking their lives to bring back the stories that need to be told, and the images we need to see to understand.” – Scott Mc Kiernan, picture editor/founder of ZUMA Press. 

Frontline Heroes: COVID-19 Nurses

January 28, 2020, Zouping, Binzhou, Shandong, China: Overwhelmed with emotion, nurses hug. Hands and hugs as nurses comfort each other. They are part of a eight nurse and doctors team, taking care of patients who have new coronavirus COVID-19 pneumonia, in the isolation ward in the Zouping People’s Republic Hostipal. (Credit Image: © TPG via ZUMA Press)

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Photo & Video Credit © Fepesil/TheNEWS2/ZUMA Press

DATELINE: March 27, 2020: Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil: City of Guarulhos in state of Sao Paulo, Brazil is under full quarantine.

On March 25th, Brazil had 77 deaths from COVID-19. One month after the first case of coronavirus in Brazil, the country has 2,915 infected and 77 deaths. The lethality rate is 2.7%. The first death in Brazil was registered on March 17, in São Paulo. The state has already registered more than 90% of cases but now it is almost 40%, with 1,052 infected. Despite this, it still has the highest number of deaths, 58. There are also deaths in Rio de Janeiro (9), Goiás (1), Santa Catarina (1), Rio Grande do Sul (1), Ceará (3), Pernambuco (3) and Amazonas (1). In addition to São Paulo, the states with the most infections are: Rio de Janeiro (421), Ceará (235) and the Federal District (200).

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Tourist hotspots around the world are deserted due to COVID-19, with several major cities under lockdown. In cities not under lockdown, social distancing measures are being heavily encouraged. Governments are advising against all non-essential domestic travel, with the US and Europe enforcing strict international travel bans. From citywide quarantines and infections aboard cruise ships to cancellations of major international events, the global public health emergency caused by the coronavirus has been unfolding rapidly and dramatically. The virus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, China, late last year, but it has since spread to 196 countries. There are 375,000 confirmed cases and 16,000 deaths worldwide. In the USA, as of March 24, at least 52,215 people across every state and US territory have tested positive for the virus, and at least 675 people have died. Japan and the International Olympic Committee have agreed to postpone the 2020 Tokyo games until next year, but said they would happen no later than summer 2021. Up until this point, Europe was considered the epicenter for the virus, with Italy being the primary source of both new cases and deaths. Deaths in the country have begun to slow there recently. WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris stated ‘There is a glimmer of hope,’ regarding Italy. ‘We’ve seen in the last two days fewer new cases and deaths in Italy but it’s very, very early days yet.’ These images are from ZUMA Press photographers covering the outbreak around the world: Adrien Vautier, Alberto Pezzali, Andy Barton, Anton Novoderezhkin, Aristides Vafeiadaki, Armin Weigel, Bernd Thissen, Claudio Furlan, David Crane, David Powell, Dirk Shadd, Dirk Waem, Gene Blevins, Giuseppe Fama, Greg Lovett, Jeff Gritchen, Joel Marklund, Kuba Stezycki, Laporta Salvatore, Lev Radin, Marechal Aurore, Markus Scholz, Mirco Toniolo, Naoki Nishimura, Paul Kuroda, Petit Francis, Rod Lamkey, Scott Varley, Valery Sharifulin, Vanessa Carvalho, Zahim Mohd.

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