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Lebanon is among the most indebted countries in the world, the state defaulted on its overseas loans earlier this year. Since then, the local currency has taken a nose dive and, to make matters worse for the general population, the government continued to cut spending on its social services. The Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah is pulling on its deep resources in the fight against coronavirus, including volunteers, doctors and facilities, giving it a prominent role in the crisis hit country’s response to the pandemic. Lebanese national poverty and unemployment rates are approaching fifty percent due to the ongoing economic crisis, and now with the Covid19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown combined have pushed the country to the brink.

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April 30, 2020, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Aerial view of Vila Formosa cemetery, in Sao Paulo. The largest cemetery in Latin America has been doing about 50 burials a day, due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 5,000 people have died in Brazil as a result of Covid-19.

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March 17, 2020, Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announces that an executive order requiring restaurants and bars eliminate all dining area service, but allowing takeout and delivery.

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February 28, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S: Members of the SEIU Local 26 listen to union leaders during a strike picket at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. About 4,000 janitorial and custodial workers represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26 in the Twin Cities are on an Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) strike for better wages and benefits. Friday morning they picketed the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Friday morning.

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April 7, 2020, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA: The Wisconsin presidential primary and state election proceeds Tuesday April 7, 2020 after a day of legal wrangling. The Village of Mount Pleasant consolidated all balloting at the Village Hall. Poll workers were separated from voters by shields.

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April 13, 2020, Racine, Wisconsin, USA: Ballots cast in Racine, Wisconsin during the controversial April 7 Wisconsin presidential primary and state election are tabulated Monday April 13, 2020. Each ballot envelope was opened and checked for compliance with election laws before being fed into a tabulating machine. The city had only drive-up and absentee mail ballot voting options; there was no in-person voting allowed. The election was held under guidelines from rulings from both the Wisconsin and United States supreme courts. Results were to be announced Monday.

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April 15, 2020, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: Ann Arbor, Michigan – A reporter and photographer do an interview during the coronavirus pandemic. They talked with University of Michigan hospital nurses who were protesting the lack of safe staffing and personal protective equipment.

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