A long train platform is shown empty of any passengers with rounded metal steel overhead.

A lockdown for the entirety of Italy to contain the coronavirus

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An empty Torino Porta Susa railway station is pictured after a decree orders for the whole of Italy to be on lockdown to contain the coronavirus, in Turin, Italy, March 10, 2020.

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From the boot’s top to its toe and heel, Italy is in lockdown to try to contain the coronavirus. And, on the Greek isle of Lesbos, residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in camps there. Also, who knew that hand-washing could spur so much creativity online? Amid concerns about the new coronavirus, memes about how to wash your hands have been going viral.

In This Episode

A person in protective gear bends over a patient on a bed
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The Hou family in Beijing in January, days before alarm spread about the coronavirus.
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Hand-washing memes
A collection of charred school supplies
This beloved school gave migrants on Lesbos an escape. A fire turned it to rubble.
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A picture of victims of the MH17 crash rests on empty chairs during a protest outside the Russian Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands March 8, 2020.
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Brayan Guevara, a 19-year-old college sophomore, will vote for in his first presidential election this November.
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Russia is moving to end term limits, allowing Putin to remain in office
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