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Volunteers from the COVID Memorial Project have placed 20,000 American flags on the National Mall as the United States crosses the threshold of 200,000 lives lost in the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 200,000 deaths worldwide, nearly 90 percent of which were in Europe or the United States, according to an AFP tally at 1900 GMT on Saturday based on official figures. ANIMATED VIDEO
People navigate in boats through the flooded streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, as floods and mudslides have killed at least 66 and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes, according to authorities. IMAGES
Almost 100 people are brought to land at a port on the island of Leyte in the Philippines after a fire engulfed a ferry, killing one person and forcing scores of others on board to jump into the sea. Emergency personnel check on the rescued passengers, as they search for another passenger who remains missing. IMAGES
Images show people and ambulances at the entrance to Rio de Janeiro's Miguel Couto hospital, in coronavirus-stricken Brazil, as the total confirmed deaths from Covid-19 around the world pass two million. IMAGES
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