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People in cars pass through a road checkpoint in Wuhan as Chinese authorities lift a more than two-month ban on travel from the city in Hubei Province. Government estimates say as many as 55,000 people are expected to flow out Wednesday, April 8 by train from the city, which was placed under an unprecedented quarantine lockdown on January 23. IMAGES
People gather with their belongings outside of the train station in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv as Russia's invasion of the country enters its sixth day. IMAGES
Thousands of travellers flock to catch trains leaving Wuhan, minutes before authorities lift a ban on outbound travel from the hard-hit city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. The lockdown had been in place since January 23. IMAGES
Security guards and passengers outside of the Wuhan Hankou Railway Station stand still and bow their heads for three minutes of silence for coronavirus victims and 'martyrs' in a nationwide mourning in China. At 10am (0200 GMT), citizens paused, cars, trains and air-raid sirens sounded in memory of the more than 3,000 lives claimed by the virus in the nation. IMAGES
French ambulances bring patients suffering from the coronavirus to the Nancy train station in order to be transferred via a specially-adapted medical train from the Grand Est region to New Aquitaine, and relieve congested hospitals. The Grand Est region is one of the regions most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.