Patients displaying Covid-19 symptoms at a temporary triage area next to the emergency department at the Caritas Medical Center hospital in Hong Kong, China, on February 16, 2022. President Xi Jinping called for all necessary measures to get Hong Kong's virus outbreak under control, an unusually direct intervention that leaves the city's leaders even less room to deviate from China's Covid Zero policy.
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An overview of a site of a mudslide at Morro da Oficina after pouring rains in Petropolis, Brazil February 16, 2022.
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People try to rescue items from cars destroyed by a flash flood in Petropolis, Brazil on February 16, 2022.
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Demo fly over by Boeing's wide-bodied B777-9 during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at the Changi Exhibition Centre on February 16, 2022.
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A local resident boards a train at a suburban area of Kyiv, Ukraine February 16, 2022.
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A vessel of the Russian Navy is seen through a flock of birds in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea February 16, 2022.
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Two dogs sit on the runway before the Bibhu Mohapatra show during New York Fashion Week at Spring Studios on February 15, 2022, in New York City.
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This aerial photo taken on February 15, 2022, shows people visiting a lantern show during the Lantern Festival in Yantai in China's eastern Shandong province.
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Screens show devotees gathering via Zoom application during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, following the spread of the coronavirus disease, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, February 16, 2022.
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Jesper Tjader of Sweden in action during the men's freeski slopestyle event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, China, on February 16, 2022.
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