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Our world in photos: May 12

May 12, 2020 Noah Singer

URUGUAY — At the docks: A crewmember of an Australian cruise ship threw a line as the ship arrived in Montevideo on Monday. The ship has been anchored off Uruguay's coast since March 27 in an effort of curb the coronavirus spread. Photo: Matilde Campodonico/AP

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PARAGUAY — Making meals: Chef Walter Ferreira poured rice into a pot at a soup kitchen in Luque on Monday. The number of Paraguay’s soup kitchens is rising, as the country’s economy remains at a standstill. Photo: Jorge Saenz/AP

THAILAND — Taking precautions: Customers ate street food behind plastic sheets in Bangkok on Tuesday, in an effort to prevent the coronavirus spread. Photo: Sakchai Lalit/AP

CHINA — Day at the park: Visitors waited to enter the Disneyland theme park in Shanghai as it reopened on Monday. Visits to the park are currently limited and must be booked in advance. Photo: Sam McNeil/AP

SPAIN — Balancing act: A waiter carried beers in Tarragona on Monday. Spain has eased its confinement measures and residents are beginning to socialize once again. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

INDIA — Opening up: A man spat water onto train tracks in New Delhi on Tuesday near a line of bags that saved spots for passengers. India is reopening some of its rail network as the country looks to ease its strict seven-week lockdown. Photo: Manish Swarup/AP

BRAZIL — Sorrowful sight: Graves of people who died in the past 30 days filled a new section of the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus on Monday. Photo: Felipe Dana/AP

FRANCE — Waiting in line: People waited in line to be tested for COVID-19 outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. Photo: Jean-Francois Badias/AP

INDONESIA — Taking temperatures: A soldier checked the body temperatures of residents who could not work due to the coronavirus pandemic as the residents waited for government-provided rice in Jakarta on Monday. Photo: Achmad Ibrahim/AP

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