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The Week In Photos: Empty Shelves And Fishing Frenzy

  Our selection for this week (ending March 21, 2020) is dominated by issues around the coronavirus pandemic, but the world is still chugging along. … Continue reading The Week In Photos: Empty Shelves And Fishing Frenzy

By Solomon Elusoji
Updated March 21, 2020
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A combination of best photos for the week ending March 21, 2020.
A combination of best photos for the week ending March 21, 2020.
A combination of best photos for the week ending March 21, 2020.
A combination of best photos for the week ending March 21, 2020.

 

Our selection for this week (ending March 21, 2020) is dominated by issues around the coronavirus pandemic, but the world is still chugging along.

 

 

Candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wait outside a JAMB CBT Centre in Abuja on Monday March 16th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/ChannelsTV
Candidates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wait outside a JAMB CBT Centre in Abuja on Monday March 16th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/ChannelsTV

 

The moment APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole arrived the APC headquarters for the first time since his suspension on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
The moment APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole arrived the APC headquarters for the first time since his suspension on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

Members of the National Youth Service Corps departs the FCT orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Members of the National Youth Service Corps depart the FCT orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Wednesday after NYSC closed camps over the coronavirus pandemic. March 18th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

Members of the National Youth Service Corps departs the FCT orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Sorry guys. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

A petroleum station meter in Abuja reads the new N125 price per liter of petrol on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 after the Federal Government’s directive to adjust the pump price of premium motor spirit to N125 per litre. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
A petroleum station meter in Abuja reads the new N125 price per liter of petrol on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 after the Federal Government’s directive to adjust the pump price of premium motor spirit to N125 per litre. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

Members of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) embark on a modulation of petroleum products prices in Abuja on March 18th, 2020 after the Federal Government’s directive to adjust the pump price of premium motor spirit to N125 per litre. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Here are members of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) making sure the FG’s directive is followed. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

Motorist queue for fuel after the reduction of PMS to N125 per litre in Abuja on Friday, March 20th, 2020. Photos: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Motorists queue for fuel after the reduction of PMS to N125 per litre in Abuja on Friday, March 20th, 2020. Photos: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

Store owners stand outside their closed stores in Dutse, Abuja after being closedown by task force over unknown cause on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Store owners stand outside their closed stores in Dutse, Abuja after being closedown by task force over unknown cause on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV

 

People shopping for hand sanitizer at a store in Abuja following the continuous spread of the Corona Virus on Friday, March 20th 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
A man shops for hand sanitizer at a store in Abuja following the continuous spread of the Coronavirus on Friday, March 20, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

A man pushes a cart at a store in Abuja on Friday, March 20th, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Wow, who bought everything? A man pushes a cart at a store in Abuja on Friday, March 20, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

A woman takes her children to work after schools were asked to closed down in Abuja. The closure is part of precautionary measures adopted to curtail further spread of the virus on Friday, March 20th 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
A woman takes her children to work after schools were asked to close down in Abuja. The closure is part of precautionary measures adopted to curtail further spread of the virus on Friday, March 20th 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

A schoolgirl washes her hand as one of the precautionary measure of preventing the spread of the Corona Virus at a Government Junior Secondary School in Abuja on Friday. March 20th 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Yes, this schoolgirl knows how to keep herself safe from coronavirus. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

An Algerian man disinfects his hands with alcohol gel attached to a pole in Algiers' Bab el-Oued district on March 20, 2020. - A total of 82 cases of coronavirus COVID-19 have been confirmed in Algeria, according to the health ministry. An 83rd case was detected in an Italian national, who has since returned to Italy. Two more virus deaths were registered in Algeria yesterday, the health ministry said, bringing to eight the number of fatalities from COVID-19 since the first case was registered in the country at the end of February. Photo: AFP
This Algerian man too. Photo: AFP

 

Secondary school students wash their hands at temporary hand washing point before they return home as Rwandan Government decided to send back all students of boarding schools after the first case of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus was found on March 13, in Kigali, on March 16, 2020. Photo: AFP
And these secondary school children in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo: AFP

 

A staff member of Kenya's Ministry of Health sprays disinfectant on a rock which people sit on to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Gikomba Market in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 21, 2020. - African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. Photo: AFP
A staff member of Kenya’s Ministry of Health sprays disinfectant on a rock which people sit on to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the Gikomba Market in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 21, 2020. Photo: AFP

 

Muslim faithfuls worship inside the National Mosque in Abuja before the Friday Jumah prayer on March 20th 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV
Muslim faithfuls worship inside the National Mosque in Abuja before the Friday Jumah prayer on March 20, 2020. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun / Channels TV

 

A Muslim man wearing a makeshift mask as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus sits with other worshippers the beginning of the Friday prayer at the 23rd Street Mosque in the predominantly Muslim neighbourhood of Mayfair, Johannesburg, on March 20, 2020. - The mosque implemented a double shift prayer schedule to respect the instructions given by the South African Government limiting to 100 hundred the number of people per religious gathering. Photo: AFP
Religious activities are still on in South Africa too. This picture was taken on Friday. Photo: AFP

 

Fishermen try to catch fishes during the final of the revived Argungu fishing and cultural festival at Argungu Town, Kebbi State in northwest Nigeria, on March 14, 2020. - Argungu fishing and cultural festival is one of the oldest and most widely attended festivals in the country dating back many generations, featuring series of water competitions and traditional games. The festival returned after 10 years suspension due to insecurity in northwest Nigeria. Photo: AFP
Fishermen try to catch fishes during the final of the revived Argungu fishing and cultural festival at Argungu Town, Kebbi State in northwest Nigeria, on March 14, 2020. – Argungu fishing and cultural festival is one of the oldest and most widely attended festivals in the country dating back many generations, featuring series of water competitions and traditional games. The festival returned after 10 years suspension due to insecurity in northwest Nigeria. Photo: AFP

 

Venezuelan citizens wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of Coronavirus carry an unconscious lady as they try to enter to Colombia, in Cucuta, Colombia, on March 14, 2020. - Colombian President Ivan Duque announced on Friday, March 13, 2020, the closure of all border crossings with Venezuela, and restricted the entry of foreigners who have been in Europe and Asia in the last 14 days, as measures to stop the expansion of the new Coronavirus. Photo: AFP
Venezuelan citizens wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of Coronavirus carry an unconscious lady as they try to enter to Colombia, in Cucuta, Colombia, on March 14, 2020. – Colombian President Ivan Duque announced on Friday, March 13, 2020, the closure of all border crossings with Venezuela, and restricted the entry of foreigners who have been in Europe and Asia in the last 14 days, as measures to stop the expansion of the new Coronavirus. Photo: AFP

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