Week in pictures: 29 February - 6 March 2020 - BBC News

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend the Endeavour Fund Awards, which celebrate the sporting and adventure achievements of sick and injured service personnel. The London event was one of the last engagements Prince Harry and Meghan will make before stepping back as senior royals at the end of March.

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Gene Campbell talks through a window to his wife of more than 60 years at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington, US. The care facility is linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state. The White House has acknowledged the country does not have enough coronavirus test kits, as the US death toll climbed to 12 on Thursday.

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Tourists walk on the steps of a Hindu temple at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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A waiter stands by empty tables outside a restaurant in St Mark's Square, Venice. Italy's tourism has suffered since the outbreak of coronavirus, which at the time of writing has killed 107 people in the country.

SAI AUNG MAIN / AFP

A tattooed Chin woman smokes at her house in a village in Chin State, western Myanmar. The women of the community are known for their remarkable face tattoos. A legend of the origin of the custom is that the tattoos are a deterrent to would-be kidnappers.

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Low-lying mist is seen in the early morning as a train crosses a viaduct over Gill Beck in Baildon, Yorkshire.

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Children walk over a bridge in the Moria migrant camp on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos. In December 2019, the BBC reported that almost 18,000 people were living in the camp which was built for just 2,000, with an increasing number of children there self-harming and attempting suicide.

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French skyscraper climber Alain Robert, known as "Spiderman", climbs the Agbar Tower in Barcelona, Spain. It was reported he climbed the tower as a protest against people panicking over the coronavirus outbreak.

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Hindu men from Nandgaon and Barsana are covered with coloured powder as they celebrate the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandgram temple in Nandgaon, Mathura, India.

REBECCA COOK / REUTERS

Elizabeth Warren makes a heart gesture as she addresses supporters at her Super Tuesday rally in Detroit, Michigan, US. The senator ended her presidential campaign on Thursday following disappointing Super Tuesday results. "One of the hardest parts of this is all those little girls who are going to have to wait four more years," she said.