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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020 + HIGHLIGHTS MECCA (Saudi Arabia)/VARIOUS : Mecca to mark start of Ramadan without crowds as Muslims around the world prepare for the holy month with virus threat lingering BEIJING (China): China rights lawyer vows to fight to reunite with family SYDNEY (Australia): People take part in ANZAC commemorations by standing at the end of their driveways as for formal public gatherings are cancelled SINGAPORE (Singapore): Migrant workers in Singapore dorms describe fears in isolation as number of coronavirus cases surges KOLKATA (India): Residents dress up as Hindu gods to raise coronavirus awareness + ASIA PACIFIC BANDA ACEH (Indonesia): Thousands are expected to attend 'tarawih' prayers (evening prayers held during the holy month of Ramadan) at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh despite the coronavirus pandemic SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0200 GMT HONG KONG (China): Hong Kong holds university entrance exams which had been delayed by coronavirus outbreak SOURCE: AGENCY POOL - EDIT 0330 GMT BEIJING (China): China rights lawyer vows to fight to reunite with family SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0400 GMT KOLKATA (India): Residents dress up as Hindu gods to raise awareness about the coronavirus SOURCE : AFPTV EDIT 0430 GMT NEW DELHI (India): Live from India's capital New Delhi as coronavirus lockdown continues SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0430 GMT TOKYO (Japan): Live from Akihabara, a district known as Tokyo's Japanese popular culture centre, as virus emergency continues SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0500 GMT SINGAPORE (Singapore): Migrant workers in Singapore dorms describe virus fears in isolation as number of coronavirus cases surges SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0700 GMT BEIJING (China): China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs daily briefing SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT KABUL (Afghanistan): Afghans mark first day of Ramadan under shadow of coronavirus threat SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT SYDNEY (Australia): People take part in ANZAC commemorations by standing at the end of their driveways as for formal public gatherings are cancelled due to the coronavirus threat - SOURCE AFPTV - LIVE 2000 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + EUROPE BRUSSELS (Belgium): Belgian government to give update on first measures to lift lockdown - SOURCE: POOL RTBF - TIMING WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEARER EVENT - LIVE/EDIT - LIVE TBA PARIS (France):Ramadan begins amid coronavirus lockdown - EDIT TBA PARIS (France): Images of deserted Paris during coronavirus lockdown. View of Bastille SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 0650 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): While Paris is at a standstill, views of districts of the capital and its key places with onboard camera. Episode 3: images of the 4th district - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT LILLE (France): Transformed into a "factory", the City Hall of Lille welcomes a hundred volunteers to make masks SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0900 GMT CHELLES (France): Report from a hotel functioning as hospital and home for COVID-19 patients SOURCE AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT PARIS (France): Images of deserted Paris during coronavirus lockdown. View of the Champs-Elysées SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1050 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW PARIS (France): Parisians join in nightly round of applause for healthcare workers SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1750 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MOSCOW (Russia): Interview with Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina who has received death threats after reporting on Chechnya's harsh response to COVID-19 SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0500 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Robert Koch Institute for disease control holds briefing on coronavirus crisis SOURCE: RKI POOL - EDIT ON MERIT - LIVE 0800 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities give daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT STEINEBRUNN (Austria): Austrians work in fields in coronavirus labour crunch SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT MOSCOW (Russia): Moscow city disinfects huge square near State university SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1100 GMT BRUSSELS (Belgium): EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier holds presser on second round of negotiations SOURCE: EBS - LIVE 1115 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BERLIN (Germany): To support Berlin's cinemas, movies are projected on walls in backyards for residents to enjoy SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1200 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): Press conference by the Vaccine Alliance Gavi's CEO Seth Berkley SOURCE: ACANU - EDIT ON MERIT - 1200 GMT PARIS (France): National Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1400 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW BINASCO (Italy): Nine-year-old boy creates video game with COVID-19 as the nemesis SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT BERLIN (Germany): Germany gets ready for a second wave of COVID-19 SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Germany): Iraqi IS suspect stands trial in Germany on genocide charges SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO briefing on coronavirus SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT GENEVA (Switzerland): WHO press conference on coronavirus SOURCE: WHO - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT STOCKHOLM (Sweden): The Stockholm museum housing the huge wreck of the Vasa, a battleship that sank in 1628 and raised almost intact centuries later, offers virtual tours of the ship SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LISBON (Portugal): Lisbon volunteers help isolated elderly. SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1600 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): An imam explains how British Muslims plan to celebrate Ramadan under virus lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1700 GMT PARIS (France): French health ministry update on coronavirus SOURCE : FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT PRISTINA (Kosovo): Kosovo celebrates Ramadan under virus lockdown - SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1800 GMT + MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RIYADH (Saudi Arabia): G20 Tourism ministers hold video conference on virus fight SOURCE: G20 OR SAUDI TV (RESTRICTIONS APPLY) - LIVE AND EDIT TBC AWAITING AUTHORITIES CONFIRMATION - LIVE TBC - EDIT TO FOLLOW GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): In Gaza, coronavirus wrecks Ramadan joy for poor SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT TUNIS (Tunisia): People flood the market ahead of iftar amid lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT TUNIS (Tunisia): Empty streets outside Fatah mosque amid lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1745 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW MECCA (Saudi Arabia): The holy site of Mecca marks the first day of Ramadan empty of people for the first time SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1540 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): General view of the Gaza Strip SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1615 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW + NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK (United States): Rockefeller center glows blue in support of health workers involved in coronavirus pandemic crisis SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 0100 GMT SACRAMENTO (United States): Amazon tech workers hold virtual strike over working conditions amid COVID-19 pandemic SOURCE: HANDOUT - EDIT 0600 GMT BRONX (United States): New coronavirus testing center opens in the Bronx for public housing residents SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW ATLANTA (United States): Shops reopen as state of Georgia begins partial lifting of lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1300 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): Small business owners wait for government checks after US congress approved emergency plan to compensate losses due to COVID-19 SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1500 GMT ALBANY (United States): Governor Cuomo holds daily Covid-19 briefing SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1530 GMT AUSTIN (United States): Governor Greg Abbott is expected to make an announcement regarding reopening state economy SOURCE: HANDOUT/TIMING ESTIMATED UNTIL FURTHER GUIDANCE RECEIVED - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW WASHINGTON (United States): President Donald Trump and US officials hold daily COVID-19 briefing SOURCE : AFPTV - EDIT 2200 GMT PORTAPIQUE (Canada): 'Virtual vigil' for victims of Nova Scotia mass shooting SOURCE: HANDOUT. TAPE TURN AT 2200GMT AFTER EMBARGO IS LIFTED - EDIT 2200 GMT + LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MEXICO CITY (Mexico): Mexican Deputy Health minister Hugo Lopez Gatell holds press conference on COVID-19 SOURCE CEPROPIE / NO RESALE EDIT 0200 GMT HAVANA (Cuba): Daily life of Cubans under coronavirus pandemic SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT BUENOS AIRES (Argentina): Argentina launches campaign of massive COVID-19 testing for public transport passengers. Health minister Gines Garcia Gonzalez takes part in the presentation - LIVE 1130 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CARACAS (Venezuela): The chronically ill in Venezuela are isolated by the quarantine SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 1329 GMT QUITO (Ecuador): Indigenous leaders from the Amazon region (Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin) hold press conference on human rights situation and current humanitarian emergency amid COVID19 outbreak SOURCE: COICA - LIVE 1630 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW CURITIBA (Brazil): All doctors in Curitiba's public system receive training to use ventilators SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 2300 GMT MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay): Soup kitchen organized in Montevideo SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2300 GMT LA PAZ (Bolivia): Residents organize to bring food to the elderly during amid quarantine SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 2330 GMT + FEATURES GUALEGUAYCHU (Argentina): In Messi's country, trans footballers fight to be on the fields - SOURCE: AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020 + ASIA PACIFIC WELLINGTON (New Zealand): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stands at top of her driveway to mark ANZAC day SOURCE: POOL - EDIT 0300 GMT KATHMANDU (Nepal): Fifth anniversary of earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people SOURCE: AFPTV- EDIT 0115 GMT RAWALPINDI (Pakistan): Pakistanis mark Ramadan as mosques remain open for prayers SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE, EDIT TBA JAKARTA (Indonesia): Then-and-now images show how partial lockdown in Jakarta has reduced traffic in the city's notoriously congested streets SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 0800 GMT TAIPEI (Taiwan): Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee who fled to Taiwan last April amid fears of Chinese persecution set to reopen his bookshop "Causeway Bay Books" in Taipei SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1000 GMT + EUROPE TOURS (France): Ramadan amid lockdown - EDIT 0900 GMT MADRID (Spain): Spanish authorities provide daily briefing on coronavirus - SOURCE: PALACIO DE LA MONCLOA - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 0930 GMT OXFORD (United Kingdom): Oxford-based company Exscientia is helping to screen over 15,000 drugs in the hope of finding one that can be repurposed to fight COVID-19 SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT TIRANA (Albania): With mosques closed over virus fears, an Albanian family prays at home alone, recalling the dark days of communism when practising religion was strictly banned SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT PORTO CESAREO (Italy): Private beaches look into how they can comply with social distancing measures so they can reopen for the high season SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT 1400 GMT LONDON (United Kingdom): Downing Street daily coronavirus briefing SOURCE: UK POOL - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1500 GMT ROME (Italy): Romans fly Italian flags and sing 'Bella Ciao' from windows and balconies to mark Liberation Day SOURCE: AFPTV - EDIT TO FOLLOW - LIVE 1600 GMT PARIS (France): French health ministry update on coronavirus SOURCE : FRENCH HEALTH MINISTRY - SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION BY MINISTRY - LIVE 1715 GMT + NORTH AMERICA SAVANNAH (United States): Beaches reopen as Georgia eases COVID-19 lockdown SOURCE: AFPTV - LIVE 1600 GMT - EDIT TO FOLLOW KEYSTONE (United States): Mount Rushmore National Memorial remains open to the public despite coronavirus pandemic, but dwindling tourist numbers are affecting local businesses SOURCE AFPTV - EDIT 2200 GMT + FEATURES SAN SALVADOR (El Salvador): Surfing school in El Salvador helps local children face their future SOURCE AFPTV EDIT 0500 GMT Editorial contacts: Email: afptv@afp.com Europe (excluding France) desk: +44 207 776 2768 France desk: +33 1 40 41 81 17 Asia desk: +852 2829 6279 Middle East & North Africa desk: +357 22 391 450 Sub-Saharan Africa desk (Mon-Fri): +33 1 40 41 46 81 North America desk: +1 202 414 0664 Latin America desk: +598 2 900 5095 ext. 257 AFPTV LIVE MCR: +33 1 40 41 79 63