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Field guides Sarah Crowsley and Sam Hunt pose for a photo after digging out the caboose, a container used for accommodation that can be moved by a tractor, at Adelaide island, in Antarctica It remains the only continent without COVID-19 and now in Sept. 2020, as nearly 1,000 scientists and others who wintered over on the ice are seeing the sun for the first time in months, a global effort wants to make sure incoming colleagues don't bring the virus with them.British Antarctic Survey/APA cast member prepares backstage during the drama "Retrograde Man" in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The drama, paying tribute to medical staff, portrays a doctor's rescue of coronavirus patients during the lockdown in Wuhan. As there have been no recorded cases of community transmissions since May, life for residents is gradually returning to normal.Getty ImagesA woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus walks at a public park in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Even as China has largely controlled the outbreak, the coronavirus is still surging across other parts of the world.APA demonstrator holds a gas canister during a protest on the 47th anniversary of the last military coup that ousted President Salvador Allende on September 11, 2020 in Santiago, Chile. The military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet in 1973 imposed a dictatorship that lasted until 1990.Getty ImagesMarta Menegatti of Italy competes in the King of the Court Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Jaarbeursplein next to Beatrix Theater in Utrecht, Netherlands.Getty ImagesFirefighters spray water to extinguish a fire in the Pantanal wetlands region in Porto Jofre city, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. In July, the number of fires burning in the Pantanal, which spans about 210,000 square kilometers reached the highest for the month since the data started being collected in 1998.BloombergLocal residents walk through a disinfectant spray gate before they offer foods during a ceremony to celebrate Pchum Ben (Ancestors' Day) at a Buddhist pagoda in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. Cambodians celebrated their traditional 15-day Pchum Ben festival aimed at paying respect to deceased relatives.APWaving a U.S. flag, Lillian Waldher, 10, and a group of her friends watch a parade by firefighters through Athena, Ore., to honor those lost on Sept. 11, 2001. The parade began in Helix and moved on to Adams, Athena and Weston, Ore.Walla Walla Union-Bulletin/APMax Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB16 during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Tuscany at Mugello Circuit in Scarperia, Italy.Getty Images
