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Yirmeyahu Gourarie performs a Purim reading from the Book of Esther for residents under self-quarantine due to potential exposure to the new coronavirus, March 9, 2020, in New Rochelle, N.Y. In Westchester County, student volunteers from a Jewish secondary school were fanning out in teams to read the megillah on Monday evening and during the day Tuesday outside the homes of about 120 families from the community who are quarantined. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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AP PHOTOS: Poignant moments, anxiety amid a virus outbreak

It has been a week of global cancellations from vacations, to sporting events, to flights after the spread of the new coronavirus.