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A cosplayer dressed as a creation from Star Wars attends the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

Two women dressed as sword-wielding anime characters pose for a photograph at the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Dubai. AP Photo

A man dressed as Spiderman pauses for a selfie. AP Photo

A man dressed as Jason Voorhees from the "Friday the 13th" films stands next to a woman in cosplay. AP Photo

A man dances at the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

People wear face masks during the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

Two Emiratis watch a dance-off. AP Photo

Emiratis Hamad Al Shamsi, left, Rashid Al Qubaisi, centre, and Abdullah Al Shamsi, right, perform as the "Squad of Sharks" in a dance-off. AP Photo

A cosplayer wearing the long, black nose of a plague doctor poses with a woman in a face mask for a photo. AP Photo

Bibi Zumot of Jordan, left, dressed as Mario, and Mohamed Rashed of Egypt, right, dressed as Luigi, high-five at the Middle East Film& Comic Con. AP Photo

A cosplayer dressed as a creation from Star Wars attends the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

Two women dressed as sword-wielding anime characters pose for a photograph at the Middle East Film & Comic Con in Dubai. AP Photo

A man dressed as Spiderman pauses for a selfie. AP Photo

A man dressed as Jason Voorhees from the "Friday the 13th" films stands next to a woman in cosplay. AP Photo

A man dances at the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

People wear face masks during the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

Two Emiratis watch a dance-off. AP Photo

Emiratis Hamad Al Shamsi, left, Rashid Al Qubaisi, centre, and Abdullah Al Shamsi, right, perform as the "Squad of Sharks" in a dance-off. AP Photo

A cosplayer wearing the long, black nose of a plague doctor poses with a woman in a face mask for a photo. AP Photo

Bibi Zumot of Jordan, left, dressed as Mario, and Mohamed Rashed of Egypt, right, dressed as Luigi, high-five at the Middle East Film& Comic Con. AP Photo

A cosplayer dressed as a creation from Star Wars attends the Middle East Comic Con. AP Photo

Middle East Film and Comic Con opens in Dubai despite coronavirus

Organisers have taken precautionary measures such as thermal cameras and hand sanitiser dispensers to help avoid the spread of infection

Alexandra Chaves

March 06, 2020

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