Today’s top pics: Virus Outbreak Around the World and more
Top photos of the day as selected by the Associated Press.
A man and a boy walk past a double-decker bus that is used as a cafe, symbolically wearing a face mask, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 18. 2020. Ukraine has so far reported more then ten confirmed cases of the new virus and two deaths. Ukrainian government closed the country's border last week, shut down schools and banned public events, suspended public transportation and imposed fines for violating quarantine protocols.For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A man looks at train departures boards in a nearly empty Central station in Brussels, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Belgium has ordered further lockdown measures starting Wednesday, following in the steps of European neighbours Italy, Spain and France. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A young boy plays his trumpet from a balcony, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Spain will mobilize 200 billion euros or the equivalent to one fifth of the country's annual output in loans, credit guarantees and subsidies for workers and vulnerable citizens, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Dr. Jana Cua, left, is swabbed as she is tested for COVID-19 at the Doris Ison Health Center, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Miami. The testing is being provided by Community Health of South Florida, Inc. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
With the Washington Monument in the background, people run by cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Passengers play their smart phones as they wait at an empty hall inside Sheremetyevo international airport outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Authorities in Russia are taking vast measures to prevent the spread of the disease in the country. The measures include closing the border for all foreigners, shutting down schools for three weeks, sweeping testing and urging people to stay home. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
A woman wearing a mask stops to read coronavirus safety tips along an almost empty Tidal Basin lined with cherry blossoms that are about to peak, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Thai officials tell a bar owner to stop operating in Khao San Road, a popular spot among foreign tourist in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Thailand's government has enacted a raft of measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, including closure of bars, karaoke parlors, movie theaters, gymnasiums, boxing stadiums and other sports venues, as ordered by provincial governors. Such venues in Bangkok have been ordered to be close for two weeks beginning Wednesday. For most people the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, but for some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
A food vendor wears a protective mask and gloves as a preventative measure against the spread of the new coronavirus at the main market in Guatemala City, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Medstar Washington Hospital Center has set up a tent by their emergency room entrance, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A woman looks at the few items left in the fresh meat and poultry fridges in a Johannesburg supermarket, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, amid panic-buying due to the coronavirus outbreak. For most people the virus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For others it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
A patient wears a protective face mask as she is loaded into an ambulance at The Brooklyn Hospital Center emergency room, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York. Anticipating a spike in coronavirus patients, New York City-area hospitals are clearing out beds, setting up new spaces to triage patients and urging people with mild symptoms to consult health professionals by phone or video chat instead of flooding emergency rooms that could be overrun. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
A trader holds his hand to his head after trading was halted at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Crew members of the Braemar cruise ship hold up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: "I love you Cuba," while docked at the port in Mariel, Cuba, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Weeks after the ship was blocked from disembarking at several ports in the Caribbean due to fears of passengers with possible COVID-19 symptoms, Cuban authorities will assist hundreds of passengers stranded on the boat to disembark to be evacuated to their home countries. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (Ramon Espinosa/Pool Photo via AP)
President Donald Trump departs after a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington, with Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Plastic covers a communal holy water font, used by people who dip their fingers into the water then make a sign of the cross on their foreheads, as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus at the Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A street vendor, Abderrahim, 55, poses for a portrait while wearing a makeshift face mask made of fig leaves, in the Medina of Rabat, Morocco, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
A Southern China Airlines flight from Guangzhou, China, causes a light flare on the camera lens as it flies past the sun as it arrives at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
Family members play darts on their patio as they self-quarantine in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Spain will mobilize 200 billion euros or the equivalent to one fifth of the country's annual output in loans, credit guarantees and subsidies for workers and vulnerable citizens, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. For some it can cause more severe illness. For most people, the new COVID-19 coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Lawmakers wearing face masks as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 attend a session in Congress, in Guatemala City, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei delivered his emergency economic relief plan spurred by the coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A passenger walks through an almost deserted terminal at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A member of cleaning crew washes metro car as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms. For others, especially the elderly and people with existing health problems, it can cause many other serious illnesses, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People go through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, before entering a popular market in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A highway exchange stands empty of traffic after the government implemented restrictions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms. For others, especially the elderly and people with existing health problems, it can cause many other serious illnesses, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
An armored vehicle guards an intersection on Abancay avenue, after the government implemented restrictions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms. For others, especially the elderly and people with existing health problems, it can cause many other serious illnesses, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Office lights of the Lombardy region headquarters building in Milan, northern Italy, compose the Italian words 'State a casa' (Stay home), Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Italian authorities say too many people are violating last week's national decree, which allows people to leave homes to go to workplaces, buy food or other necessities or for brief strolls outside to walk dogs or get exercise. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.(AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue is lit up with the flags of countries currently afflicted by the new coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people COVID-19 causes mild or moderate symptoms. For others, especially the elderly and people with existing health problems, it can cause many other serious illnesses, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A musician without clients looks out on parked trajineras, the painted wooden boats popular with tourists and Mexican revelers that usually ply the canals of the Xochimilco district, in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Few visitors were present Wednesday afternoon, and gondoliers and food vendors said business had dropped significantly from the previous week. While Mexico is still reporting a little more than 100 cases of the new coronavirus nationwide, concern among the population is growing, with more people in the capital opting to stay home or avoid crowds. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A couple walks along a usually busy Fremont Street after casinos were ordered to shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People walk along the Las Vegas Strip devoid of the usual crowds after casinos were ordered to shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Shares in Asia failed to hold onto opening gains on Thursday, skidding further after the latest selloff on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Office workers wearing mask against coronavirus move past lantern decorations in a mall and office building in Beijing on Thursday, March 19, 2020. China has only just begun loosening draconian travel restrictions within the country, but has stepped-up 14-day quarantine regulations on those arriving in Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere from overseas, amid expectations of a new influx of students and others returning home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A portrait of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama adorns a wall of the office of the Tibetan president Lobsang Sangay as an employee of Central Tibetan Administration in protective clothing sprays a sterilizer as a precaution from the coronavirus in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, March 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Workers of the Ryongaksan Soap Factory make disinfectant in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, March 19, 2020. North Korea has been engaged in an intense campaign to guard against COVID-19, though it hasn’t officially reported any cases of infection. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)
A Chinese woman wearing a protective gear moves as she waits for her flight at the Incheon Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, March 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man wearing a face mask walks down the stairs at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A worker sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus on ball pool for Kids Cinema at Quartier Cineart movie theater in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Thailand's government has enacted stronger measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, including postponing the country's biggest holiday, shutting down schools, movie theaters and closing bars. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
People stand in designated areas on the floor of an elevator as a social distancing effort to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus at a shopping mall in Surabaya, Indonesia, Thursday, March 19, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
A Kashmiri woman along with her child walks past an Indian paramilitary soldier as restrictions are imposed on the movement of people after the first person in the region was tested positive for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, March 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Fruit vendors cross an almost empty EDSA hi-way as enhanced community quarantine is implemented to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines Thursday, March 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
The trans-Atlantic cruise ship Costa Luminosa arrives in the port of Marseille, southern France, Thursday, March 19, 2020. The ship was allowed to stop in Tenerife in Spain on Sunday and offload three people who needed to be evacuated. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Elderly people do their shopping at a grocery store in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus called COVID-19 only people older than 65 years are allowed to grocery stores and pharmacies between 10-12 am in the Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A man wearing a face mask walks at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A motorcycle passes by almost empty street as the enhanced community quarantine is enforced to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in downtown Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A man walks in an empty parking lot at the port, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 19, 2020. Israeli government enacting a series of emergency measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A vehicle approaches the only open lane at the United States border crossing in Lacolle, Quebec, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Canada-U.S. border will be closed to non-essential traffic in both directions "by mutual consent," President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday, as efforts across the continent to contain the widening COVID-19 pandemic continued to upend daily life in North America. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
Also on this day in 2020, Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei delivered his emergency economic relief plan, spurred by the coronavirus crisis. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.