Pictures of the week: March 27, 2020 - MSN.com

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Seoul, South Korea
A temple worker attaches a name card with a wish to a lotus lantern ahead of Buddha's birth anniversary, at Jogyesa Temple on March 23.




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Cape Town, South Africa
A billboard is installed on an apartment building on March 25, a day before the country went into a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease.




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Carlsbad, California, US
Fields of flowers, usually crowded with tourists and onlookers, sit empty during the global outbreak of COVID-19, on March 25.




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Naples, Italy
A newly married couple kiss through protective face masks at a wedding ceremony with only witnesses and no guests, as public gatherings are banned as part of the country's lockdown measures, on March 20.




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New York City, New York, US
A view of the Vessel at the Hudson Yards hours ahead of implementation of "New York State on PAUSE" executive order on March 22.




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Wuhan, China
Employees eat their lunch while staying roughly 6.5 feet (two meters) away from each other at the Dongfeng Fengshen plant on March 24.




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London, England
A man crosses a graffiti that reads "good luck and stay safe" on March 22.




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Kolkata, India
Customers and workers are seen at a market following government order from the state of West Bengal for a week-long lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19, on March 23. The country entered a nationwide, 21-day total lockdown on March 25.




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La Paz, Bolivia
An elderly man sits on a bench and feeds pigeons at the Plaza Murillo on the first day of the countrywide, two-week mandatory quarantine on March 22.




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Luton, England
Deer are seen in a field near Luton airport on March 21.

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Yokosuka, Japan
Graduates throw their academic caps in the air as they leave the graduation ceremony of the National Defense Academy on March 22.




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Glencoe, Scotland
Tourists stop for a photograph on March 22.




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Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
American Airlines passenger planes crowd a runway, where they are parked due to flight reductions to slow the spread of COVID-19, at Tulsa International Airport on March 23.




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Zagreb, Croatia
A car is seen destroyed by rubble after an earthquake hit the country on March 22.




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Bangkok, Thailand
People practice social distancing as they sit on chairs spread apart in a waiting area for take-away food orders at a shopping mall on March 24.




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Guatemala City, Guatemala
A traveler plays her violin prior to getting on a charter flight, coordinated by the U.S. embassy, at La Aurora International Airport on March 23.




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Gold Coast, Australia
Boxer Justis Huni trains at home with his father, after gyms in the country were closed due to COVID-19, on March 24.




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Tel Aviv, Israel
A woman walks her dog under a "don't panic" sign hanging at the entrance of a food market that was shut down, on March 23.




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Namche Bazar, Nepal
Men walk on a deserted mountain path during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Mount Everest region, on March 25.




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Paris, France
French tenor singer Stéphane Sénéchal sings from his apartment window on March 24.

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Rafah, Gaza Strip
An aerial view of the construction site of a field hospital to house COVID-19 patients, on March 23.




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Freeport, Maine, US
A woman enjoys the snow-covered landscape following an early spring snowstorm on March 24.




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Lima, Peru
As residents stay away from public places, hundreds of birds overtake the Agua Dulce beach, which is usually populated with people, on March 24.




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Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A man rides a motorcart loaded with secondhand shoes for sale on March 24.




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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A general view of Copacabana beach, which is almost entirely empty due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 22.




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Conakry, Guinea
Army forces patrol the street during a constitutional referendum in the country on March 22.




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Tokyo, Japan
Visitors wearing kimonos are photographed under blooming cherry blossom trees at Ueno Park on March 22.




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Winterbach, Germany
A priest conducts a service via YouTube in an empty church on March 22.




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Helsinki, Finland
A toilet paper cake is displayed at a bakery on March 23.




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Kabul, Afghanistan
A British soldier with the Resolute Support Mission forces, led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), arrives at the site where gunmen burst into a religious gathering in a Sikh temple and killed several worshippers, on March 25.

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Kathmandu, Nepal
A man walks along an empty road during an emergency nationwide lockdown on March 24.




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Guwahati, India
Firefighters spray disinfectants on a street to combat the spread of COVID-19 on March 25.




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Sydney, Australia
A person wearing a snorkel and mask walks on a street on March 26.




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Buenos Aires, Argentina
A person walks along an empty street on the fourth day of the country's mandatory quarantine on March 23.




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Bern, Switzerland
Chocolate Easter bunnies wearing protective masks are seen at a bakery on March 25.




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Dakar, Senegal
Members of the graffiti collective RBS CREW paint informational murals advising how to stop the spread of COVID-19, on the wall of a high school on March 25.




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Bratislava, Slovakia
A man walks through an alley of artificially frozen apple trees covered with melting ice in an orchard outside the villages of Miloslavov and Alžbetin Dvor on March 25. Farmers protect blooming apple flowers from freezing during night's low temperatures by icing them with over-tree sprinkler systems.




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St Helens, England
Two girls are photographed at their window with their hand-drawn pictures of rainbow and a message to stay happy, on March 25.




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Santa Monica, California, US
The pier and beaches on the Pacific Ocean are empty after the state issued a stay-at-home order, on March 25.