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This Week in Pictures: 21-27 March

10:58 GMT 27.03.2020 (Updated: 13:07 GMT 09.02.2023)

Sputnik's photo gallery invites you to check out the most important and eye-catching events that took place across the world in the past seven days.

The past week was marked by the coronavirus pandemic spreading around the globe and events in different countries, including an earthquake in Croatia, the construction of an infectious diseases hospital in Russia, and more.

The number of coronavirus-related deaths worldwide exceeded 20,000, according the World Health Organization (WHO).

In total, the disease has been detected in 199 countries and territories.

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Women communicate with each other from their balconies in Barcelona.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in a biosecurity suit while visiting a hospital in Kommunarka

© AFP 2023 / Chandan KhannaEmpty lounge chairs are seen on a deserted beach at a resort in Windley Key, on March 22, 2020, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. - The Florida Keys have closed down to visitors. Heavily relying on tourism, at the peak of high season, Florida's most southern holiday islands have been forced to shut down hotels amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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© AFP 2023 / Prakash MathemaMules carry empty gas cylinders along a path during the first day of government-imposed natiowide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, near Namche Bazar, in the Everest region on March 24, 2020.

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Helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" during the flight tactical exercises in the Krasnodar Territory.

© AFP 2023 / Valery HacheA man wearing a gas mask and a woman wearing an air filtering mask embrace at their window during a daily 8 o'clock applause in support of medical workers in the French Riviera city of Nice, on March 24, 2020, on the eight day of a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in France. (Photo by VALERY HACHE / AFP)

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© AFP 2023 / StringerThis photo taken on March 23, 2020 shows employees eating during lunch break at an auto plant of Dongfeng Honda in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - People in central China, where the COVID-19 coronavirus was first detected, are now allowed to go back to work and public transport has restarted, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown.

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© AFP 2023 / Joe KlamarA man walks through an alley of artificially frozen apple trees covered with melting ice in an apple orchard outside the village of Miloslavov-Alzbetin Dvor near Bratislava, Slovakia, on March 25, 2020. - Apple growers protect the blooming apple flowers from the freezing during night's low temperatures by icing them with over-tree sprinkler systems.

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© AFP 2023 / Joaquin SarmientoLorena (L) and Valentina Negrette excercise during a private body functional class as outdoors activities were prohibited as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Medellin on March 24, 2020. - Colombian President Ivan Duque announced mandatory preventive isolation from March 24 to April 13 as a measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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© AFP 2023 / Nelson AlmeidaA homeless walks past a closed parking lot and mannequins in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, after the city government decreed the closure of shops and stores as a precautionary measure against the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, on March 24, 2020. - Latin America's biggest city, the traffic-clogged concrete jungle of Sao Paulo, slowed to an eerily quiet lull Tuesday as it went into partial quarantine in a bid to stop the new coronavirus from ravaging Brazil.

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Construction of the Infectious Disease Hospital in Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug

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© AFP 2023 / Michael TeweldeA cleaning staff waers protective gear to disinfect a metro carriage as a prevemtive measure against the spreading of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 20, 2020. - African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.

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© REUTERS / Caitlin OchsLydia Hassebroek attends a ballet class from home while practicing social distancing during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., March 25, 2020. Picture taken March 25, 2020.

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© REUTERS / Alberto LingriaA woman wearing a protective face mask walks her pig named Dior, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Testaccio district, in Rome, Italy March 21, 2020.

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A new monument to Marshal Zhukov is installed on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow

© REUTERS / Rupak De ChowdhuriPeople travel in a crowded bus to return to their cities and villages before the start of the lockdown by West Bengal state government to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India March 23, 2020.

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© AP Photo / Markus SchreiberA woman walks in front of a graffiti depicting te character of Gollum from "Lord of te Rings," holding a roll of toilet paper and saying "My precious," in te Mauerpark public park at te district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Hermany, Saturday, March 21, 2020. In order to slow down te spread of te coronavirus, te Herman government has considerably restricted public life and asked te citizens to stay at home.

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© AP Photo / Mark SchiefelbeinA woman wearing a face mask takes a photo of blossoms at the Beijing Zoo after it reopened its outdoor exhibit areas to the public since they were closed during the coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The Chinese government is pushing efforts to kick-start the world's second-largest economy and put money in the pockets of workers who have gone weeks without salaries. While most of Beijing's world-famous tourist sites remain closed, the city zoo and parts of the Great Wall are again accepting visitors by appointment, and some restaurants were reopening for business on the condition that customers do not sit facing each other.

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© REUTERS / Ivan BelozyorovA sup surfer wearing a protective suit as a show of support for the people fighting against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) takes part at an annual "Hijacking an ice floe" event marking the opening of the stand up paddle boarding season in Vladivostok, Russia March 21, 2020.

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© AP Photo / Felipe DanaPeople walk past a poster that reads 'I want you to stay home', by artist TvBoy amid a lockdown in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. More than 1.5 billion around the world have been told to stay in their homes. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause a more serious illness.

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© AFP 2023 / Douglas MagnoFirefighters wearing protection suites participate in an instruction as a form of contingency and security against the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19, in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on March 20, 2020.

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© AFP 2023 / Juan BarretoPigeons, normally fed by tourists, search for food over people sitting at the almost empty Bolivar square, in Bogota, on March 25, 2020. - Colombia, the third most populous country in Latin America, began a compulsory 19-day general lockdown early Wednesday to try to control the COVID-19 pandemic, which left four dead with 470 cases reported since March 6 in the country.

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© REUTERS / Phil NobleSophie and Emily Ward pose for a photograph with their hand-drawn picture of rainbows and a message on their window in St Helens, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. St Helens, Britain, March 25, 2020.

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