Let's remember the important news about the COVID-19 pandemic and the social events that have taken place since 1 March.
Take a moment to soak up some of the most important and striking photos of March, from the Novosibirsk Region Bodybuilding Championship and the Russian military "Makeup Under Camouflage" beauty pageant to a masqueraded folk theatre in Georgia and the Tank Biathlon competition in Russia.
As of 31 March, more than 800,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 38,700 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
© Sputnik / Konstantin Mikhalchevskiy / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the "Sevastopol Beauty 2020" beauty pageant during the finals on stage in the Sevastopol Centre for Culture and Arts.

Participants of the "Sevastopol Beauty 2020" beauty pageant during the finals on stage in the Sevastopol Centre for Culture and Arts.
© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin in a biosecurity suit while visiting a hospital in Communarka on 24 March.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in a biosecurity suit while visiting a hospital in Communarka on 24 March.
© Sputnik / Vitaliy Belousov / Go to the mediabankPeople near the Maxim Gorky Moscow Art Academic Theatre. Due to the danger of the spread of the coronavirus, performances in Moscow theatres have been cancelled.

People near the Maxim Gorky Moscow Art Academic Theatre. Due to the danger of the spread of the coronavirus, performances in Moscow theatres have been cancelled.
© Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankParticipants in the beauty pageant for female military personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces "Makeup Under Camouflage" in Pereslavl-Zalessky.

Participants in the beauty pageant for female military personnel of the Strategic Missile Forces "Makeup Under Camouflage" in Pereslavl-Zalessky.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Umikashvili / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the Berikaoba celebration in Georgia. Berikaoba is an improvised masqueraded folk theatre in the country, stemming from a pagan festivity for fertility and rebirth.

Participants of the Berikaoba celebration in Georgia. Berikaoba is an improvised masqueraded folk theatre in the country, stemming from a pagan festivity for fertility and rebirth.
© Sputnik / Ilya Naymushin / Go to the mediabankSiberian huskies from the Roev Ruchey flora and fauna team after a 10-kilometre race in preparation for sledding competitions in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Siberian huskies from the Roev Ruchey flora and fauna team after a 10-kilometre race in preparation for sledding competitions in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the fitness bikini nomination before performing in the Novosibirsk Region Bodybuilding Championship in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Participants of the fitness bikini nomination before performing in the Novosibirsk Region Bodybuilding Championship in Novosibirsk, Russia.
© Sputnik / Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the mediabankA new monument to Marshal Zhukov is installed on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.

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

Essaouira Fishing Port, Morocco.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankElizaveta Shanaeva and David Narizhny (Russia) perform an ice dancing programme during a training session before the 2020 Junior World Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn.

Elizaveta Shanaeva and David Narizhny (Russia) perform an ice dancing programme during a training session before the 2020 Junior World Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn.
© Sputnik / Vitaly Timkiv / Go to the mediabankAn employee of the greenhouse complex "Green House" at work in the Republic of Adygea.

An employee of the greenhouse complex "Green House" at work in the Republic of Adygea.
© Sputnik / Aleksander Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankParticipants of the fitness bikini nomination before performing in the Novosibirsk Region Bodybuilding Championship in Novosibirsk, Russia.

Participants of the fitness bikini nomination before performing in the Novosibirsk Region Bodybuilding Championship in Novosibirsk, Russia.
© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankPeople wearing plague doctor masks walk on a street amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Lviv, Ukraine.

People wearing plague doctor masks walk on a street amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Lviv, Ukraine.
© Sputnik / Burcu Okutan / Go to the mediabankA crowd of refugees on the border of Turkey and Greece.

A crowd of refugees on the border of Turkey and Greece.
© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankA mannequin in a lace mask is displayed in a shop window in Tbilisi, Georgia.

A mannequin in a lace mask is displayed in a shop window in Tbilisi, Georgia.
© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov / Go to the mediabankZenit's Tim Abromaitis and CSKA's Joel Bolomboy struggle for a ball during a Euroleague basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg in Moscow, Russia.

Zenit's Tim Abromaitis and CSKA's Joel Bolomboy struggle for a ball during a Euroleague basketball match between CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg in Moscow, Russia.
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankPeople at a bus stop during snowfall in Podolsk, Russia.

People at a bus stop during snowfall in Podolsk, Russia.
© Sputnik / Aleksey Nikolskyi / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin with local residents after visiting the children's clinic at Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Ivanovo.

Russian President Vladimir Putin with local residents after visiting the children's clinic at Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Ivanovo.
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov / Go to the mediabankStewardesses descend an Airbus A350-900 passenger aircraft of the Aeroflot airline at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow.

Stewardesses descend an Airbus A350-900 passenger aircraft of the Aeroflot airline at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Yepanchintsev / Go to the mediabankThe crew of a T-72 tank during a competition among the best tank crews of the Eastern Military District "Tank Biathlon" at the Borzya Novaya training ground in the Trans-Baikal Territory.

The crew of a T-72 tank during a competition among the best tank crews of the Eastern Military District "Tank Biathlon" at the Borzya Novaya training ground in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
© Sputnik / Pavel Lvov / Go to the mediabankA reindeer in free pasture in the tundra in the vicinity of the village of Lovozero in the Murmansk Region.

A reindeer in free pasture in the tundra in the vicinity of the village of Lovozero in the Murmansk Region.

People on a Moscow street.

Women in a beauty salon, Russia.
© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankPeople run wearing fins during the celebration of Maslenitsa on a lake in a south-western housing estate in Novosibirsk.

People run wearing fins during the celebration of Maslenitsa on a lake in a south-western housing estate in Novosibirsk.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Pesnya / Go to the mediabankBurlesque actress Vutrica performs the number “Bandit” at the Ladies of Burlesque cabaret show at the Magnus Locus restaurant in Moscow.

Burlesque actress Vutrica performs the number “Bandit” at the Ladies of Burlesque cabaret show at the Magnus Locus restaurant in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Maksim Mishin / Go to the mediabankConstruction of the Infectious Disease Hospital in Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug.

Construction of the Infectious Disease Hospital in Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug.
© Sputnik / Alexey Maishev / Go to the mediabankA girl in a medical mask stands at a crossing on Tverskaya Street, Moscow.

A girl in a medical mask stands at a crossing on Tverskaya Street, Moscow.
© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankPeople in biological protection suits at special train No. 906/905 Kiev - Moscow - Kiev. The train transported Ukrainian citizens out of Moscow due to the coronavirus situation.

People in biological protection suits at special train No. 906/905 Kiev - Moscow - Kiev. The train transported Ukrainian citizens out of Moscow due to the coronavirus situation.

Participants in the women's Beauty Run in Krasnodar.
© Sputnik / Alexey Maishev / Go to the mediabankA woman in an underground passage in Moscow, Russia.

A woman in an underground passage in Moscow, Russia.