March 16, 2020

Passengers hold on to the side of an overcrowded train in Soweto, South Africa.

A Palestinian sanitary department worker sprays disinfectant around the refugee camp of Aida, in Bethlehem, which has been under lockdown for more than a week due to the spread of the new coronavirus.

Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, right, outgoing Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, center, and his possible successor Igor Matovic wear face masks to protect against the new coronavirus, during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava.

A man dressed as St. Patrick walks past a closed Temple Bar in Dublin city center, Ireland.

A pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study trial of a possible vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.

People returning from Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon arrive to be re-tested at a Kuwaiti Health Ministry containment and screening area for COVID-19, in Kuwait City.

Airplanes of the German carrier Lufthansa are parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, March 15, 2020.

Jockeys and horses compete during the 'Banei' Keiba race, a form of farm horse racing, at Obihiro 'Banei' horse Race Track in Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.

A volunteer operates a remote-controlled robot to disinfect a neighborhood amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province.

A local wearing a face mask walks past a graffiti painting of the Buddha wearing face mask, in Mumbai, India.

Thousands of music fans attend the music festival "Vive Latino" as Mexico's health officials began announcing tougher measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus and calling for an end to large gatherings, in Mexico City, March 15, 2020.