Today in Pictures, March 13, 2020

All mosques in Singapore to close for five days, NBA suspends season after player tests positive for coronavirus, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 13, 2020, 08:37 AM

All 70 mosques in Singapore will be closed for five days, starting March 13, 2020, for a thorough cleaning to prevent the emergence of a Covid-19 cluster. Notices of closure have been put up in mosques such as Masjid Sultan as seen in a photo taken on March 12, 2020. The move is a preventive measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus following the infection of two Singaporeans who attended a mass religious gathering in Selangor, Malaysia. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ GIN TAY

Fans leaving the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City after the abrupt postponement of the Jazz’s NBA game against hosts Thunder on March 11, 2020, following news that a Jazz player tested positive for coronavirus. PHOTO: PHOTO: USA TODAY SPORTS

A picture taken on March 12, 2020 shows the avenue of Sphinxes (Rams Avenue) during a sandstorm at the Karnak complex in Egypt's southern city of Luxor. PHOTO: AFP

People wearing facemasks are seen near a mall in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province on March 12, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A Servpro cleaning crew member peeks through window blinds at Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S., March 12, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A security guard is seen in front of an electronic stock display showing the Straits Times Index at The SGX Centre on 12 March, 2020.

This picture taken on March 12, 2020 shows an aerial view of the town of Afis, which has sustained widespread destruction due to heavy fighting and air-strikes by pro-Syrian regime forces, in the northwestern Idlib province. PHOTO: AFP

Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of High Priestess, lights the flame during the Olympic flame lighting ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics at Ancient Olympia, in Olympia, Greece on March 12, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Volunteers of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha from Birmingham clean the gold plating of the Golden Temple in Amritsar on March 12, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Surfers and canoeists ride a Severn Bore surge wave, a natural phenomenen where a set of waves push through the Severn River estuary and upstream in Newnham, Britain on March 12, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

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