Today in Pictures, March 17, 2020

Singapore has contingency plans for disruption of food supply from Malaysia, fire breaks out in HDB flat at Clementi West, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 17, 2020, 12:43 PM

People buy eggs and other groceries at the Hougang 1 outlet of FairPrice Xtra on March 17, 2020. Singapore has made contingency plans for a disruption of food supply from Malaysia and has more than three months' worth of stockpile if Singaporeans buy responsibly, said Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing on Tuesday (March 17). PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ONG WEE JIN

Huge flames and thick smoke could be seen billowing from a 19th-floor unit at Block 724 Clementi West Street 2 at about 3.20pm on March 16, 2020. The external walls above the affected unit were charred as a result of the fire, which involved the contents of the flat. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/LIM MIN ZHANG

A drone image taken on March 16, 2020, shows a blocked section of the M4 highway, which links the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Latakia. PHOTO: AFP

Rescue and other workers at the scene of a gas explosion in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos which destroyed buildings and killed at least 15 people on March 15, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A Palestinian man rides a donkey-drawn cart transporting an old car to a scrap yard, in Gaza City March 15, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cinderella Castle is seen at the end of an empty Main Street at Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park after it closed in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an aerial view in Orlando, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Flowers are stored prior to their destruction at the flower auction, on March 16, 2020 in Aalsmeer. The Dutch horticultural sector is sounding the alarm about the effects of the coronavirus crisis. Due to the loss of demand, the auctions are struggling with low prices and the need to destroy the products. PHOTO: ANP VIA AFP

Francesca Valagussa, 40, practices yoga with an online course, in Rome, Italy, March 16, 2020. Italy entered its seventh day of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown after the Italian government has restricted movements for citizens and decided to shut down restaurants and shops. PHOTO: REUTERS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a press statement, where the limited number of journalists allowed in were placed at a distance to each other, to counter any spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery, in Berlin on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A woman walks in a forest road after a snowfall near a town of Chekhov some 70 km outside Moscow on March 15, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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