Today in Pictures, March 12, 2020

WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, ninth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 12, 2020, 11:25 AM

Workers in protective suits disinfect Dolmabahce Palace due to coronavirus concerns in Istanbul, Turkey March 11, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. PHOTO: REUTERS

Rice farmer Ichiro Shiga, 72, kneels down as he offers a prayer for his late wife Sachiko and granddaughter Hitomi at the remains of his house in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, 11 March 2020. Japan marked on 11 March 2020 the ninth anniversary of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan and triggered a nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A 35-year-old driver was taken to hospital after his tipper truck crashed into a fire hydrant and a tree at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Avenue 4 in the early hours of Wednesday morning on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ARIFFIN JAMAR

Demonstrators take cover from a water cannon during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A medical staff member sprays disinfectant at a residential area in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a slum area in Dhaka on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries another as they celebrate, dressed in costumes, the feast of Purim in the Mea Shearim Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

People head to work in Dubai, in the United Arab Emrirates on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Vertical performers "BANDALOOP" perform at the opening of "Edge", the Western Hemisphere's highest outdoor sky deck in New York City on March 11, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An installation entitled "Umbrella Sky Project" created by Portuguese artist Patricia Cunha and composed with pink umbrellas is pictured in Paris, France, March 11, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

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