Today in Pictures, March 18, 2020

Woodlands Causeway sees little traffic as Malaysia proceeds with its two-week lockdown, Malaysians working in Singapore walk across the Causeway the night before the lockdown, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 18, 2020, 04:19 PM

Woodlands Causeway, which shut normal operations as Malaysia proceeded with its two-week lockdown, a key effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus, is nearly devoid of traffic on March 18, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

People walking across the Causeway from Malaysia towards Woodlands Checkpoint shortly before 10pm on March 17, 2020. Malaysians are barred from travelling abroad from today till March 31. Singapore companies affected by the travel restrictions will get help to house their Malaysian workers. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/ CHONG JUN LIANG

A police officer watching a group of illegal immigrants protesting on the roof of the Aluche Immigration Detention Centre during a riot on March 17, 2020, in Madrid, Spain. PHOTO: AFP

People confined to their homes singing and dancing from their windows to bolster themselves up on March 17, 2020 during a lockdown in Madrid as part of Spain's fight against the spread of the coronavirus. PHOTO: AFP

A South Korean worker spraying disinfectant as a precaution against further spread of coronavirus in Seoul on March 18, 2020. Since the outbreak began, South Korea has reported nearly 8,400 people infected with coronavirus, 1,400 of whom have recovered. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Children riding scooters across the plaza at the United States Supreme Court following the government's notice to halt all building tours on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 17, 2020 to curb the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. PHOTO: REUTERS

About 200 school buses are parked at the Montgomery County Schools Clarksburg Bus Depot, idled by the closing of schools across Maryland in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak March 16, 2020 in Clarksburg, Maryland. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

Portugal and Juventus' Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo sunbathes at his home in Funchal on March 17, 2020. Ronaldo has been in quarantine in Madeira for several days but is not showing any symptoms of the coronavirus contracted by a Juventus teammate, local authorities in Portugal said. PHOTO: AFP

A barn owl is seen in Toa Payoh on March 15, 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/AZMI ATHNI

An aerial view of a worker drying chillies on an embankment of the Jumna river in Bogra, Bangladesh, on March 17, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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