Today in Pictures, March 27, 2020

Singapore's entertainment venues, bars, close until April 30, centres under PAP Community Foundation (PCF) will also close for four days, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 27, 2020, 12:34 PM

Customers in Haji Lane at 10.10pm on March 26, 2020, before the 11.59pm deadline for bars and other entertainment venues, including nightclubs and karaoke outlets, to close until April 30. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KEVIN LIM

Staff at Skinny’s Lounge in Boat Quay started cleaning up and getting ready to shut down at about 11.30pm on March 26, 2020, before the 11.59pm deadline for bars and other entertainment venues, including nightclubs and karaoke outlets, to close until April 30. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/CHONG JUN LIANG

Stuffed toys left to sun are seen outside the PCF Sparkletots Preschool at Blk 273 Tampines Street 22 on March 26, 2020. All 360 centres under PAP Community Foundation (PCF) will close for four days from Thursday (March 26) after 18 Covid-19 cases were found to be linked to its pre-school in Bedok North. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/GIN TAY

Staff cleaning the Nursery 2 classroom at a PAP Community Foundation Sparkletots pre-school at Block 305 Clementi Avenue 4 on March 26, 2020. All 360 centres under PAP Community Foundation (PCF) will close for four days from Thursday (March 26) after 18 Covid-19 cases were found to be linked to its pre-school in Bedok North. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/JOYCE FANG

Apprentice Andrea Schulz presents a tablet with toilet paper shaped cakes at the bakery Schuerener Backparadies in Dortmund, western Germany, on March 26, 2020 amidst the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. PHOTO: AFP

A photo issued on March 25, 2020, shows Uruguayan cellist Karina Nunez playing on the balcony of her apartment in Panama City on March 23, 2020 , during the mandatory isolation from 5pm to 5am as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. PHOTO: AFP

An unidentified person, with apparent remnants of medical treatment on him, runs out of the Emergency room and is chased by hospital security at 58th St. by Mount Sinai West Hospital, in New York, New York, USA, on 26 March 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A police officer beats a female orange vendor on a street in Kampala, Uganda, on March 26, 2020, after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni directed the public to stay home for 32 days starting March 22, 2020 to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. PHOTO: AFP

People travel on an overcrowded train before hours of curfew which was ordered by the Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt March 26, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Despite the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to the coronavirus, Team USA Kayak athlete Joshua Joseph trains in the Potomac River on March 26, 2020 in Brookmont, Maryland. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/AFP

A waxing crescent moon is seen over the skies of Harpenden, Britain, on March 26, 2020. REUTERS

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