Russian police officers patrol the deserted Red Square in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow as the city and its surrounding regions imposed lockdowns, in a bid to slow the spread of the Covid-19 infection. -- Image by AFP

People cross a street near Tokyo's entertainment district Kabukicho (background) on March 31, 2020. -- Image by AFP

A volunteer sprays disinfectant in Shwedagon Pagoda compound as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Yangon, Myanmar. -- Image by AFP

An employee wearing protective gear, working for environmental services company AMSA, sprays disinfectant on Piazza Duomo in Milan. -- Image by AFP

Iran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower is lit up with flags and messages of hope in solidarity with all the countries affected by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tehran on March 31. -- Image by AFP

A Bolivian police officer stands guard in the street next to a person in a costume representing the shape of coronavirus, after Bolivian interim President Jeanine Anez announced a complete quarantine to come into effect from Sunday in a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. -- Image by AFP

A man rides a motorcart loaded with secondhand shoes for sale along a street in Phnom Penh on March 24. -- Image by AFP

Employees eating during lunch break at an auto plant of Dongfeng Honda in Wuhan. - People in central China, where the Covid-19 coronavirus was first detected, are now allowed to go back to work, as some normality slowly returns after a two-month lockdown. -- Image by AFP

Palestinian groom Mohamed abu Daga and his bride Israa wear face masks amid the Covid-19 epidemic, during a photoshoot at a studio before their wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 23. -- Image by AFP

A temple worker attaches a name card with a wish of Buddhist followers to a lotus lantern ahead of Buddha's birthday at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, Korea on March 23. -- Image by AFP