JAPAN

JAPAN

Pedestrians look at a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games countdown display in Tokyo on March 25. The Games were postponed by a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic， according to an agreement between the Japanese Government and the International Olympic Committee

BRAZIL

Workers begin converting the Pacaembu Stadium in S？o Paulo into a temporary hospital to accommodate novel coronavirus disease （COVID-19） patients on March 23

BELGIUM

The usually bustling square in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels looks deserted on March 22， the day when the country entered coronavirus lockdown. Three days later， the authorities confirmed nearly 5，000 COVID-19 cases

CROATIA

A damaged church in capital Zagreb after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck on March 22

MEXICO

A currency exchange board in Mexico City on March 20. The central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage point to 6.5 percent that day to boost the economy amid the novel coronavirus pandemic

COLOMBIA

Relatives rush to a prison in Bogota after an attempted jailbreak on March 22. The attempt left 23 inmates dead and 83 others injured