News in Pics (16 March 2020)

Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks to The Associated Press, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, March 16, 2020. Khan said Monday he fears the new coronavirus will devastate developing nations' economies, and warned richer economies to prepare to write off the debts of the world's poorer countries. In the interview he also called for an end to sanctions on Iran saying they were crippling the poor nation's ability to even contain the spread of the coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.

Lahore: A Pakistani family wears face masks to help prevent exposure to the new coronavirus as they travel on a motorbike in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 16, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.

Aleppo: In this photo released on Sunday, March 15, 2020, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus outbreak inside a public bus in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian authorities insist there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, despite receiving large numbers of pilgrims from Iran, and neighboring Lebanon as well as Iranian military advisers. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.

Moscow: FILE - In this Monday, May 7, 2018 file photo, Vladimir Putin enters to take the oath during his inauguration ceremony as Russia's new president in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia. Russia's Constitutional Court has on Monday, March 16, 2020 approved a law on constitutional amendments that could allow Vladimir Putin to remain in power another 16 years.

Madurai: A health official sprays disinfectants in the premises of Meenakshi Amman temple in the wake of coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic, in Madurai, Monday, March 16, 2020.

*EDS: FILE PHOTO** New Delhi: In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi during the 18th Late Dharamnath Prasad Kohli memorial lecture organised by CBI, in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind nominated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha on Monday, March 16, 2020.