JAPAN

JAPAN

People mourn the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima on March 11. The massive disaster left over 15，000 people dead

ITALY

Shoppers wait to enter a supermarket to purchase essential supplies and food items in Milan on March 11， the day when Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte ordered closure of all shops except pharmacies and supermarkets across the country till March 25 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus

MALAYSIA

New cabinet ministers take oath of office before the king， Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah， in Putrajaya on March 10. Muhyiddin Yassin succeeded Mahathir Mohamad who resigned as prime minister on February 24

SWITZERLAND

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares the novel coronavirus disease outbreak a pandemic at a press conference in Geneva on March 11. The infections have spread to more than 110 countries and regions

AFGHANISTAN

Chief presidential spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi tells a press conference in Kabul on March 11 that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree to free Taliban prisoners on parole with the release of the first 1，500 to start on March 14

MEXICO

Rescuers at work in Mexico City on March 11 after two subway cars collided， killing one and injuring 41