World in focus - best photos for March 20, 2020

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world in the past 24 hours

Ballet dancer and performer Ashlee Montague of New York wears a gas mask while she dances in Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. Reuters

Women wear face masks and gloves as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, in Quito, Ecuador. AP Photo

Indonesian Muslims wear masks as they queue to attend Friday Prayers amid the coronavirus pandemic, at a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. EPA

A Hindu woman wears a facemask as a preventive measure against the coronavirus while visiting Durbar Square to workship in Kathmandu. AFP

Three-time Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura, right, and Saori Yoshida light the torch as Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, left, watches during Olympic Flame Arrival Ceremony. AP Photo

Asha Devi, mother of the victim of the fatal 2012 gang rape and murder on a moving bus in New Delhi is embraced by an unidentified woman after the rapists of her daughter were hanged. AP Photo

The buildings of the banking districts are seen as a woman walks by at the River Rhine in Frankfurt, Germany. AP Photo

People stand by their windows and applause in solidarity with healthcare workers on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak gripping the country in Paris. AFP

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