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March 17, 2020

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Wuhan.

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Barcelona.

(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Venice.

(Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images)

Milan.

(Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

Valencia, Spain.

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Paris.

(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Mecca.

(BANDAR ALDANDANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Dubrovnik, Croatia.

(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Cleveland.

(MEGAN JELINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Jupiter, Florida.

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