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Our world in photos: March 13

March 13, 2020 Noah Singer

TEXAS — Packing up: Crews covered the ice at American Airlines Center in Dallas, home of the Dallas Stars hockey team, on Thursday after officials put the NHL season on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News via AP

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GERMANY — Staying put: Various aircraft were parked at the Frankfurt Airport on Friday. A large number of flights have been canceled due to the coronavirus. Photo: Michael Probst/AP

ARGENTINA — Empty stands: Players of Peru’s Alianza Lima and Argentina’s Racing Club lined up before a Copa Libertadores soccer match at the Presidente Perón stadium in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The match was played in an empty, closed-door stadium as part of government measures to contain transmission of the coronavirus. Photo: Gustavo Garello/AP

CALIFORNIA — All alone: A street performer sat at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on Thursday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that a guidance for Californians to avoid unnecessary gatherings to avoid the spread of the coronavirus will likely extend beyond March. Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP

NORTH CAROLINA — Wheeled away: Personnel removed basketballs from a court in Greensboro on Thursday after all NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference games were canceled to slow the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Gerry Broome/AP

PHILIPPINES — Helping out: A security guard wearing a protective mask assisted a woman in Manila on Friday. President Rodrigo Duterte has authorized sweeping quarantines in the crowded capital city to fight the new coronavirus. Photo: Aaron Favila/AP

SPAIN — Closed roads: A police officer stood on a closed off-ramp near Igualada on Friday. Officials introduced mandatory lockdowns and shut down highways on Friday to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: Joan Mateu/AP

TURKEY — Still sterilizing: Workers disinfected the main hall of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on Friday as a precaution against the coronavirus. Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP

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