A look at the best news photos from around the world.
March 29, 2020
![A police officer maintains distance as he detains a man defying the lockdown imposed by the government amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kathmandu, Nepal.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c13fc7b5-ae56-4f75-970f-129c3f906a24_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A police officer maintains distance as he detains a man defying the lockdown imposed by the government amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kathmandu, Nepal.
![A Chinese tourist prepares for his flight to China at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b48f4b5c-5b0d-4eb5-835a-837e995be1de_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Chinese tourist prepares for his flight to China at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany.
![Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant on a street at a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cdfa5ae2-e505-47f8-b2fa-f5a6463ce090_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant on a street at a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
![Police inspector Rajesh Babu wearing a coronavirus-themed helmet, speaks to motorists at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Chennai, India, March 28, 2020.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6fef6496-6984-42d1-9ea2-6890dc6a362b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police inspector Rajesh Babu wearing a coronavirus-themed helmet, speaks to motorists at a checkpoint during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown in Chennai, India, March 28, 2020.
![Emergency medical personnel carries a patient affected with coronavirus from a military hospital to an ambulance in Mulhouse, eastern France.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b6fa9c44-a722-4b96-8649-4feec7c37df5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Emergency medical personnel carries a patient affected with coronavirus from a military hospital to an ambulance in Mulhouse, eastern France.
![An aerial picture shows boatmen waiting for passengers docked on the bank of a river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 28, 2020](https://gdb.voanews.com/65df39d2-964f-4088-b558-55773a01004f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An aerial picture shows boatmen waiting for passengers docked on the bank of a river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 28, 2020
![Migrant workers travel on a crowded bus as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus, in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b1fd0db0-d479-4386-b66d-72d1302dacdb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Migrant workers travel on a crowded bus as they return to their villages, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus, in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
![South African National Defense Forces patrol the Men's Hostel in the densely populated Alexandra township east of Johannesburg, March 28, 2020, enforcing a strict lockdown in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.](https://gdb.voanews.com/feb57fe4-297f-49f0-a0a7-ced0a2535a46_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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South African National Defense Forces patrol the Men's Hostel in the densely populated Alexandra township east of Johannesburg, March 28, 2020, enforcing a strict lockdown in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.
![Tables and chairs are taped for the social distancing law enforcement to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a Starbucks coffee shop in Hong Kong.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cd9ebfae-f754-4f49-a7ec-7a71354dab80_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tables and chairs are taped for the social distancing law enforcement to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at a Starbucks coffee shop in Hong Kong.