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1 / 50Venice, Italy in early March
A gondoliere checks his phone in an unusually quiet Venice on March 5, 2020. Italy closed all schools and universities until March 15 to help combat the spread of the COVID-19 crisis. The government decision was announced moments after health officials said the death toll from the coronavirus had jumped to 107 and the number of cases had passed 3,000.

























































