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Photo taken on March 22, 2020 shows empty streets in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. For the first time ever, Kazakhstan has not celebrated the Nowruz festival with any public events due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Nowruz, which literally means a new day, is the most important holiday for Kazakhstanis. Starting March 21, the day of the spring equinox, the festival signifies the beginning of spring. (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)