Feature: Coronavirus outbreak dampens Nowruz festival in Kazakhstan

Domestic terminal of the Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport is closed in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, March 22, 2020. 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)