Template:In the news
- The World Health Organization declares coronavirus disease 2019 to be a global pandemic, while the Italian government implements a national quarantine in response to the it.
- Global stock markets suffer their largest single-day decline since the Great Recession.
- In cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup concludes with Australia defeating India in the final (player of the match Alyssa Healy pictured).
- Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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