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The 60th Agricultural Show opens to the public in Paris with nearly an hour and a half delay due to the incursion of farmers protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron. The pavilion invaded by the protesters, where clashes with police forces occurred, remains closed for the time being. IMAGES
A crowd gathers and cheers as a man, recently released from an Israeli jail, arrives in a town outside Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. 39 prisoners were freed by Israeli authorities on Friday, part of a truce deal that also saw some 24 hostages, seized during Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel last month, released. The exchange is part of a four-day ceasefire, offering some relief to residents of the war-torn Gaza Strip. IMAGES COMPLETES VIDI344P64T_EN
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States surpasses more than 2.5 million according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. There were 2,500,419 confirmed cases in the US, according to the Baltimore-based university as of 5:30 pm (2130 GMT). ANIMATED GRAPHIC
More than 2,525,240 declared coronavirus cases have been registered in 193 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP. ANIMATED VIDEO
Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday behind closed doors in St. Peter's Basilica. The Basilica and St. Peter's Square are usually packed by Catholic faithful for Palm Sunday, but this year it is empty because of coronavirus containment measures. IMAGES
The traffic on the Champs-Elysées is smooth with only a few pedestrians, joggers and cyclists venturing outside, as Paris awakens on day two of France's near total lockdown in a bid to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus. IMAGES