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Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 10,000 deaths, according to figures released Saturday by the Ministry of Health. The country has now recorded 10,627 deaths and 155,939 confirmed cases. VIDEOGRAPHIC
France has crossed the threshold of 10,000 deaths due to the coronavirus, with 7,091 recorded in hospital and 3,237 in old age homes. ANIMATED VIDEO
Images from a deserted Piazza di Spagna as Italy's death toll tops 10,000 despite a 16-day lockdown. Its toll from the past three days alone reached 2,520 -- higher than the total number of deaths in the United States and France. Italy now looks certain to extend its economically debilitating -- and emotionally stressful -- ban on public gatherings and business closures past the April 3 deadline. IMAGES
People navigate in boats through the flooded streets of Porto Alegre, Brazil, as floods and mudslides have killed at least 66 and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes, according to authorities. IMAGES
A Red Cross convoy with Israeli hostages onboard leaves the Gaza Strip for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. IMAGES