Spanish cartoonist Maria del Rosario "Chary" closes his stall after been told by local police to leave Mayor square in downtown Madrid, Spain, Sunday, March 15, 2020. Spain awoke to its first day of a nationwide quarantine on Sunday after the government declared a two-week state of emergency. The government imposed the special measures including the confinement of people to their homes unless shopping for food and medicine, going to and from work, and to meet other…
March 16, 2020
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