A man walks past closed stores during an "emergency phase" for COVID-19 quarantine in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 18, 2021. Brazil on Thursday reported 2,724 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the second-highest daily figure since the onset of the pandemic in February 2020. According to the Ministry of Health, 86,982 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the same period, marking the third-highest daily figure for the country. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)
