Also on this day in 2020, President Donald Trump offered floral respects at Raj Ghat, the memorial for Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi, India. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 local authorities declared a 24-hour strike on two eastern Greek islands to protest government plans to build new migrant detention camps there. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 NATO envoys held emergency talks at the request of Turkey, a NATO member, and scores of migrants began converging on Turkey's border with Greece seeking entry into Europe after Turkey said it was "no longer able to hold refugees." See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 a rapid spike in coronavirus infections prompted Italian authorities in the northern Lombardy and Veneto regions to close schools, businesses and restaurants and to cancel sporting events and Masses. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, dozens of policemen deployed to two eastern Greek islands to quell protests over planned new migrant detention centers were injured during two days of clashes with local residents. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 thousands of pro-choice activists demonstrated in favor of decriminalizing abortion outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, China reported the number of infections from a new virus had surpassed 20,000, and President Xi Jinping said "we have launched a people's war of prevention of the epidemic." See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.