News in Pics Mar 11: Best photos from across the world

A rider is seen in an empty street in Rione Monti neighborhood, virtually deserted after a decree orders for the whole of Italy. (Credit: Reuters)

Security forces stand guard during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela. (Credit: Reuters)

A displaced Syrian girl is pictured in a former jail turned into a makeshift shelter in the northwestern city of Idlib. (Credit: AFP)

A passenger cheers as medical Personnel help load passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship onto airplanes at Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California. (Credit: AFP)

A man riding a horse prays towards the sea to mourn victims of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. (Credit: Reuters/ Kyodo)

An isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV or novel coronavirus, is seen in a transmission electron microscopic image obtained from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. (Credit: Reuters)