Also on this day in 2020 the Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum in Philadelphia was outfitted with mock surgical face mask. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 doctors, nurses and other personnel demonstrated at a number of public hospitals around the country as the new coronavirus sickened medical personnel. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020, Christians commemorated Jesus' crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.

Also on this day in 2020 Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean diplomat, who defected to South Korea in 2016, won a constituency seat in South Korea's parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled their homeland. See more top news photos as selected by the Associated Press.