In this March 29, 2020, photo, Rev. Steven Paulikas decorates an altar with palm fronds for Palm Sunday, which was commemorated virtually at All Saints' Episcopal Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The global coronavirus pandemic is upending the season's major religious holidays, forcing leaders and practitioners across faiths to improvise. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)
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5 international stories of the week

The pandemic altering Holy Week celebrations worldwide, a forest fire near the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the U.S.-Taliban peace deal, the U.K. prime minister being hospitalized and Queen Elizabeth II’s message to her nation make up this week’s five international stories.





President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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White House projects 100K to 240K US deaths from virus

President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned Americans to brace for a “rough two-week period” ahead as the White House released new projections that there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current social distancing guidelines are maintained.


Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington, as President Donald Trump listens. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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5 national stories of the week

The White House’s projections of the virus outbreak, the Trump administration’s roll back on mileage standards, the debate on widespread mail-in ballots, blocking of abortion bans in three states and three major retailers furloughing a majority of their workers make up this week’s five national stories.





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