A tourist takes a picture of the Sugar Loaf mountain, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The company that administers transport and installations at Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain, another postcard destination that sees 1.5 million visitors annually, said it is closing shop on Tuesday for 15 days as a measure to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
March 17, 2020
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March 17, 2020 10 p.m.
Rio's Christ statue closes and state of emergency decreed
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, which appears to balance improbably atop Corcovado mountain, has withstood the worst of what the elements could muster for nearly nine decades. Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new coronavirus.