In Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv which has been under daily Russian bombardment that has damaged or destroyed 1,000 buildings, work has begun to erect sand barricades to protect its statues.
In 1961, the International Theatre Institute (ITI) proclaimed that 27 March was henceforth to be known as World Theatre Day.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called Sunday for a global boycott of French retail giant Auchan, with pressure mounting on international brands to quit Russia over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
For the past two weeks, people have reported dead fish floating on the Echternach lake.