• The hospital ship USNS Comfort passes the Statue of Liberty as its departs New York City after providing relief to the city's healthcare system, stressed by the surge of COVID-19 patients. AFP
    The hospital ship USNS Comfort passes the Statue of Liberty as its departs New York City after providing relief to the city's healthcare system, stressed by the surge of COVID-19 patients. AFP
  • Yemenis react as municipal workers fumigate a street in the old city market of the capital Sanaa. AFP
    Yemenis react as municipal workers fumigate a street in the old city market of the capital Sanaa. AFP
  • A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a man on a car to be tested for COVID-19 at a gas station in Santiago, Chile. AFP
    A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a man on a car to be tested for COVID-19 at a gas station in Santiago, Chile. AFP
  • A flight-attendant walks in the empty hall of Son Sant Joan's Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. AFP
    A flight-attendant walks in the empty hall of Son Sant Joan's Airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. AFP
  • Firefighters take part in a national "clap for carers" to show thanks for the work of Britain's NHS at Hartley Wintney, west of London. AFP
    Firefighters take part in a national "clap for carers" to show thanks for the work of Britain's NHS at Hartley Wintney, west of London. AFP
  • Winter Palace and the Alexander Column are reflected in a puddle after the rain at the Palace Square in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
    Winter Palace and the Alexander Column are reflected in a puddle after the rain at the Palace Square in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
  • A youth waits for his turn to enter the San Nicolas Tolentino cemetery for the funeral of his loved one, in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. AP
    A youth waits for his turn to enter the San Nicolas Tolentino cemetery for the funeral of his loved one, in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. AP
  • Men fish on the shore of the Paraguay River during the 7th week of the Government's lockdown to prevent spread of the new coronavirus, in Lambare, Paraguay. AP
    Men fish on the shore of the Paraguay River during the 7th week of the Government's lockdown to prevent spread of the new coronavirus, in Lambare, Paraguay. AP
  • Cemetery workers in protective clothing bury a person who died of COVID-19, at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP
    Cemetery workers in protective clothing bury a person who died of COVID-19, at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP
  • A graduate from the medical and nursing school of Faseh University celebrates from a car after receiving the diploma during a drive-thru ceremony to avoid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vespasiano, Brazil. Getty
    A graduate from the medical and nursing school of Faseh University celebrates from a car after receiving the diploma during a drive-thru ceremony to avoid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vespasiano, Brazil. Getty
  • Street artists in costumes demonstrate to demand economic help from the authorities to face the crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Mexico City, Mexico. EPA
    Street artists in costumes demonstrate to demand economic help from the authorities to face the crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Mexico City, Mexico. EPA
  • Two priests fly over Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in a helicopter, carrying the Blessed Sacrament to ask God for the end of the coronavirus pandemic. EPA
    Two priests fly over Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in a helicopter, carrying the Blessed Sacrament to ask God for the end of the coronavirus pandemic. EPA

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