• Roberto Ruiz visits his mother, Elena Filippi, 80, in a retirement residence and talks with her through the transparent separation screen used as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Mother's Day in Vina del Mar, Chile. REUTERS
    Roberto Ruiz visits his mother, Elena Filippi, 80, in a retirement residence and talks with her through the transparent separation screen used as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on Mother's Day in Vina del Mar, Chile. REUTERS
  • The sun rises with Sugar Loaf during coronavirus quarantine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to the Brazilian Health Ministry, Brazil has 155.939 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and a total of 10.627 deaths. Getty Images
    The sun rises with Sugar Loaf during coronavirus quarantine in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to the Brazilian Health Ministry, Brazil has 155.939 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) and a total of 10.627 deaths. Getty Images
  • A primary school student undergoes a temperature check on the first day of class after the government eased a nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. REUTERS
    A primary school student undergoes a temperature check on the first day of class after the government eased a nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. REUTERS
  • A health official wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant in a cafeteria at a high school in Seoul as schools are set to re-open starting this week. South Korea announced its highest number of new coronavirus cases for more than a month, driven by an infection cluster in a Seoul nightlife district just as the country loosens restrictions. AFP
    A health official wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant in a cafeteria at a high school in Seoul as schools are set to re-open starting this week. South Korea announced its highest number of new coronavirus cases for more than a month, driven by an infection cluster in a Seoul nightlife district just as the country loosens restrictions. AFP
  • A security guard wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, stands near a middle school as students arrive in Beijing. Students in a number of cities including Shanghai and Beijing began returning to classes in late April, starting with high schoolers. AFP
    A security guard wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, stands near a middle school as students arrive in Beijing. Students in a number of cities including Shanghai and Beijing began returning to classes in late April, starting with high schoolers. AFP
  • Fireworks explode behind the Moscow State University in Moscow during the Victory Day celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. AFP
    Fireworks explode behind the Moscow State University in Moscow during the Victory Day celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. AFP
  • This aerial view taken on May 9, 2020, shows the maiden tower on Bosphorus strait, in Istanbul, during a two-day curfew to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease, caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP
    This aerial view taken on May 9, 2020, shows the maiden tower on Bosphorus strait, in Istanbul, during a two-day curfew to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease, caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP
  • Palestinian bodybuilding trainer Muhammad Jaafreh (R) practices during a training session on his building's rooftop with his student Abed Ghurayyib, as the gym is closed amid the COVID-19 lockdown, in the village of Tarqumiah, north-west of the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP
    Palestinian bodybuilding trainer Muhammad Jaafreh (R) practices during a training session on his building's rooftop with his student Abed Ghurayyib, as the gym is closed amid the COVID-19 lockdown, in the village of Tarqumiah, north-west of the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP
  • Italian volunteer aid worker Silvia Costanza Romano (R), who was kidnapped in Kenya in late 2018, wearing a khimar and face mask, embraces her mother Francesca upon her arrival at Rome’s military Ciampino airport following her release. Silvia Romano was 23 and working as a volunteer in the orphanage in Chakama village in southeast Kenya when she was seized by gunmen in November 2018. AFP
    Italian volunteer aid worker Silvia Costanza Romano (R), who was kidnapped in Kenya in late 2018, wearing a khimar and face mask, embraces her mother Francesca upon her arrival at Rome’s military Ciampino airport following her release. Silvia Romano was 23 and working as a volunteer in the orphanage in Chakama village in southeast Kenya when she was seized by gunmen in November 2018. AFP

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