A Pier 39 employee wears protective gear while cleaning a sidewalk in San Francisco, Calif., on March 16, the day the county announced a local shelter-in-place order. On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a shelter-in-place order for the entire state. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A firefighter takes a moment to rest outside a temporary hospital in a conference center in Madrid, Spain, that was set up as an overflow area for COVID-19 patients. More than a million coronavirus cases are now reported worldwide, putting intense pressure on health and emergency workers. Sergio Perez/Reuters hide caption
A State of Michigan Unemployment Agency office that is currently closed because of coronavirus. The number of new people claiming unemployment totaled 6.6 million, doubling the record set a week earlier according to the Labor Department. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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The floor of the Fiserv Forum is seen during a January media walkthrough ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis. The convention has been pushed back a month, to mid-August. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was killed by militants in Pakistan in 2002. Getty Images hide caption
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Phish surprised fans with a new album Sigma Oasis Thursday. Rene Huemer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption