The extremely secluded resort island of Wakaya, Fiji, has confirmed at least five cases of COVID-19. Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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New arrivals greet each other without touching at Changi Airport earlier this week in Singapore. The island country, which imposed a ban on short-term visitors shortly after this photograph was taken, has now also implemented the threat of prison time for violating social distancing recommendations. Ore Huiying/Getty Images hide caption
People in Wuhan, China, line up at a facility that tests discharged COVID-19 patients as well as individuals who had been held in isolation. Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G-20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on COVID-19 via video link in Beijing. Li Xueren/AP hide caption
As the number of new cases dwindles in China but multiplies worldwide, the country has become more worried about importing cases. Earlier this month, travelers arriving from abroad left the Capital International Airport in Beijing. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Takayuki Ueno was set to be a runner in the now postponed Olympic torch relay in Fukushima, Japan. Here he stands in the field where he is growing a flower maze for children to play in Minamisoma, Japan. The field was flooded by the 2011 tsunami and killed Ueno's family members. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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Fire brigade personnel sanitize a government hospital as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday. Rajanish Kakade/AP hide caption
Professor Robert Kelly, his wife, Kim Jung-A, and their children Marion and James spoke to the BBC about the challenge of balancing work and family life during the coronavirus crisis. BBC / Screenshot by NPR hide caption
In Sydney earlier this week, signs urge social distancing and emphasize hand-washing to stave off COVID-19. Loren Elliott/Reuters hide caption
In quarantine at a hotel in Srinagar, India: A group of people who've returned from countries in the Middle East. Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks earlier this month in Jalalabad. Ghani's dispute with Abdullah Abdullah over election results has been cited as one reason for the delay in organizing prisoner releases with the Taliban, a key stipulation in a peace deal announced last month. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Family members sob for their loved ones after an attack on a Sikh place of worship Wednesday in Kabul, Afghanistan. More than two dozen people were killed in the assault, for which Islamic State militants claimed responsibility. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
A man is seen through the Olympic rings in front of the New National Stadium in Tokyo, on Tuesday. The Summer Games have been delayed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
People wait to receive a COVID-19 novel coronavirus test at a testing booth outside the Yangji hospital in Seoul on March 17. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A worker with Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population checks the temperature of a Haitian man coming from the Dominican Republic on March 5. Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters hide caption
A huge video screen shows members of the Philippine Congress participating in a special session via video conference in Manila on Monday to discuss a proposed emergency power to be given to President Rodrigo Duterte to tackle the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Airport security staff wearing protective gear check passengers arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on March 19, the day China reported no new domestic cases of the coronavirus for the first time since it started recording them in January. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People picnic underneath the cherry blossoms in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Sunday. People strolled under the trees and spread out picnic blankets, ignoring the posted signs about the dangers of COVID-19. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
A man walks a deserted road in New Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Tuesday that residents across the country stay where they are in order to help stem the spread of the coronavirus and the deadly disease it can cause, COVID-19. Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wuhan's Hubei province will begin to emerge from a two-month quarantine this week, as health officials say the region has seen a sharp drop in new coronavirus cases. Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) stands with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Pompeo says the U.S. will cut $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan. Afghan Presidential Palace via AP hide caption