Workers wearing protective suits fumigate an art hall with antiseptic solution as a precaution against the spread of the Middle East respiratory syndrome in Seoul, South Korea, in June 2015. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
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Tuesday
People sit in a terrace bar at the beach in Spain earlier this month, when many internal travel restrictions were lifted. The EU has decided on its first list of approved travel partners, as part of its reopening of external borders. Joan Mateu/AP hide caption
Monday
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference this week in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A health worker in personal protective equipment stands in a COVID-19 intensive care unit in Taiz, Yemen. Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
(L to R): Sen. Heherson Alvarez, an environmental lawmaker from the Philippines; Durdana Rizvi, a doctor from Pakistan; Colombian actor Antonio Bolívar; 'Nanī' Nabi, a grandmother from Kashmir; Rocio Choque, a soup kitchen volunteer from Argentina. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters; Andaleeb Rizvi; Lucas Jackson/Reuters; Javaid Iqbal; Anita Pouchard Serra for NPR hide caption
Liu Ping, a breeder of bamboo rats. He had to cull his rats when the Chinese government banned consumption of various wild animals as a way to potentially curb spread of viruses from animals to humans. Liu Ping hide caption
Saturday
Friday
Sweden's top disease expert says a surge in new coronavirus cases is a result of more testing. Here, people enjoy the sun and water at a bathing jetty in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday alongside a sign instructing the public to maintain social distancing. Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A resident walks across an empty track on Feb. 7 in Wuhan, China. Wuhan residents lived through the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world. Getty Images hide caption
Internationally, scientists now have on file the genomes of more than 47,000 different samples of the virus that causes COVID-19 — up from just one in January. Here's a transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (orange) isolated from a patient. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health hide caption
This Coronavirus Doesn't Change Quickly, And That's Good News For Vaccine Makers
Thursday
Minks at a mink farm. Yuri Tutov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
French Health and Solidarity Minister Olivier Veran (center), flanked by German Health Minister Jens Spahn (left) and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (right), speaks during a news conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, on Thursday. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A view of Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's largest favela, in March. A recent study showed almost 1 in 4 of those tested in Rocinha was infected with the coronavirus. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption
A couple take in the view as they visit the Eiffel Tower on Thursday. Paris' iconic tower is reopening after the coronavirus forced the longest closure since World War II. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption