Labourers wearing facemasks work in a garment factory during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka on May 2. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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People walk past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 census in April in Seattle. A group of House Democrats have introduced a bill that would grant the U.S. Census Bureau's request to delay major deadlines for delivering results of the count because of the pandemic. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a computer on May 8 in Arlington, Va. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
NYC Health Department field responder Renée Nicolas prepares a medicine lock box for a methadone delivery in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York last Friday. Olivia Reingold/NPR hide caption
Picnic areas at Cesar Chavez Park in Laveen, Ariz. were closed off to facilitate social distancing. The state's stay-at-home order expires May 15. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
An aerial view shows people gathered in painted circles on the grass encouraging social distancing last week at Dolores Park in San Francisco. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Walt Disney World closed in March in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Now, they have announced a phased reopening starting July 11. John Raoux/AP hide caption
Every usable video slot machine has a sticker that reminds the user to sanitize the machine prior to using at the WaterView Casino and Hotel in Vicksburg, Miss., on May 21. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
A makeshift memorial, seen Tuesday, has grown near where George Floyd died while in the custody of Minneapolis police. Mourners have brought flowers, signs and balloons to the site in Floyd's memory. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A judge in Baker City, Ore., ruled that Gov. Kate Brown had acted beyond her authority by extending the state's stay-at-home restrictions. Kirk Siegler hide caption
In a survey of parents nationwide from ParentsTogether, parents from low-income homes are ten times more likely to say their kids are doing little or no remote learning. Courtesy of ParentsTogether via SurveyMonkey hide caption
Cyclists stop to look at the fountains at the Caesars Palace hotel and casino on Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip, which is empty of its normal crowds because of the COVID-19 pandemic. John Locher/AP hide caption
People walk along a boardwalk at a mostly empty beach in Belmar, N.J. As of May 22, state beaches can open with social distancing measures in place. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
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The city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first began to spread, is pictured on May 14. Many Chinese cities have seen rush hour traffic return to pre-pandemic levels — or worse — after reopening, according to traffic data company TomTom. Cities around the world are trying to figure out how to avoid disastrous gridlock as residents resume travel while avoiding public transit. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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For the first time, Twitter has directed users to a fact check of a tweet by President Trump. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The April 19 edition of The Boston Globe had 16 pages of obituaries. Brian Snyder/Reuters hide caption
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People enjoy on the beach in Long Branch, New Jersey on May 24, during the Memorial Day weekend holiday. In many parts of the country, states are starting to reopen and relax regulations but Dr. Ashish Jha, Director of Harvard's Global Health Institute, said we will likely see a lot more sickness and deaths in the summer months. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From left: Comedians Natasha Chandel, Abdullah Afzal and Mariam Sobh. They each performed a set during the Socially Distant Eid Comedy Night Special, a virtual event hosted by the Concordia Forum. Facebook/ Screengrabs by NPR hide caption
Women hold signs while protesting near the area where a Minneapolis Police Department officer allegedly killed George Floyd, on Tuesday in Minneapolis, Minn. A 10-minute video widely circulated on social media shows a police officer using his knee to pin the man's neck to the ground for multiple minutes. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Memorial Day weekend at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island, N.Y. As the pandemic continues, Harvard's Dr. Ashish Jha says, mask wearing, social distancing and robust strategies of testing and contact tracing will be even more important. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption