French secretary of state for equality between men and women, Marlène Schiappa, in Paris in 2017. Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, seen here in Ashgabat in October 2019, earlier offered remedies to combat the virus from a book on medicinal plants that he authored. Alexei Druzhinin/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting with Russian regional officials via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 30, 2020. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP hide caption
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt anchored off Manila Bay west of Manila, Philippines, in a photo from 2018. Bullit Marquez/AP hide caption
The goats check out a knitting store called Ewe Felty Thing in Llandudno, Wales. (Really, we couldn't make this up if we tried.) Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
A health worker wears a protective suit at a nursing home, in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday. With some of the highest cases of COVID-19 in the world, Spain's public health system is overstretched and in need of supplies. Manu Fernandez/AP hide caption
Spain's Health Staff Are Catching The Coronavirus As Protective Gear Runs Short
During a minute of silence commemorating COVID-19 victims, flags fly at half-staff Tuesday at Rome's monument to the unknown soldier. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
The grave of St. Charbel has long been visited by people seeking comfort and healing. Alice Fordham for NPR hide caption
In Lebanon, Some Turn To Beloved Local Saint For Solace And Protection From COVID-19
Rohingya refugees wait at a relief distribution point in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh on March 24. Suzauddin Rubel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Christian Drosten, director of the Institute of Virology at Berlin's Charité hospital, is pictured after a news conference in Berlin on March 26, to comment on the spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany. Michael Kappeler/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
'Das Coronavirus' Podcast Captivates Germany With Scientific Info On The Pandemic
Indians line up to buy medicines in Hyderabad on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized for imposing a three-week national lockdown, but said it was "needed to win" the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. India just surpassed 1,000 cases in recent days. Mahesh Kumar A/AP hide caption
As Pandemic Spreads, The Developing World Looks Like The Next Target
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a news conference at the presidential palace in Mexico City, on March 24. Marco Ugarte/AP hide caption
An 1887 self-portrait by artist Vincent van Gogh from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Another van Gogh painting was stolen from a Dutch museum early Monday morning. Marc Deville/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images hide caption
People walk in Frederiksberg Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 28. Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Residents wash their hands at a station set up by Shining Hope for Communities in Kibera, a neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, where running water is scarce. Patrick Meinhardt/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption