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See pictures of coronavirus impact from around the world, May 8

Photographers captured moments related to COVID-19 during the first week of May.
 
An artist, wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, plays with her dog during a protest outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, on Thursday May 7, 2020. Associations representing musicians, artists and performers want the government to expand income support schemes as they face a tourism season hit by the pandemic.
An artist, wearing a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, plays with her dog during a protest outside the Greek parliament in central Athens, on Thursday May 7, 2020. Associations representing musicians, artists and performers want the government to expand income support schemes as they face a tourism season hit by the pandemic. [ PETROS GIANNAKOURIS | AP ]
Published May 7, 2020|Updated May 11, 2020

Many things have changed in the new world of coronavirus. Here are a few of those changes illustrated with images.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepalese workers climb up carrying colored water to splash on to the stupa to celebrate Buddha Jayanti festival, during lockdown at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 7, 2020. As the stupa is closed for public, only a few Buddhists monks participated in the day that marks the triple events of Gautam Buddha's life: his birth, his enlightenment and his attaining a state of Nirvana that frees believers from the circle of death and rebirth. [ NIRANJAN SHRESTHA | AP ]

Colombo, Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk climbs the steps past statues at a deserted temple during curfew on Buddha Jayanthi, a day that celebrates the birth of the Buddha, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Sri Lanka has again reimposed a 24-hour countrywide curfew until next Monday, as part of stringent measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. [ ERANGA JAYAWARDENA | AP ]

Barcelona, Spain

A woman sits on her balcony in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Spain is maintaining its positive evolution of its coronavirus outbreak a day after its government succeeded in securing parliamentary support for a new two-week extension of its lockdown measures despite losing some important support from political rivals. [ EMILIO MORENATTI | AP ]

Miami, Florida

Henry Harris exercises along Biscayne Bay during the new coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in downtown Miami. Gyms, most retail stores, and restaurants remain closed in Miami-Dade County due to the pandemic. [ LYNNE SLADKY | AP ]

Washington, D.C.

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins listens during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020. [ ANDREW HARNIK | AP ]

Mexico City, Mexico

A flower vendor wearing a face mask amid the spread of coronavirus walks outside the closed Jamaica flower market in Mexico City, Thursday, May 7, 2020. While some flower vendors with shops still open outside the market, the large wholesale flower market temporarily closed for one week on Thursday ahead of Mother’s Day, an effort by the city to keep the usual holiday crowds away. [ FERNANDO LLANO | AP ]

London, England

A Canada Goose takes flight from a water course backdropped by the buildings in Canary Wharf area of the City of London, early Thursday May 7, 2020. The highly contagious COVID-19 coronavirus has impacted on nations around the globe, many imposing self isolation and exercising social distancing when people move from their homes. [ VICTORIA JONES | AP ]

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