President Trump, center, and Vice President Mike Pence, left, speak speak next to Michigan state Rep. Karen Whitsett at the White House. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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People wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store that offers check cashing services Tuesday in Queens, New York. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump said Tuesday at the White House that he'll stop funding the World Health Organization "while a review is conducted" of its handling of the coronavirus. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A homeless encampment seen on Monday in San Francisco. City lawmakers are demanding that the mayor step up efforts to house the city's homeless population to protect them from COVID-19. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 14: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters in the White House Rose Garden during the daily coronavirus task force briefing. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
A photo taken last month by Nairobi resident Osman Siddiqi shows One Africa Place, a bullet-shaped glass high-rise in Nairobi, framed by the jagged, snowcapped peaks of Mt. Kenya. Many Kenyans complained they had lived in Nairobi for years and had never spotted Mt. Kenya. Osman Siddiqi hide caption
Employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota last week. The plant has had an outbreak of coronavirus cases. Stephen Groves/AP hide caption
Public health experts say smartphone apps could augment the time-consuming work of tracking down people who have been exposed to the coronavirus. Juan Karita/AP hide caption
Getting Back To Normal: Big Tech's Solution Depends On Public Trust
The ancient Takizakura cherry tree, in Miharu, Japan, in March, just days before bursting into bloom. A pathway for tourists at the base of the tree will see less use this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Emergency Declared In Japanese Prefecture Hit By 2nd Wave Of Coronavirus Infections
The plunge in demand for air travel during the coronavirus crisis is reflected on an airport screen in New Orleans on April 4. Carlos Barria/Reuters hide caption
Kroger and the food workers union want grocery staff to be designated as first responders in the coronavirus pandemic. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
COMIC: Grocery Workers Are Essential, And Feeling The Strain
Delivery van driver Ricky (Kris Hitchen) takes a break with his his daughter (Katie Proctor) in the Ken Loach drama Sorry We Missed You. Joss Barratt/Zeitgeist Films hide caption
A lone pedestrian crosses an otherwise empty Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Mo., on April 14 as stay-at-home orders continue in much of the country in an effort to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
A couple wearing masks crosses the almost-deserted Times Square in New York City on Monday. Johannes Eisele /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Toggle between total cases and per capita cases of COVID-19 on our map showing each U.S. state's outbreak. Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR hide caption
Coronavirus World Map: Tracking The Spread Of The Outbreak
Joel Flory, co-founder and chief executive officer of Visual Supply Co. (VSCO), speaks during a Bloomberg Technology television interview in December 2019. On Tuesday, Flory announced VSCO is laying off a third of its staff because of the coronavirus-fueled economic downturn. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Lauren Gardner and her team work to maintain the COVID-19 dashboard, built by Gardner's team at the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University hide caption
Customers wearing line up in front of a DIY store in Innsbruck, Austria, after it reopened on Tuesday, after shuttering to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. ERrich Spiess/EXPA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Taiwan Reports No New Coronavirus Cases, Adding To Success In Fighting Pandemic
"When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total," President Trump said on Monday. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
As mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg officially had relinquished control of his company. In reality, his former executives say, Bloomberg was in frequent contact and shared his aspirations for growth in China. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bloomberg News Killed Investigation, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown here earlier this month, has explained how the state will decide to lift restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talk about the outcome of the 2016 election in the Rose Garden. Obama planned to throw his formal support to Biden's 2020 bid on Tuesday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, an ally of President Trump, says she will continue to take a "targeted" approach and not issue a statewide stay-at-home order. City leaders, including the mayor of Sioux Falls, S.D., where there has been an outbreak at a meat processing plant, are begging the state for tighter restrictions. Jabin Botsford/Getty Images hide caption
A municipal worker in Karachi hands out bags of food — part of government efforts to help those who've lost their livelihood during Pakistan's lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Host Maddie Sofia tries her hand at baking sourdough. She says this loaf looked pretty, but "tasted like feet." Maddie Sofia/Maddie Sofia hide caption