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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
The Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a hot spot for the coronavirus in Richmond, Va. It's one of 56 facilities with an outbreak. Steve Helber/AP 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
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
Customers wearing face masks line up in front of a DIY store in Innsbruck, Austria. The store reopened on Tuesday, after shuttering to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. ERrich Spiess/EXPA/AFP via 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 Mount Kenya, which many residents said they have never seen from the capital city. Osman Siddiqi 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
"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
Spectators watch cyclists compete in the fourth stage of the Tour de France in eastern France last July. Organizers say the 2020 race will be postponed, though new dates have not been set. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Cesaro and Ricochet compete during the WWE Live Tokyo on June 29, 2019. Etsuo Hara/Getty Images hide caption
An aerial picture shows the Galata Bridge and the Bosporus in Istanbul on Saturday, as the Turkish government imposed a two-day curfew to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Bulent Kilic/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
With flight schedules slashed, airline counters at Reagan National Airport are empty. The fallout from the coronavirus will be much worse than during the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund says. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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
'A Reminder That Nature Is Strong': In Japan, A 1,000-Year-Old Cherry Tree Blooms
JPMorgan Chase says it's having to put more money into reserve to cover bad loans. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Contact tracing involves a painstaking process of identifying and reaching out to all of a COVID-19 patient's recent contacts. In Ireland, Irish Army cadets assist with the contact tracing work in Dublin. Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Recently adopted Chadian twins Claira (left) and Ariella play peekaboo to pass the time in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with their new parents, David and Michaela Parker, as they await their adoption visas. The 23-month-old girls cannot currently travel to America with the Parkers, who are petitioning the U.S. government for an exception for the girls' visas amid the coronavirus pandemic. David and Michaela Parker hide caption
A Haitian police officer locks a gate that separates the Dominican Republic border town Jimaní from Malpasse, Haiti, last month, as Haitian authorities shut down the border because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19. Dieu Nalio Chery/AP hide caption
People in Hyderabad, India, watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the nation Tuesday. Modi has extended the world's largest coronavirus lockdown in hopes of reducing the epidemic's peak. Mahesh Kumar A/AP hide caption
Russian police officers, wearing face masks to guard against the coronavirus, descend into a pedestrian underpass as they patrol to enforce a self-isolation regime in Moscow. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center last week. DeSantis says he wants to ramp up testing at the state's long-term care facilities. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption