Experts from the World Health Organization say they gave explicit warnings about the risks of the COVID-19 outbreak in early January, after President Trump accused the agency of obscuring the truth in his remarks to the press this week. Above: WHO headquarters in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Germany's social distancing requirements have been extended to May 3, but the country is taking steps to re-open parts of public life. Here, two men sit at a distance in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on Wednesday. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Capitol is seen on April 13. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Passengers are tested for COVID-19 at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday before departing to Tunisia. Emirates Airline hide caption
Paramedics and hospital workers prepare to lift a COVID-19 patient onto a hospital stretcher outside the Montefiore Medical Center Moses Campus in the Bronx, Tuesday, April 07, 2020, New York City. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Tom Moore, who served as an army captain in World War II, had originally aimed to raise $1,250 before his 100th birthday on April 30. More than 347,000 people have donated to his effort. Moore Family via AP hide caption
The World Health Organization is is "absolutely critical to the world's efforts to win the war against COVID-19," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said, after President Trump said he will halt funding to the agency. Here, a WHO staff member inspects a coronaviruus quarantine facility at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip in March. via REUTERS hide caption
Countries under coronavirus lockdowns should only ease those restrictions if they can control new infections and trace contacts, the World Health Organization says. Here, Hashim, a health care worker, recently greeted his daughter through a glass door as they maintained social distance due to the COVID-19 outbreak in New Rochelle, N.Y. Joy Malone/Reuters hide caption
When Lex Frieden broke his hip, a Texas hospital decided against an operation. Frieden, a quadriplegic since 1967, would never walk, so the surgery wasn't necessary, the doctors reasoned, a decision that left him with lasting pain. Mack Taylor / Houston METRO hide caption
Stanford medical student Thomas Koehnkz takes a blood sample from Alan Wessel of Mountain View, Calif., for a coronavirus antibody study. Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images 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
President Trump addresses reporters in the White House Rose Garden during the daily coronavirus task force briefing on April 14. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
In the Queens borough of New York City on Tuesday, people wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store that offers check-cashing services. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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
People, some wearing masks, walk down a street in the Corona neighborhood of Queens in New York on Tuesday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images 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
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
Cheerleaders wore face masks as Taiwan recently prepared for the the first professional baseball league game of the season. The island has emerged as a success story in containing coronavirus, avoiding the need for a strict lockdown. Ann Wang/REUTERS hide caption