Around the world in photos as restrictions ease but social distancing continues

Originally published May 6, 2020 at 1:23 pm

A man grimaces as a nasal swab sample is collected from him to test for a the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Thai health workers started testing the community of about 1,600 people at Klong Toey slum at a nearby Buddhist temple. (Gemunu Amarasinghe / The Associated Press)

An Indian health worker checks the temperature of a child before allowing her to board a bus, in Bangalore, India, Wednesday. India partly relaxed its lockdown this week. (Aijaz Rahi / The Associated Press)

Mary Luz Hernandez, 34, a professional seamstress, offers passing cars her disinfecting services in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday. Hernandez, her husband John Casallas, and his friend Pablo Villalobos, both taxi drivers, are charging 75 cents per car, after their usual work dried up amid the lockdown to help curb COVID-19. (Fernando Vergara / The Associated Press)

A man sits outside a shuttered store in the Paraisopolis neighborhod of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. With over 100,000 residents, Paraisopolis is one of the areas most affected by COVID-19 in Sao Paulo. (Andre Penner / The Associated Press)

People ride bikes along a street in Beijing Wednesday. China on Wednesday reported just two new cases of the coronavirus and no deaths. (Mark Schiefelbein / The Associated Press)

Medical workers take a break at a coronavirus mobile test site in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday. The Indonesian Election Commission has decided to postpone preparations for Sept. 23, 2020, regional elections until at least December after a number of organizers got sick with the virus. (Dita Alangkara / The Associated Press)

People contravene virus restrictions as they rest on a breakwater in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday. Spain’s government has extended the country’s current state of emergency for another 15 days. (Emilio Morenatti / The Associated Press)

A worker is seen through a steel tube at MAP, a factory operating in design, manufacture and installation of steel structures for civil and industrial use in Corsico, Italy, Wednesday. Italy began stirring again after the coronavirus shutdown, with 4.4 million Italians able to return to work and restrictions on movement eased. (Antonio Calanni / The Associated Press)

A member of the Belarus Ministry of Defence disinfects a local hospital in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday. Despite the World Health Organization’s call for Belarus to ban public events as coronavirus cases rise sharply, President Alexander Lukashenko says the country will go ahead with a parade to mark the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. (Sergei Grits / The Associated Press)

Small-business workers wearing special suits to protect from the coronavirus stretch yellow-and-black ribbon in protest of the government-imposed quarantine in front of the Cabinet in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday. Posters on the left read “The Cabinet is closed for the quarantine.” About 100 businessmen gathered in front of the Cabinet claiming they are losing their jobs because of the quarantine, which started in the country March 12. (Efrem Lukatsky / The Associated Press)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the beginning of a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday. The press conference followed an online meeting of Merkel and the German state governors on the loosening of the restrictions to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. (Michael Sohn / The Associated Press)

A man wearing a mask, waits outside a minimarket to buy supplies, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday. Cuban authorities are requiring the use of masks for anyone who goes outside their homes. (Ramon Espinosa / The Associated Press)

A vendor wears a face shield inside the main market of Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday. While the market is considered an essential business and remained open, the government authorized the reopening of other businesses under a plan coined “Intelligent quarantine.” (Jorge Saenz / The Associated Press)

A man wearing a plastic bag as a face mask poses for a photograph in Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday. South Africa began a phased easing of its strict lockdown measures on May 1, and its confirmed cases of coronavirus continue to increase as more people are being tested. (Themba Hadebe / The Associated Press)

John Westbrook waits outside of Hixson Barber Shop on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in Hixson, Tenn. Barber shops and salons across Tennessee will be reopening Wednesday, with guidelines in order to maintain social distancing practices put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus. (Troy Stolt / The Associated Press)

The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels fly over downtown Dallas as part of their “America Strong” tour as staff from Baylor University Medical Center watch from below (not pictured) on Wednesday. (Ryan Michalesko / The Dallas Morning News)

New York police officers clear trains at the Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue Terminal on Tuesday. (Frank Franklin II / The Associated Press)

Construction workers protest outside the Labor Ministry in Lima, Peru, Wednesday. The workers demand the government allow construction to resume, as they are unemployed due to the lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (Martin Mejia / The Associated Press)

Technicians at the French General Armament Directorate, who specialize in bacteriological, chemical and nuclear military protection gear, analyze masks in their lab at Vert Le Petit, south of Paris, Wednesday. The DGA is responsible for giving official stamps of approval for masks being piloted by French companies. The DGA approval is not legally obligatory for masks to be sold on French soil. (Francois Mori / The Associated Press)

People participate in an online goat yoga class at Arizona Goat Yoga on Wednesday in Gilbert, Ariz. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, Arizona Goat Yoga classes would serve up to 150 participants and utilize 30 goats in their tourism-based classes. With Arizona’s stay-at-home order, the company began offering weekly online classes with at-home participants using their pets in lieu of goats. (Matt York / The Associated Press)

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Courtney Riffkin

Seattle Times photo staff

Courtney Riffkin: 206-464-2203 or criffkin@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @SeaTimesPhoto.