Images of the day: Uneasy world reopens, pulls back with coronavirus fears

July 1, 2020 at 11:07 am

Students sit in spaces partitioned for social distancing at a school in Pathum Thani, Thailand, on Wednesday. Thailand has begun a fifth phase of relaxations of COVID-19 restrictions, allowing the reopening of schools and high-risk entertainment venues such as pubs and massage parlors. (Sakchai Lalit / The Associated Press)

An autorickshaw drives past graffiti thanking frontline workers in the fight against the coronavirus, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday. (Manish Swarup / The Associated Press)

A Harrods department store worker opens the door for customers in London on Wednesday. Even British stalwarts such as Harrods are drawing up plans for cuts. (Alastair Grant / The Associated Press)

Supporters of former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko listen to him in front of a court in Kyiv on Wednesday. (Efrem Lukatsky / The Associated Press)

Women pass an advertisement promoting awareness of the coronavirus outbreakm at a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. (Tatan Syuflana / The Associated Press)

Riders working for food delivery apps march to ask for better work conditions and equipment to protect from the coronavirus in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday. (Eraldo Peres / The Associated Press)

The Eiffel Tower is reflected on sunglasses in a Paris gift shop on Wednesday. For tourist sites and stores in Paris that are already feeling the pinch of losing clients from around the world, the decision not to readmit most American travelers is another blow. (Christophe Ena / The Associated Press)

Teachers and students wear protective gear during a class on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday. XJAK101 (Tatan Syuflana / AP)

Police officers stand guard near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. (Ahn Young-joon / The Associated Press)

A woman walks under traditional wind chimes in Tokyo on Wednesday. Japan lifted a seven-week pandemic state of emergency in late May, and social and business activity have since largely resumed. (Eugene Hoshiko / The Associated Press)

Martiniano Gomez Bogado, 82, who has recovered from COVID-19, flashes a thumbs-up as medical workers applaud during his discharge from a hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Wednesday. (Jorge Saenz / The Associated Press)

A guide wears a surgical mask while pulling his camel at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, which has reopened the pyramids along with its airports. (Hamada Elrasam / The Associated Press)

Mirian Erasi poses for a photograph with her ration coupons after receiving food from a charity in Estella, northern Spain, which is suffering an economic crisis. (Alvaro Barrientos / The Associated Press)

A city worker sprays disinfectant at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Park, which has reopened after being closed for several months. (Fernando Llano / The Associated Press)

People protest against coronavirus trials in Johannesburg, Africa, on Wednesday. (Themba Hadebe / The Associated Press)

Tourists take photos from the observation deck at the Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia on Wednesday. (Vincent Thian / The Associated Press)

Diners eat al fresco due to COVID-19 concerns in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s delaying the planned resumption of indoor dining at restaurants in the city out of fear it would ignite a spike in coronavirus infections. (John Minchillo / The Associated Press)

Police check commuters’ identification at the Constitution train station on Wednesday, the first day of a return to stricter restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Gustavo Garello / The Associated Press)

Marcel Schmetz raises an U.S. flag next to a WWII American Sherman tank at a museum in Belgium on Wednesday. American tourists are nowhere to be seen. (Francisco Seco / AP)

People take a selfie together before they wait to enter Tokyo Disneyland on Wednesday, as it reopened for the first time in four months. (Kyodo News via AP)

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Courtney Riffkin

Seattle Times photo staff

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

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