Scenes from around the world: masks, tests, hints of normal life

Aug. 10, 2020 at 12:37 pm Updated Aug. 10, 2020 at 12:37 pm

A woman gets ready to give a nasal swab sample for a rapid COVID- 19 test inside a mobile lab in New Delhi, India. India is the third hardest-hit country after the United States and Brazil. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Teacher Inggit Andini, wearing a face shield as a precaution against the coronavirus, teaches at a makeshift class at her home in Tangerang, Indonesia. Andini offered free extra lessons for students who lack access to the internet as the school where she works switched to online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A worker wears an improvised mask to to protect him from both infection and rain in the Philippines, where stricter quarantine measures went into effect Monday as COVID-19 cases surged. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

People wear face masks and keep social distancing as they enter a cinema in Peshawar, Pakistan, as lockdown measures eased. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes part in archery during a visit to the Premier Education Summer Camp at Sacred Heart of Mary Girl’s School in Upminster, England. He visited Monday to see the COVID protection steps the school is taking ahead of children returning in September. (Lucy Young / The Associated Press)

People wait to be called for COVID-19 tests at Vilafranca del Penedes in the Barcelona province. As European countries struggle to manage spikes in coronavirus cases, concern is mounting about a “second wave” of cases and potential lockdowns and border restrictions within Europe. (Emilio Morenatti / The Associated Press)

Health officials wearing protective gear prepare COVID-19 tests samples at a makeshift clinic in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. (Ahn Young-joon / The Associated Press)

A woman visits a botanical garden in Tokyo on Monday. Masks and other protective gear have become the norm in many parts of the world.
(Koji Sasahara / The Associated Press)

Soldiers patrol a pedestrian walkway in Santiago, Chile, to monitor the entry of any pedestrians in a city that has put very strict restrictions on movement. (Esteban Felix / The Associated Press)

A shopkeeper visits with customers under the shadow of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday. (Maya Alleruzzo / The Associated Press)

A street vendor selling Lotus flowers and seeds waits for customers on the streets of Beijing, where normal life is slowly returning albeit with the requisite masks.
(Ng Han Guan / The Associated Press)

Tourists stroll the Montmartre district of Paris on Monday. People are required to wear masks outdoors in the most frequented areas of the French capital. The move comes as the country sees an uptick in virus infections. (Michel Euler / The Associated Press)

A conductor with face mask waits for a train to leave the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday.
(Michael Probst / The Associated Press)

John Jepsen, president of Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS), speaks into a megaphone during a protest against in-person classes Monday on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa. (Joseph Cress / The Associated Press)

People eat at a restaurant in Karachi, Pakistan, as restrictions are eased, allowing more access to restaurants, parks, gyms and cinemas. (Fareed Khan / The Associated Press)

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany calls on a reporter during a press briefing Monday at the White House. Reporters sit distant from one another, and many wear masks, even as President Donald Trump and some aides often do not. (Andrew Harnik / The Associated Press)

Moscow High School students practice a cheer routine Monday in Moscow, Idaho. Idaho schools are moving forward with plans to hold fall sports and activities, but with precautions in place to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Geoff Crimmins / The Associated Press)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some wearing face masks, spend the day on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Oded Balilty / The Associated Press)

A man helps to place red balloons in the sand on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a demonstration to honor victims of COVID-19. The country is second only to the U.S. in cases. (Silvia Izquierdo / The Associated Press)

An accordionist wearing a face mask performs in the Montmartre district of Paris, one of the busy areas where face masks are required even outdoors. The move comes as the country sees an uptick in virus infections. (Michel Euler / 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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