An overview of the empty German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag). Only every second chair is available to the MPs in the chamber to maintain social distancing during the debates as Germany enforces a...

An overview of the empty German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag). Only every second chair is available to the MPs in the chamber to maintain social distancing during the debates as Germany enforces a...

People flout COVID-19 norms of social distancing in order to shop in a local market in Dharavi as the number of COVID-19 cases surge in the city.

A sticker on Istiklal Street, one of Istanbul's most well known shopping avenues, instructs people to walk on one side of the street, in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19.

A sign to remind pilgrims about social distancing at a Buddhist pilgrimage site.

Circles mark out social distancing at a waiting room in Duncan hospital.

People ignoring a social distancing instruction sticker on the floor of the CDU's headquarters Konrad Adenauer Haus during federal parliamentary elections.

Workers paint squares on the ground to help people keep to social distancing rules at the Nagar market prior to its re-opening following the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown.

A shopkeeper paints squares on the ground to help people keep to social distancing rules prior to the re-opening of shops following the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown as infections across the cou...

Islanders gather at the island's only shop in Kinloch.

Islanders gather at the island's only shop in Kinloch.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks to locals during a visit to the island of Halki, near Rhodes, where he opened the island's one megawatt solar array and presented the island's municipali...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses locals during a visit to the island of Halki, near Rhodes, where he opened the island's one megawatt solar array and presented the island's municipal...

Danish Prime Mette Frederiksen attends and online meeting of the European Council with all EU leaders, including French President Macron It has been another long day for Frederiksen, with a press conf...

A television monitor broadcasts an image of Danish Prime Mette Frederiksen during a virtual European Council meeting attended by the EU leaders.

Danish Prime Mette Frederiksen, with various advisors in the Prime Minister's office, talks at a virtual press conference where during her 23 minute speech she annouces that schools are to be partiall...

People wait to enter a supermarket in Quito while observing social distancing and wearing masks.

Outdoor meditation, exercise and spiritual well being class during Covid lockdown and social distancing restrictions on London's Hampstead Heath.

Eliza Wimperis, front of house manager. ''Getting back into this outfit fills me with hope, the circus is joyeus, I missed it so much'', she says. Eliza is on the frontline when it comes to COVID-19 s...

Eliza Wimperis, front of house manager. ''Getting back into this outfit fills me with hope, the circus is joyeus, I missed it so much'', she says. Eliza is on the frontline when it comes to COVID-19 s...

A banner reads: 'Vaccinate Is Love' (mpfen Ist Liebe), to promote the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Impfzentrum Tegel at the Former Tegel Airport.

A banner reads: 'Vaccinate Is Love' (mpfen Ist Liebe), to promote the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Impfzentrum Tegel at the Former Tegel Airport.

Young people queue to receive their first COVID-19 vaccinations in a tent outside St. Thomas' Hospital in central London. The Delta variant, which originated in India, has now become the dominant stra...

A poster to promote the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Impfzentrum Tegel at the Former Tegel Airport.

A poster to promote the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Impfzentrum Tegel at the Former Tegel Airport.

A poster to promote the COVID-19 vaccination centre at the Impfzentrum Tegel at the Former Tegel Airport.

A note reading 'Kein Sitzplatz No Seating Bitte Frei Lassen' (keep free), placed on chairs as delegates practice social distancing at the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag.

A note reading 'Kein Sitzplatz No Seating Bitte Frei Lassen' (keep free), placed on chairs as delegates practice social distancing at the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag.

A note reading 'Kein Sitzplatz No Seating Bitte Frei Lassen' (keep free), placed on chairs as delegates practice social distancing at the German parliament Deutscher Bundestag.

Thousand of Czechs taking part in a socially distanced demonstration on Prague's Wenceslas' Square in support of an independent judiciary. The organisers, 'Million Moments for Democracy', demanded the...

Residents of the Klong Toei slum community who live along the railway tracks gather at dusk.

A rescue worker places the portrait of a 68 year old factory owner, who died of COVID-19, in a temple where he will be cremated as family members stay seated outside for social distancing purposes.

Residents of the sprawling Klong Toei slum community chat in the evening in the areas narrow lanes where social distancing is particularly hard to comply with.

A resident of the sprawling Klong Toei slum community prepares a meal in his cramped home. Social distancing is particularly hard in the poorer slum communities in Bangkok.

Residents of the sprawling Klong Toei slum community walk through its narrow lanes where social distancing is particularly hard to comply with due to its cramped nature.

Residents of the sprawling Klong Toei slum community walk through its narrow lanes where social distancing is particularly hard to comply with due to its cramped nature.

During the demonstration on Wenceslas Square against politicians, including the president, considered too close to Russia's Putin regime, protesters kept their distance with the help of chalk circles...

Door staff control the queue of people outside a polling station during voting for the London Mayor and other local offices on 6 May 2021. The current mayor, Sadiq Khan, held on to his office in a win...

People are waiting in line at a farmer's market, which have been allowed again after a long time being closed due to lockdown restrictions which the Czech government has begun to loosen enabling some...

Catholic priest Pavel Petrasovsky of Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary reading the crucifixion story during Good Friday in Pilsen Meditation Garden.

A clergyman rings the bell during a Maundy Thursday Mass conducted in a Meditation Garden.

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

People watach and film a street entertaininer in the historic central city centre.

Socially distanced customers drinking outside the Pot House, a waterfront pub. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-...

Teissy Angel waits in line at a food bank to get food for her client Yvonne Garcia. That day she went to two different food banks to make sure Mrs Garcia had enough food for the weekend. Teissy Ange...

Signs read: 'Bitte Frei Lassen', 'please keep free', on chairs in the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) as delegates practice social distancing. Only every third chair was available to MPs in th...

A sign reads: 'Bitte Frei Lassen', 'please keep free', on a chair as delegates practice social distancing in the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag). Only every third chair was available to MPs in...

The Federal Eagle hangs inside the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag).

The Federal Eagle hangs inside the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag).

Legislators during a session of the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag).

Chancellor Angela Merkel, of the CDU, adresses legislators during a socially distanced session of the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) where MPs debated coronavirus restrictions.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, of the CDU, adresses legislators during a socially distanced session of the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) where MPs debated coronavirus restrictions.

Chancellor Angela Merkel, of the CDU, adresses legislators during a socially distanced session of the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) where MPs debated coronavirus restrictions.

A protester wearing a hi vis jacket with the logo 'mask and distance' (Maske und Abstand) during a demonstration of a tenants' rights organisation against rent increases and gentrification, under the...

An employee sanitises the lectern during a debate in the German parliament (Deutscher Bundestag).

A protester carries a placard against exploitative landlords (Miethai) during a demonstration of a tenants' rights organisation against rent increases and gentrification, under the slogan 'Shut down r...

Protesters hold a banner that reads 'Berlin Highend Stoppen!!' during a demonstration of a tenants' rights organisation against rent increases and gentrification, under the slogan 'Shut down rental ma...

A protester carries a placard against exploitative landlords (Miethai) during a demonstration of a tenants' rights organisation against rent increases and gentrification, under the slogan 'Shut down r...

Dormitary beds at a winter emergency shelter for the homeless run by the Ville de Geneve in an abri PC (a civil defence shelter, an underground nuclear bunker), the central beds are left unoccupied du...

People queuing for COVID-19 testing at a testing station in Wenceslas Square. On 1 March 2021 the state of emergency lockdown in the Czech Republic was reinstalled because of the fast increasing numbe...

The Banda Municipal de Musica de Miajadas (Miajadas town orchestra) take part in a socially-distanced performance at the Ermita de San Bartolome (Church of Saint Bartholomew). Easter celebrations are...

The Banda Municipal de Musica de Miajadas (Miajadas town orchestra) take part in a socially-distanced performance at the Ermita de San Bartolome (Church of Saint Bartholomew). Easter celebrations are...

Pastor Rod Bower (right) greets churchgoers at the church's exit shortly after his sermon. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's statements on a billboard out the front of his church....

Pastor Rod Bower (right) greets churchgoers at the church's exit shortly after his sermon. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's statements on a billboard out the front of his church....

Rod Bower (2nd from left) at the entrance of his church shortly before the beginning of the sermon. Once churchgoers are signed in they must wear a face mask and sanitise their hands. Millions of pe...

After the sermon, Pastor Rod Bower (centre) encourages his congregation to dance to the church band, although singing is limited to the musicians. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's s...

Pastor Rod Bower raises his arms to his socially distanced congregation during a sermon Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's statements on a billboard out the front of his church. The sh...

Pastor Rod Bower begins a sermon to his socially distanced congregation discussing internet trolls with a monitor displaying a cartoon image of trolls. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bowe...

Churchgoers at the entrance of the Anglican Parish of Gosford where they must sign in with the government COVID app. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's statements on a billboard out t...

Rod Bower (2nd from right) greets Churchgoers at the entrance of the Anglican Parish of Gosford where they must sign in with the government COVID app. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower...

Rod Bower (left) greets Churchgoers at the entrance of the Anglican Parish of Gosford where they must sign in with the government COVID app. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's stateme...

Pastor Rod Bower welcomes his socially distanced congregation. Millions of people have viewed online Rod Bower's statements on a billboard out the front of his church. The short and punchy messages,...

Churchgoers sit in social distanced formation as they wait for the beginning of a Sunday church service. A television shows an image of a recent billboard by Rod Bower with the words 'Thou shalt physi...

On the day before non-essential shops were due to close as part of the city's coronavirus restrictions, a large crowd of people, packed together in queues that ignore social distancing rules, formed o...

An activist with a placard that reads 'Fight for 1 point 5' at a protest, in front of the Brandeburger Gate, to mark the Paris Climate Agreement's 5th anniversary.

Dr. Olujide Ojo, consultant public health physician and epidemiologist working at a COVID-19 treatment centre, Lagos State Ambulance Service. ''Although we are working in a highly infectious environm...

Akinola Oluwaranti, a hygienist at the Ikenne Isolation Centre. "I am a staff member of the Ogun State Government, Ministry of Health, public health department's hygiene and safety units to be preci...

A bus stop where a poster reminds people to 'maintain social distancing' on public transport.

Workers finishing their shift at a Top Glove disposable glove factory. As the company enjoyed record profits this year, thousands of its low-paid workers contracted the coronavirus. Recently Malaysian...

Workers finishing their shift at a Top Glove disposable glove factory. As the company enjoyed record profits this year, thousands of its low-paid workers contracted the coronavirus. Recently Malaysian...

Workers finishing their shift at a Top Glove disposable glove factory. As the company enjoyed record profits this year, thousands of its low-paid workers contracted the coronavirus. Recently Malaysian...

Workers finishing their shift at a Top Glove disposable glove factory. As the company enjoyed record profits this year, thousands of its low-paid workers contracted the coronavirus. Recently Malaysian...

Workers finishing their shift at a Top Glove disposable glove factory. As the company enjoyed record profits this year, thousands of its low-paid workers contracted the coronavirus. Recently Malaysian...

People queue outside the KaDeWe Kaufhaus des Westens shop which displays a slogan '2021' on the Tauentzienstrasse near the Kurfuerstendamm.

People queue outside the KaDeWe Kaufhaus des Westens shop which displays a slogan 'Love 2021' on the Tauentzienstrasse near the Kurfuerstendamm.

People queue outside the KaDeWe Kaufhaus des Westens shop which displays a slogan 'Love 2021' on the Tauentzienstrasse near the Kurfuerstendamm.

Students at the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of imams.

Students at the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of imams.

Female students at the Mohammed VI Institute for the training of imams.