Six dancers from the Dutch National Ballet headed out into the empty streets of Amsterdam this week to perform their parts in a piece of choreography inspired by the coronavirus lockdown.

Dancing in the streets: Ballet stars perform in empty Amsterdam

Reports about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's ill health have been circulating for the past week. The questions surfaced after he missed the anniversary of the birthday of North Korea’s founding father and Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, on 15 April. and later missed the Army Day celebrations on Friday. While there has been no guaranteed news or statement released by the officials, according to satellite images reviewed by a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, a special train probably belonging to the leader was spotted in a resort town.

Kim Jong Un's train possibly spotted in resort town

New Yorkers applauded, banged pots and pans, and, shortly after the 7:00 p.m. "Clap Because We Care", broke into a collective rendition of the 1972 Bill Withers's classic "Lean on Me" from their windows and balconies to honour essential workers on Thursday (April 23).

New Yorkers sing 'Lean on Me' to honour essential workers

Students at a Brazilian research facility in the northeastern city of Salvador developed a disinfection station for the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the combat against the coronavirus.

Brazilian students develop hospital disinfection station

Two opera singers whose shows were cancelled due to coronavirus, find a different audience in the park.

Arias in open air as opera singers surprise Washington D.C. area park goers

Clapping, cheering and ringing bells, Londoners on Thursday (April 23) joined in a national show of appreciation for health care workers who are battling the spread of the coronavirus.

Claps and cheers: Londoners applaud workers battling coronavirus

With people reluctant to touch knobs and door handles in public places fearing to catch the novel coronavirus, hands-free door handles were being tested in a Finnish supermarket on Monday (April 20).

New hands-free door handles tested in Finnish supermarket

The two ducks resting on the plinth of a statue in front of Paris's Musee D'Orsay had struck out boldly from their usual habitat: to get there from the River Seine involves waddling across a four-lane highway.

What lockdown? Birds go out in Paris with humans in confinement

When pedicab operator Sarah Grant and French Quarter street violinist Anna Roznowska realized about five weeks ago their livelihoods and lifestyles were threatened by New Orleans stay-at-home orders caused by the novel coronavirus, they were initially at a loss.

New Orleans violinist and pedicab operator take show on the road to lift spirits

Maria Cecilia Osorio and Alfonso Ardila met just a month ago, in a shelter for people made homeless during Colombia's nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The pair now share space in a tent at the shelter and are looking ahead to the end of quarantine, scheduled for May 11.

The bridesmaids wore masks: Colombian couple meets, marries in coronavirus shelter

A sea lion performed its usual routine to empty crowds on Tuesday (April 21) in its pool at the Palmyre Zoo in western France, which has closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Seals, monkeys perform to empty crowds at French zoo amid virus crisis

A hospital in Chile has installed a thermal imaging system that automatically screens its employees' temperatures in order to identify those that are running a fever and potentially infected with the new coronavirus.

Chilean hospital installs thermal cameras to screen for fever amid coronavirus fears

A Haitian clothing manufacturer has switched from making pants for export to face masks and medical gear for local use in order to help the country battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Haitian clothing maker churns out face masks full time to battle coronavirus

Looking after an orphaned baby rhino is hard work: you feed them bottled milk at all hours, comfort them through constant fear and bereavement and endure long nights of screaming for the absent mother they witnessed being shot dead by poachers.

South Africans volunteer to keep rhino orphanage going during lockdown

Over 100,000 tulips were chopped at a Japanese park in Chiba prefecture to avoid visitors congregating at the park amid the coronavirus state of emergency declared by the government.

Japanese park cuts 100,000 tulips to avoid people gathering amid coronavirus crisis

Georgia's National Ballet, the former Soviet country's famous folk dance ensemble, started giving lessons online after the group's popular dance schools closed their doors due to the coronavirus.

Dance at home: Georgian national ballet moves lessons online

The Wild Life Sydney Zoo at Darling Harbour may be closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but that doesn't mean a slowdown of work for curatorial supervisor and zookeeper, Renee Howell.

Australian zookeeper copes with changes on the job during coronavirus

Staff at Sewerby Hall and Gardens Zoo helped Humboldt penguin Rosie celebrate her 30th birthday in lockdown on Monday (April 20).

Rosie the Humboldt penguin celebrates 30th birthday

In this segment of WION, watch an exclusive conversation with WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay with the former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe. Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke on the global leadership series on WION, about everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to the dire need of global leadership and on a lighter note about how he keeps himself busy with Hindi movies during the lockdown.

Former Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe speaks with WION on COVID-19 pandemic

Peng, a 24-year-old receptionist and airport staff Yao, 28, had been looking forward to getting married and carrying out wedding tasks including an elaborate photo shoot, when the epidemic abruptly put their plans on hold. The couple has finally registered their marriage.

Love wins: wedding preparations resume in Wuhan as lockdown lifts

Joselito lived through animal-related influenzas like SARS and H1N1, so the Spanish ham producer was one step ahead of the sanitary measures imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

E-commerce: How an Iberian ham producer reinvented itself amid the coronavirus pandemic

Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran, completed 100 laps of his garden on Thursday (April 16), raising more than 12 million pounds ($15 million) for the health service in an endeavour that has spread joy across the country amid the coronavirus gloom.

British war veteran, 99, raises millions for health service in walk around garden

Denmark's Queen Margrethe turned 80 on Thursday (April 16) but due to the coronavirus outbreak, all official celebrations have been cancelled.

Denmark's Queen Margrethe's 80th birthday celebration cancelled due to coronavirus

Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer was lit up in green on Wednesday (April 15), to honour military personnel on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus.

Rio's Christ the Redeemer lit up in green in tribute to military at coronavirus frontlines

Noted cinematographer Allen Daviau who is best known for his work on Steven Spielberg's 'E.T' is now more. 
The five-time Oscar nominated cinematographer died of coronavirus at the age of 77. He breathed his last at the Motion Picture &amp; Television Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles. 
 
He was diagnosed about a week ago and went to West Hills Hospital because of underlying conditions. 
 
"In the last few days, as his condition went downhill and it was clear that he wasn't going to survive, his friends and healthcare advocates and our staff worked to bring him back to MPTF, because he wanted to die at home. This had been his home for the last eight years,? Bob Beitcher, MPTF president and CEO told a website. 
 
Daviau, a native of New Orleans, was nominated for best cinematography Academy Awards for Spielberg movies 'The Color Purple,' 'Empire of the Sun' and 'E.T. The Extraterrestrial' and also two Barry Levinson films, 'Avalon' and 'Bugsy'. 
Spielberg also released a statement following Daviau's demise. 
 
"In 1968, Allen and I started our careers side by side with the short film Amblin. Allen was a wonderful artist but his warmth and humanity were as powerful as his lens. He was a singular talent and a beautiful human being," the filmmaker said. 
 
One of his final films was 2004's 'Van Helsing'. 
 
Art Directors Guild honoured Daviau with its lifetime achievement award in 1997, while the American Society of Cinematographers bestowed him with the honour in 2007. 
 
He also served as Cinematographer-in-Residence at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Noted cinematographer Allen Daviau who is best known for his work on Steven Spielberg's 'E.T' is now more. The five-time Oscar nominated cinematographer died of coronavirus at the age of 77.

Noted cinematographer Allen Daviau who is best known for his work on Steven Spielberg's 'E.T' is now more. The five-time Oscar nominated cinematographer died of coronavirus at the age of 77. He breathed his last at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Los Angeles. He was diagnosed about a week ago and went to West Hills Hospital because of underlying conditions. "In the last few days, as his condition went downhill and it was clear that he wasn't going to survive, his friends and healthcare advocates and our staff worked to bring him back to MPTF, because he wanted to die at home. This had been his home for the last eight years,? Bob Beitcher, MPTF president and CEO told a website. Daviau, a native of New Orleans, was nominated for best cinematography Academy Awards for Spielberg movies 'The Color Purple,' 'Empire of the Sun' and 'E.T. The Extraterrestrial' and also two Barry Levinson films, 'Avalon' and 'Bugsy'. Spielberg also released a statement following Daviau's demise. "In 1968, Allen and I started our careers side by side with the short film Amblin. Allen was a wonderful artist but his warmth and humanity were as powerful as his lens. He was a singular talent and a beautiful human being," the filmmaker said. One of his final films was 2004's 'Van Helsing'. Art Directors Guild honoured Daviau with its lifetime achievement award in 1997, while the American Society of Cinematographers bestowed him with the honour in 2007. He also served as Cinematographer-in-Residence at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Allen Daviau, cinematographer of 'E.T',  dies due to coronavirus

What do you do if you live in a cottage in the Tuscan countryside with a rubbish phone line that means no internet signal at home? 12-year-old Giulio Giovannini has found a solution. He packs a rucksack with his school books and a tablet, grabs a small table, a stool and drags his mum out of the house to drive him to the middle of nowhere to one particular spot on a hill under a tree where he can finally get a signal.

No internet? Italian boy drives miles to study under a tree in the middle of nowhere

A Swiss couple who gave birth to a baby girl during the novel coronavirus outbreak says she will be reminded of the "particular period" of her birth, but they are not worried about the virus.

Born under coronavirus confinement: "Something to remember" says dad born days after Chernobyl

Italians are known for being food-lovers, so perhaps it is no surprise that a nationwide lockdown has meant families across the country are whiling away time by baking - so much so that the demand for flour has skyrocketed more than any time since World War Two.

Wartime demand for flour as bread-making frenzy takes over Italy

A year on from the inferno that gutted Notre-Dame de Paris and stunned the world, the cathedral's great bell will ring out on Wednesday (April 15) evening, as a mark of the building's resilience and that of the medics battling France's coronavirus epidemic.

On fire's anniversary, Notre-Dame's great bell to break its silence

Masks made from the leaves of banana trees and a self-imposed quarantine have become the only weapons that a northern indigenous community in Peru has to fight the novel coronavirus.

Banana leaf masks and self-quarantine: indigenous communities fight COVID-19 with limited resources

Everyday after his paper route, Abdelaziz El-Edresy gets on his bicycle carrying bags of meat scraps, and rides around the Moroccan capital looking for stray cats to feed.

"We're not alone on this planet," Moroccan man feeds hungry street cats

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