The famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu will restrict its number of visitors when it reopens in July as part of new protocols after the archaeological site was closed for more than three months due to the coronavirus.

Fewer visitors allowed once Machu Picchu reopens

With fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections mounting and rocking world financial markets, a Californian medical device manufacturer is preparing for a spike in demand for ventilators and is pushing other work aside to make more of the devices.

US ventilator makers prepare for coronavirus second wave

The lockdown in Manila, which was one of the world's longest and strictest, was relaxed on June 1 to reduce the economic damage of the pandemic. Restaurants in the capital on Monday (June 15) were allowed to reopen their dine-in services, provided they allow only a 30 percent seating capacity and adhere to strict health protocols inside the establishments.

Partial dine-in services resume in Philippine capital amid lockdown ease

With more than 7,000 Bangladeshi police infected with the new coronavirus, officials are hoping yoga will boost immunity and relieve stress for officers. On Monday (June 15), over 200 police officers in the capital of Dhaka attended a yoga session.

Bangladesh police turn to yoga as virus infections cross 7,000

Before the coronavirus hit New Delhi, Mohammad Aamir Khan was a taxi driver making a living in the Indian capital. But after work dried up during a nearly three-month lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus, a friend suggested he take on a part-time job at perhaps the only booming business in the country - driving a private ambulance.

"Someone has to do it" - Indian taxi driver gets behind wheel of ambulance amid spiking virus cases

Fans deprived of live athletics action were treated to a mini pole vaulting competition on Friday (June 12) as German Torben Blech won the Flight Night event at a drive-in cinema in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Fans get to watch as Blech stars in drive-in pole vaulting event

Foreign visitors have begun to trickle back to the white sands and warm waters of Mexico's Caribbean coast as its popular beaches gradually reopen to tourism with new sanitary measures in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Tourists dip their toes in water as top Mexican beach getaway reopens

As the new coronavirus forces people to alter their daily lives, even long-standing traditions are being upended and people are having to adapt to a new reality. A couple in Peru on Friday (June 12) refused to allow quarantine measures to delay their happy day any longer and became the country's first virtual newlyweds.

Peru celebrates its first virtual marriage as coronavirus upends traditions

Over a hundred people gathered in China's financial hub of Shanghai on Sunday (June 14) to take part in the city's eighth annual Pride Run, one of a series of events happening over nine days to raise public awareness for the LGBT community.

Shanghai holds smaller annual Pride Run amid coronavirus pandemic

In Nevada, the casino coronavirus closure has ended. Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flash and jingle for the customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout the state.

Las Vegas reopens casinos after COVID-19 closure

Danish researchers have developed a fully automated robot that can take coronavirus swabs so that health care professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection.

Could this throat-swabbing robot speed up COVID-19 testing?

A city in northeast China has started testing all of its residents for COVID-19, the second city in the country that launched such mass testing following the hardest-hit Wuhan.

Mass test for COVID-19 in northeastern city of China

A handful of rubber floats tumbled down the giant slide at South Korea's largest waterpark Caribbean Bay on Friday (June 5), its first day back in business since the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Testing the waters: South Korea's largest waterpark opens under new anti-virus measures

An art gallery in Paris has turned to 'winged' headware inspired by an ancient Chinese dynasty to ensure its visitors respect coronavirus social distancing rules as they peruse the displays.

Winged hats introduced at Paris gallery for social distancing

A zoo in northwest England is in a battle for survival as the COVID-19 crisis threatens to wipeout its summer season. Chester Zoo has been closed to visitors since Britain went into lockdown in March - meaning zero income from admissions or retail.

Tough times ahead for UK zoo forced to stay shut due to COVID-19

11 participants take part in a three-day intermediate course near Ku-ring-gai National Park, Ingleside, north of Sydney. While the Bushcraft Survival Australia course teaches basic survival skills, it also offers wisdom and insight into traditional indigenous cultures.

Pandemic drives Australians into the bush to study survivalist skills

On Wednesday, men piled up dozens of newly made, plastic-lined coffins in the outskirts of Lima. Geserela Llanos, owner of the coffin factory "Eternal Life", said those were the models introduced to fulfill the increased demand of the recent months since deaths by COVID-19 have risen in Peru.

Coffin factory in Lima doubles production with virus deaths

In the bustling kitchen of one of Bogota's trendiest restaurants, a team of chefs that usually caters to the Colombian capital's well-heeled citizens is preparing meals for a community of people cut off from work and housing during the Andean country's coronavirus quarantine.

For Colombia's quarantined poor, lunch is served - by trendy restaurants

Family members of newborns in the unit at Kennedy Hospital are speaking to their babies via hundreds of video calls organized by staff.

Video calls connect mothers and newborns separated by coronavirus in Colombia

Lithuania celebrated its emergence from the coronavirus pandemic on Monday (June 1) with a series of live musical performances across the country.

Lithuania gives artistic thanks for quick virus containment

A cafe styled as "Britain's smallest coffee shop" has reopened after 10 weeks of lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.

'Britain's smallest coffee shop' reopens as lockdown eases

The mother-daughter are separated by a translucent plastic curtain outfitted with holes for Dircyree's arms, which are themselves wrapped in protective equipment. But the duo do not seem to mind. The pair hugged and danced together in an emotional reunion.

Cuddle curtain reunites separated Brazilians during pandemic

In the rural Zimbabwe district of Wedza, a new electric-powered motorcycle is helping bring income to poor women during lockdown, and easing the burden of looking after families.

Electric motorcycle sets Zimbabwe rural women on path to prosperity

Grigore Lup, a Romanian shoemaker from the Transylvanian city of Cluj came up with the idea of long-nosed leather shoes to help keep people apart and respect the rules of social distancing.

Romanian cobbler keeps people apart with size 75 shoes

Tired of being stuck inside, Portugal's movie-lovers are eager to grab some popcorn, sit back, relax and enjoy the show but many venues remain shut - so tickets quickly sold out when a pop-up drive-in cinema launched on Monday (June 1) evening.

Movie-lovers sit back, enjoy the show as drive-in cinema launches near Lisbon

Cuban opera singer Andrés Sánchez found a new audience on Sunday night to perform his arias for, since concert halls were shut down on the island as part of a lockdown due to the novel coronavirus.

Opera singer performs from his balcony in Havana

Mexicans are throwing food out of windows and from balconies to help their fellow residents. It's all part of a donation campaign called "Avienta Una Despensa" ("Throw an Item out of the Window") that launched recently to support Mexicans affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mexicans toss donations from balconies for fellow residents in need during pandemic

As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Brazil, some residents are determined to keep up with their workout routines even if it means a little adjustment.

Toned and trim: Brazilians prioritize exercise amid pandemic

Thais flocked to get a massage and see movies on Monday (June 1) as the country eased its lockdown on more businesses in response to its low number of locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus.

Thais head for a massage and a movie as virus lockdown eases

Three panda cubs, born during the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, have spent their first "Children's Day" at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, rolling around in their crib, sleeping and eating.

Three panda cubs born during epidemic celebrate first "Children's Day"

A priest in Mexico's best-known border city Tijuana is driven around town to bless parishioners who haven't been able to attend Mass for weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Tijuana priest rides around city blessing people from the back of a pickup truck

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