May 1, 2020

A security guard stands watch as people line up while ensuring social distancing to enter the Forbidden City, the former palace of China's emperors, in Beijing. The area was reopened three months after it closed due to the coronavirus crisis.

Labor union workers keep social distancing as they carry signs during a May Day rally in Karachi, Pakistan.

A man wears a face covering to protect against the coronavirus disease as he lines up for filing forms to request three months of financial aid from the government in front of the Finance Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand.

People who arrived from neighboring Madhya Pradesh state stretch their hands out to receive a banana before boarding a bus to be taken back to their native homes in Uttar Pradesh state in Prayagraj, India.

A woman reacts in pain after being pepper sprayed by a member of the South African Police Service, not visible, for not wearing a face covering, as members of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department walk away, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.

A cat sits on the balcony of a house during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Kathmandu, Nepal.

A protester wearing a mask is seen with police during May Day protests amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, Germany.

A Russian Communist party supporter carries a red flag as he walks along Red Square in Moscow. The Labour Day celebrations were canceled because of COVID-19.

British Shot Putter, Sophie McKinna, exercises in her garden during the coronavirus pandemic, in Lound, Britain.

Demonstrators, wearing face masks for protection against the new coronavirus fight with Turkish police during a May Day rally marking the international day of the worker in Istanbul.

Workers keep a safe distance from each other and wear face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus during an event marking May Day in Lisbon, Portugal.