A blue dice and a cross hang from the window of an automobile outside the war torn Sviatohirsk Cave Monastery, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Sviatohirsk, Ukraine, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A cloud of snow is seen crossing Lake Erie as extreme winter weather hits Buffalo, New York, U.S., November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario 

Palestinian border guards walk behind a gate at Erez Crossing which has been shutdown by Israel since Tuesday, in the northern Gaza Strip August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner speaks before awarding the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, at the Ministry of Finance in Berlin, Germany July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Traditional Maasai supporters of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition attend his campaign tour ahead of the forthcoming presidential elections, near the border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Kenya July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games - Para Cross-Country Skiing - Women's Long Distance Classical Technique Standing - National Biathlon Centre, Zhangjiakou, China - March 7, 2022. Natalie Wilkie of Canada celebrates winning with third placed Brittany Hudak of Canada during the flower ceremony. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games - Para Cross-Country Skiing - Women's Long Distance Classical Technique Standing - National Biathlon Centre, Zhangjiakou, China - March 7, 2022. Natalie Wilkie of Canada celebrates winning during the flower ceremony. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games - Para Snowboard -Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2 Big Finals - Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, China - March 7, 2022. General view of finish as Matti Suur-Hamari of Finland, Garrett Geros of the United States, Sun Qi of China and Ben Tudhope of Australia compete. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra 

Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia crosses the finish line in the men's category race in the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan March 6, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS 

Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games - Para Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Long Distance Sitting - National Biathlon Centre, Zhangjiakou, China - March 6, 2022. Mao Zhongwu of China, Yerbol Khamitov of Kazakhstan, Nicolas Lima of Argentina and Michele Biglione of Italy in action. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Switzerland's Marcel Hug crosses the finish line to win the men's Wheelchair category in the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo on March 6, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS 

Switzerland's Marcel Hug crosses the finish line to win the men's Wheelchair category in the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo, Japan March 6, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS 

Kenyan Brigid Kosgel crosses the finish line to win the women's category in the Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo, Japan March 6, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via REUTERS 

Brigid Kosgei of Kenya crosses the line to win the women's elite race at the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the line to win the men's elite race at the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya crosses the line to win the men's elite race at the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool 

Vehicles block highway 402 about 30 kilometers east of Sarnia's Blue Water Bridge border crossing as truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates, in Warwick, Ontario, Canada, February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Commercial Trucks cross over the Blue Water Bridge into Canada from Port Huron, Michigan, U.S., February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook 

Commercial Trucks cross over the Blue Water Bridge into Canada from Port Huron, Michigan, U.S., February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook 

Commercial Trucks cross over the Blue Water Bridge into Canada from Port Huron, Michigan, U.S., February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook 

Commercial Trucks cross over the Blue Water Bridge into Canada from Port Huron, Michigan, U.S., February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook 

Commercial Trucks cross over the Blue Water Bridge into Canada from Port Huron, Michigan, U.S., February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Equestrian - Eventing - Cross Country Individual - Final - Sea Forest XC Course - Tokyo, Japan - August 1, 2021. Colleen Loach of Canada on his horse Qorry Blue D'argouges compete REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Donald Trump walk from the Blue Room to make joint statements in the White House Cross Hall before holding a working dinner together at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Catholic priest Eduardo "Ponpon" Vasquez has worn a hazmat suit more than a vestment this past month. His parish in the populous Caloocan area of the Philippine capital Manila has been eerily quiet in the six weeks since the government put half of the country's population on a strict lockdown to try to curb coronavirus infections. Public gatherings, schools, transport services, and non-essential work has been halted, including that of the church. Priests in the predominantly Catholic nation have had to be creative in finding ways to keep the faithful engaged. Most have resorted to streaming online masses while others have set up pews outside churches. Some have printed pictures of parishioners and displayed them inside their closed chapels. But for Vasquez, the physical presence of the church is more important now than ever. These days, he wears his stole and oblate cross over a blue hazmat suit with a bottle of Holy Water in one hand and an alcohol spray in the other as he enters some of the poorest areas of his community to bring relief, both literal and spiritual. "The situation of many Filipinos these days is pitiful. Lockdown is not the same for everyone," said Vasquez. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez SEARCH "CORONAVIRUS PRIESTS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PHILIPPINES CHURCH 

People wearing protective masks cross a bridge at the Central Business District on a “blue sky day" in Beijing, as the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in China April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter 

A coronavirus warning sign is posted at a closed pedestrian crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in San Diego, California, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Geese cross a road, during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher REFILE - CORRECTING SPECIES 

A cross is seen by the side of a highway as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Bristol, Tennessee, U.S., April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

The U.S. flag is seen at the Cordova Americas border bridge, where the flow of people has decreased as new travel restrictions aimed at containing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have stopped millions of Mexicans living close to the U.S. border from crossing back and forth, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 26, 2020. Picture taken on March 26, 2020REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A woman stands behind a pink cross with the writing "Not one less" during International Women's Day in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha 

A full moon rises near Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing, in Kastanies, Greece March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga 

A full moon rises above a Greek flag near Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing, in Kastanies, Greece March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Florion Goga 

Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, sits in his car before he delivers a statement on the cross-border violence with Gaza, in Sha'ar HaNegev, near the southern city of Sderot, Israel February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party delivers a statement on the cross-border violence with Gaza, in Sha'ar HaNegev, near the southern city of Sderot, Israel February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party is seen before he delivers a statement on the cross-border violence with Gaza, in Sha'ar HaNegev, near the southern city of Sderot, Israel February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party delivers a statement on the cross-border violence with Gaza, in Sha'ar HaNegev, near the southern city of Sderot, Israel February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

A blue cross is seen in a snow covered field in Colfax, Iowa, U.S., January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 21, 2020 Germany's Sebastian Veit (yellow), Russia's Evgeniy Genin (green) and Austria's Felix Powondra (blue) in action during the Team Ski-Snowboard Cross BIG final Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 21, 2020 Russia's Evgeniy Genin (green), Switzerland's Valerio Jud (red), Austria's Felix Powondra (blue) and Czech Republic's Matous Smerak (yellow) in action during the Team Ski-Snowboard Cross Semi Final Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 20, 2020 Germany's Niels Conradt (blue bib), Connor Schlegel of the U.S. (red bib) and Japan's Seigo Sato in action during the heats of the Snowboarding Men's Snowboard Cross Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 20, 2020 Madeline Lochte-Bono of the U.S. (red bib), Bulgaria's Teodora Ilieva (blue bib) and Germany's Lilith Kuhnert (yellow bib) in action during the heats of the Snowboarding Women's Snowboard Cross Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 20, 2020 Germany's Niels Conradt (blue bib) and Theodore McLemore of the U.S. in action during the heats of the Snowboarding Men's Snowboard Cross Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 20, 2020 Connor Schlegel of the U.S. (red bib), Austria's Elias Leitner (blue bib) and Theodore McLemore of the U.S. in action during the heats of the Snowboarding Men's Snowboard Cross Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 20, 2020 Germany's Niels Conradt (blue bib, silver medalist), Spain's Alvaro Romero (yellow bib, bronze medallist), Switzerland's Valerio Jud (red bib, gold medallist) and France's Quentin Sodogas (green bib, fourth place) in action during the Final of the Snowboarding Men's Snowboard Cross Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars, Switzerland - January 20, 2020 France's Margaux Herpin (silver medallist, green bib), Switzerland's Anouk Doerig (yellow bib, bronze medallist), Russia's Anastasia Privalova (blue bib, fourth place) and Australia's Josie Baff (red bib, gold medallist) in action during the Final of the Snowboarding Women's Snowboard Cross Ben Queenborough for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland - January 19, 2020 Czech Republic's Richard Zachoval (yellow bib), Eli Derrick of the U.S. (green bib), Greece's Georgios Almpanidis (blue bib) and Czech Republic's Josef Petrek (red bib) in action during the Group Heats of the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Simon Bruty for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland - January 19, 2020 Germany's Sebastian Veit (red bib), Switzerland's Thomas Kolly SUI (blue bib) and Eli Derrick of the U.S. (green bib) in action during the Group Heats of the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Simon Bruty for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland - January 19, 2020 Britain's Scott Johns (red bib) and Austria's Marcus Plank (green bib) and Switzerland's Robin Tissieres (blue bib) in action during the Group Heats of the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Simon Bruty for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland - January 19, 2020 Britain's Scott Johns (red bib) and Russia's Artem Bazhin (blue bib) in action during the Group Heats of the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Simon Bruty for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

A cross is set on the shallow water of the Volga river for celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in Volgograd, Russia January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Kirill Braga 

Olympics - 2020 Winter Youth Olympics - Villars Winter Park, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland - January 19, 2020 Russia's Andrei Gorbachev (green bib), Czech Republic's Richard Zachoval (yellow bib) and France's Tom Barnoin (blue bib) in action during the Group Heats of the Freestyle Skiing Men's Ski Cross Simon Bruty for OIS/IOC/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. 

A sheep crosses a road on farmland near Appleby in Cumbria, Britain January 9 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

A cross stands in Holy Land USA, a now closed theme park inspired by Bible passages and locales, in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Equestrian - XVIII Pan American Games - Lima 2019 - Eventing Individual - Cross Country - Army Equestrian School, Lima, Peru - August 3, 2019. Colombia's Juan Tafur Eisenmayer riding Blue Moon in action REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo 

A retiree worried about his granddaughter's future in Pinellas County, Florida. A factory worker in Racine County, Wisconsin, who doubts politicians will improve her life as a single mother. A Boy Scout leader willing to cross party lines to revive his blue-collar town in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. A gay, Latino college student in Maricopa County, Arizona, preparing to cast his first presidential ballot. These voters live in some of the most competitive counties in America's presidential battleground states, places set to play an outsized role in the 2020 presidential election. All four counties were decided by four percentage points or less in 2016 and ultimately won by Donald Trump. Trump's path to a second term will test an electoral map he realigned. He must hold the strong support of the white, working-class voters who helped him capture Florida and Pennsylvania. He will aim to build on his narrow victory in Wisconsin, which saw a decline in turnout among predominately Democratic black voters. And he is fighting to keep the onetime Republican stronghold of Arizona in his column as population shifts have put the state in play for Democrats. Reuters will report from four critical counties in these states through the election for a better understanding of the people and places defining the presidential race. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "ELECTION DECIDERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: USA-ELECTION/DECIDERS 

A Sudanese protester gestures as they burn tyres and barricade the road leading to al-Mek Nimir Bridge crossing over Blue Nile; that links Khartoum North and Khartoum, in Sudan May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah 

Sudanese protesters gesture as they burn tyres and barricade the road leading to al-Mek Nimir Bridge crossing over Blue Nile; that links Khartoum North and Khartoum, in Sudan May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah