Rebecca Zammit Lupi, a 14-year-old cancer patient, performs some basic dance exercises for the first time in months, outside her room in Rainbow Ward at Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre in Mater Dei Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tal-Qroqq, Malta, May 15, 2020. Rebecca was a very keen ballet, hip-hop and contemporary dancer before getting ill with cancer. "There are no words to describe how much I miss dancing. Dancing was like my way of communicating without words. I loved dancing with my friends and hope to do that again in the future!" said Rebecca. Reverend Brendan Mark Gatt spoke about the photo during Rebecca's funeral - "This graceful young woman, her body already ravaged by illness, standing in a hospital corridor which – however many cartoon characters you paint on the wall – will never be a place of fun and joy. And yet her indomitable spirit speaks to us even through this picture. What could have been a depressing image, a forlorn reminder of loss, of dashed hopes and unachieved potential is transformed; with Becs at its centre and through the eyes and lens of a loving father it becomes an image of hope, a reminder that hope is stronger than despair, and that life and love will have the final word, not death. For Becs, a hospital hallway railing became a dancer’s barre at which to practice her ballet moves; she reminds us that even through unimaginably excruciating physical suffering, the dancer inside her remains free." REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi SEARCH "REBECCA LUPI" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES THE IMAGES SHOULD ONLY BE USED TOGETHER WITH THE STORY - NO STAND-ALONE USES

Long COVID sufferer Susana Matarranz, a 44-year-old primary school teacher, poses for a photograph taken through blue plastic, in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2021. The photograph was taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long COVID. Matarranz gets emotional when she explains how much she misses her students. Matarranz got infected on March 1, 2020. At first, she only noticed the loss of smell and taste, but soon afterwards she started suffering from severe stomach problems and acute joint pain. "My right collar bone is swollen, I can barely lift my arm, I feel like I have aged prematurely," she said. Matarranz returned to work in September, but got infected a second time in November and hasn't been able to continue teaching ever since. "The part of me that is my profession is empty, like that blackboard. A piece of my heart, which are my students, whom I love dearly, feels empty and I feel like at this moment there's nothing I can do to fill it in." REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN LONGCOVID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

A blank children's blackboard is photographed through blue plastic at the home of long COVID sufferer Susana Matarranz, a 44-year-old primary school teacher, in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2021. The photograph was taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long COVID. Matarranz gets emotional when she explains how much she misses her students. Matarranz got infected on March 1, 2020. At first, she only noticed the loss of smell and taste, but soon afterwards she started suffering from severe stomach problems and acute joint pain. "My right collar bone is swollen, I can barely lift my arm, I feel like I have aged prematurely," she said. Matarranz returned to work in September, but got infected a second time in November and hasn't been able to continue teaching ever since. "The part of me that is my profession is empty, like that blackboard. A piece of my heart, which are my students, whom I love dearly, feels empty and I feel like at this moment there's nothing I can do to fill it in." REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN LONGCOVID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A thermometer belonging to long COVID sufferer Amaia Artica, 42, is seen photographed through blue plastic, in Pamplona, Spain, March 16, 2021. The photograph was taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long COVID. Permanent fatigue, daily fever, muscle and joint pain, insomnia and constant mental lapses have kept Artica from doing the job she loves at a nursery school since she got infected with coronavirus during the first wave of the disease. Her brain fogginess is so acute that there are days she finds herself staring at a blank wall, feeling "out of it". Loss for words, inability to remember how to do simple tasks and overall forgetfulness have become part of her life. Artica suffers from daily low-grade fever. "My family doctor has been very supportive of me throughout this ordeal, but not all doctors have been that understanding. A specialist doctor told me to stop taking my temperature, that if I didn't pay attention to it, it would go away because it was all in my head." REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN LONGCOVID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Long COVID sufferer Amaia Artica, a 42-year-old nursery school worker, poses for a photograph taken through blue plastic, in Pamplona, Spain, March 16, 2021. The photograph was taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long COVID. Permanent fatigue, daily fever, muscle and joint pain, insomnia and constant mental lapses have kept Artica from doing the job she loves at a nursery school since she got infected with coronavirus during the first wave of the disease. Her brain fogginess is so acute that there are days she finds herself staring at a blank wall, feeling "out of it". Loss for words, inability to remember how to do simple tasks and overall forgetfulness have become part of her life. Artica suffers from daily low-grade fever. "My family doctor has been very supportive of me throughout this ordeal, but not all doctors have been that understanding. A specialist doctor told me to stop taking my temperature, that if I didn't pay attention to it, it would go away because it was all in my head." REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN LONGCOVID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A combination picture shows long COVID sufferer Amaia Artica, 42, posing for a photograph taken through blue plastic, and a thermometer belonging to Artica photographed through blue plastic, in Pamplona, Spain, March 16, 2021. The photographs were taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long COVID. Permanent fatigue, daily fever, muscle and joint pain, insomnia and constant mental lapses have kept Artica from doing the job she loves at a nursery school since she got infected with coronavirus during the first wave of the disease. Her brain fogginess is so acute that there are days she finds herself staring at a blank wall, feeling "out of it". Loss for words, inability to remember how to do simple tasks and overall forgetfulness have become part of her life. Artica suffers from daily low-grade fever. "My family doctor has been very supportive of me throughout this ordeal, but not all doctors have been that understanding. A specialist doctor told me to stop taking my temperature, that if I didn't pay attention to it, it would go away because it was all in my head." REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN LONGCOVID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A combination picture shows long COVID sufferer Susana Matarranz, a 44-year-old primary school teacher, posing for a photograph taken through blue plastic, and a blank blackboard photographed through blue plastic at Matarranz's home, in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2021. The photographs were taken through blue plastic to visualise the effects of long COVID. Matarranz gets emotional when she explains how much she misses her students. Matarranz got infected on March 1, 2020. At first, she only noticed the loss of smell and taste, but soon afterwards she started suffering from severe stomach problems and acute joint pain. "My right collar bone is swollen, I can barely lift my arm, I feel like I have aged prematurely," she said. Matarranz returned to work in September, but got infected a second time in November and hasn't been able to continue teaching ever since. "The part of me that is my profession is empty, like that blackboard. A piece of my heart, which are my students, whom I love dearly, feels empty and I feel like at this moment there's nothing I can do to fill it in." REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN LONGCOVID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

Workers reap manioc to avoid losses during floods on the banks of Solimoes River in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Workers reap manioc to avoid losses during floods on the banks of Solimoes River in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Workers reap manioc to avoid losses during floods on the banks of Solimoes River in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Graci Bruna da Silva, 44, shows her losses at a corn plantation at a flooded area on the banks of Solimoes River in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Workers reap manioc to avoid losses during floods on the banks of Solimoes River in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

Workers reap manioc to avoid losses during floods on the banks of Solimoes River in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon, surrounded by French police, talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon, surrounded by French police, talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

French doctor Irene Frachon talks to journalists after the verdict in the trial of the Mediator drug case, one of the country?s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

A sign language interpreter gestures as hearing-impaired Palestinian women learn to make animation films, in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

A hearing-impaired Palestinian woman uses sign language as she interacts with her trainer Haneen Koraz during a on animations making, in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Hearing-impaired Palestinian women attend a lesson as they learn to make animation films in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

A sign language interpreter gestures as hearing-impaired Palestinian women learn to make animation films, in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Hearing-impaired Palestinian women attend a lesson as they learn to make animation films in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Hearing-impaired Palestinian women attend a lesson as they learn to make animation films in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

A sign language interpreter gestures as hearing-impaired Palestinian women learn to make animation films, in the central Gaza Strip March 18, 2021. Picture taken March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Wang Yunxia, 30, and her husband Yang Nianlian, 33, who are migrant workers, go shopping ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, February 10, 2021. "(Not being with family) I am feeling a sense of loss, something which should’ve been here yet is not, " Yunxia said. "Without my family and daughter around, I don’t feel like doing anything. But still, it's New Year's Eve. We should to celebrate it anyway. " REUTERS/Tingshu Wang SEARCH "MIGRANTS WANG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

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The loss of life in the coronavirus pandemic has been uneven between Eastern and Western Europe, with eastern countries escaping the worst of the first wave that devastated the West.

The loss of life in the coronavirus pandemic has been uneven between Eastern and Western Europe, with eastern countries escaping the worst of the first wave that devastated the West.

The loss of life in the coronavirus pandemic has been uneven between Eastern and Western Europe, with eastern countries escaping the worst of the first wave that devastated the West.

Governor Gina Raimondo is seen testifying remotely via videoconference as the connection suffered signal loss and briefly froze during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on her nomination to be Commerce secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

Amadou Thiam, a wicker baskets seller who said his business has been running at a loss due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, waits for customers, in Dakar, Senegal January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

The map shows deforestation in 2019 in Brazil when an unprecedented record in 11 years was observed.

Cakes in the shape of entry/exit signs with German football teams FC Schalke 04 and Tasmania Berlin are seen in a bakery, as Schalke could tie the Bundesliga's longest winless streak currently being held by Tasmania Berlin with a loss today, in Dortmund, Germany, January 9, 2021. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

Cakes in the shape of entry/exit signs with German football teams FC Schalke 04 and Tasmania Berlin are seen in a bakery, as Schalke could tie the Bundesliga's longest winless streak currently being held by Tasmania Berlin with a loss today, in Dortmund, Germany, January 9, 2021. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler

A makeshift memorial in memory of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed during Wednesday's assault on the U.S. Capitol by a mob seeking to overturn President Donald Trump's election loss, sits near a Trump 2020 campaign banner on the Capitol grounds days after Trump supporters stormed the building in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Keller de Martini, 55, a dental surgeon, a volunteer in COVID-19 vaccine trial for AstraZeneca, poses for a photograph in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 07, 2020. Martini who is married and has two sons, said: "I think when we look to this period, one legacy will be how everyone – the scientists, the health workers, everyone – fought to stop the loss of lives to COVID-19. It will be a very important moment to remember. Children will study this in school to understand the fight and difficulties we lived. And this legacy that will remain for everyone." Picture taken with a slow shutter speed. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli SEARCH "PEROBELLI VACCINE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Cricket - Second International Twenty20 - South Africa v England - Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa - November 29, 2020 South Africa's Faf du Plessis losses his wicket after being stumped by England's Jos Buttler from the bowling of Adil Rashid REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham

Catavella restaurant, which recently closed due to restrictions enacted by the city of Denver to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is selling $200 turduckens for Thanksgiving meals in order to cut losses from the closure in Denver, Colorado, U.S., November 25, 2020. Picture taken November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

Glaciers in China's bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say. The largest glacier in the 800-km (500-mile) mountain chain on the arid northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau has retreated about 450 metres since the 1950s, when researchers set up China's first monitoring station to study it. The 20-square kilometre glacier, known as Laohugou No. 12, is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Matching Text: CLIMATE-CHANGE/CHINA-GLACIER

Meltwater flows over the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China, September 27, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Jin Zizhen, 27, a PhD student of glacial hydrology, and Qin Xiang, the director of the Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences walk towards the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 26, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin. "The speed that this glacier has been shrinking is really shocking." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Meltwater drips from an icicle on the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China, September 26, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Meltwater from the Laohugou No. 12 glacier, flows near its edge (terminal point) in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 27, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Meltwater flows over the ice of the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China, September 27, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Director Qin Xiang (2nd L) speaks to staff members at the Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, near the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 25, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin. "The speed that this glacier has been shrinking is really shocking." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Qin Xiang director of the Qilian Shan Station of Glaciology and Ecologic Environment, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Jin Zizhen, 27, a PhD student in glacial hydrology, place a measuring pole in the ice near the edge of the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County in Gansu province, China September 26, 2020. The 20-square kilometre glacier is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin. "The speed that this glacier has been shrinking is really shocking." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Glaciers in China's bleak, rugged Qilian mountains are disappearing at a shocking rate as global warming brings unpredictable change and raises the prospect of crippling, long-term water shortages, scientists say. The largest glacier in the 800-km (500-mile) mountain chain on the arid northeastern edge of the Tibetan plateau has retreated about 450 metres since the 1950s, when researchers set up China's first monitoring station to study it. The 20-square kilometre glacier, known as Laohugou No. 12, is criss-crossed by rivulets of water down its craggy, grit-blown surface. It has shrunk by about 7% since measurements began, with melting accelerating at a record pace in recent years, scientists say. Equally alarming is the loss of thickness, with about 13 metres (42 feet) of ice disappearing as temperatures rise, said Qin Xiang, the director at the monitoring station. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "RAWLINS GLACIER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Signage is seen on a window of a closed Wetherspoon pub, as J D Wetherspoon posted its first annual loss since 1984 as coronavirus cases rise in London, Britain, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

The Roosevelt Hotel is pictured a day after announcing it will close at the end of October due to ongoing losses associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri