Alisha Narvaez, 36, the manager, and Nicole Warring, 33, a Resident Funeral Director at International Funeral & Cremation Services, a funeral home in Harlem, carry a deceased person into the basement area, where bodies are stored and prepared for funeral services, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., April 2, 2020. Reuters photographer Andrew Kelly: "In April 2020, the coronavirus was ravaging the Big Apple. With nearly all stores closed and streets empty of traffic and people, it felt as if the entire landscape of the city had changed. A lot of the public focus was on the frontline hospital workers, who were struggling to keep up with the high numbers of COVID-19 cases. I got to thinking about where the dead were taken after the hospitals and decided to go to the nearest funeral home I could find. As I entered, I met Alisha and Nicole in the office. Initially, I was a little surprised. They did not look like what I imagined funeral directors would. Young, cool and stylishly-dressed, they greeted me warmly. They told me they were inundated with the deceased and had a basement full of as well as a full schedule of funerals. They were sometimes working 17-hour days to meet the increased demand. As they carried the body into the basement, I was not prepared for what I saw. Bodies took up almost every available space. Some shared gurneys, some were in body bags on the floor, and many were stacked to the ceiling in cremation boxes along a side wall. Before this, I had barely seen a dead person. Now, I had close to fifty before me in this small room. Even through my mask, the smell was overwhelming. This is when the enormity of the coronavirus pandemic hit me. When I arrived home a few hours after initially meeting Alisha and Nicole, my wife immediately asked me if I was ok. My face was still as white as a sheet." REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File photo SEARCH "POY STORIES 2020" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" F 

Yael Ben Ezer, a dancer from Israel's Batsheva Dance Company, is seen through a window while she practices in her apartment, as authorities around the world impose various guidelines on lockdowns and social distancing to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tel Aviv, Israel May 19, 2020. When asked, what will you miss most about being in lockdown? Yael Ben Ezer, replied 'I will miss the comfortable feeling of IT'S OK. It's ok not to "do" anything, it's ok not to be "productive" in the way we usually think. Things would come and go, the sun would rise and set, and I would just be living. And that's totally enough'. Picture taken May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun 

REACT EMS paramedic Gage Askew, wearing a protective mask and gloves, waits for the go ahead to transport a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford 

Ferzanah Essack, 36, a software developer and her husband Hassan Essack, 37, a software developer, pose for a portrait with their 4.5-month-old baby Salma on the morning of Ferzanah's first day back to work, in Cape Town, South Africa, February 18, 2019. South African labour law allows mothers to take four months of consecutive maternity leave although employers are not obliged to pay employees during this time. Ferzanah was on leave for five months in total - four months maternity leave, two weeks annual leave and two more weeks of unpaid leave. She says six to seven months would be more reasonable amount of maternity leave. Hassan took 10 days off. "I think paternity leave should be longer. 10 days isn't enough. Fathers also need time to bond with the newborns." Ferzanah said she is nervous and a bit scared about leaving baby Salma and returning to work. "Nervous, very nervous, scared little bit, but I think I'm ok, I'm ok, I'll survive," she said of leaving her baby to go to work. Grandparents will be taking care of the baby while parents are at work. "We pay (for childcare) in love and kisses", she said. "With lots of love, because it's the grannies," Ferzanah said. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham SEARCH "MOTHERS GLOBAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A scanned copy of a note written by Chen Hong-zhi, who suffers from short-term memory loss, details his day on September 26, where he writes, he earned T$6600 ($214.7) from selling a third prize lottery gift, fed Uncle Shao's dog, removed 888 weeds, went to Beipu Old Street area to visit his friend Sister Jhang, and slept at 9:28pm in Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 26, 2018. The note reads: "YA sell sister Jhang third prize 6600 September 26 Shao's dog OK 888 go to Beipu alone visit sister Jhang 9:28". REUTERS/Tyrone Siu SEARCH "SIU MEMORY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A combination picture shows a scanned copy of a note written by Chen Hong-zhi, 26, who suffers from short-term memory loss, detailing his day on September 26, where he writes, he earned T$6600 ($214.7) from selling a third prize lottery gift, fed his neighbour, Uncle Shao's dog, removed 888 weeds, went to Beipu Old Street area to visit his friend, Sister Jhang, and slept at 9:28pm (L), and Chen Hong-zhi talking to Jhang in Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 26, 2018. The note reads: "YA sell sister Jhang third prize 6600 September 26 Shao's dog OK 888 go to Beipu alone visit sister Zhang 9:28". REUTERS/Tyrone Siu SEARCH "SIU MEMORY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Bankers attend an emergency meeting at the London office of Lehman Brothers, in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Britain, September 11, 2008. The photograph caught the moment when Gwion Moore, one of those pictured in the photograph, and his colleagues were being told by bosses that things were going to be OK, despite the plummeting Lehman Brothers share price. "Senior management thought they needed to get the workforce focused again," Moore said. "The phrase was stop 'goofing around and get back to work'. I don't think anyone took the message very seriously because we went back to doing what we had been doing beforehand. No one was going to trade with us." REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/File photo SEARCH "LEHMAN 10" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

OK GO performs during the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela 

Confetti flies through the air as revelers dance during the OK GO performance at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela 

OK GO performs during the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela 

Confetti flies through the air as revelers dance during the OK GO performance at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, U.S. June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Mark Makela 

OK Go arrives at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S. , February 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni 

Dan Konopka, Andy Ross, Tim Nordwind and Damian Kulash of OK GO attend the YouTube Music Awards in New York November 3, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) 

Jennifer, a 23-year-old nurse, poses for a portrait in her home in New York January 5, 2013. Jennifer says she was 17 when she became pregnant and had an abortion. "I don't really think about it as much. It's not hard to talk about... I don't regret anything. I'm still against abortion. If it's the one time (and) you made a mistake, you'll never do it again thing, it's ok. But if you keep on doing it (without) birth control, it's so not cool. Because I don't think that I would be where I am today. Like, 23, a nurse - I wouldn't have made it here because I would be a little bit behind or I would have to make ends meet by grabbing this. I was able to go straight into school without having to think about anything, and finish. So it was definitely the best decision I ever made," Jennifer said. Picture taken January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Allison Joyce (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Lisa, a 27-year-old restaurant manager, poses for a portrait in her home in, Massachusetts October 11, 2012. Lisa says she was 24 when she became pregnant and had an abortion. “You can always look back in retrospect and say 'this is what it would have been like' but you never know… I'm happy. I'm very happy. I was leaving. I was trying to cope with moving out, having no money, no support. I had two jobs. I was working like a maniac just trying to cope… So it was like, all these things are happening at the same time. I was like, "Ok now I'm pregnant. Ok, I have no money." And when I left my husband and divorced him, I didn't take a cent or a dime from him. I didn't want anything… I just felt completely alone. They have doctors at the clinic and they ask you what your life situation is like right now to see if… I think they are trying to see if you're psychologically fit to do that, because it's a really painful thing emotionally to go through. And some people maybe need extra psychological care if they're going to do it or ‘are you going to be ok if you do this.’ She was asking me a list of questions and she's like, ‘So you're getting divorced.’ And then I had to move a few times, because I didn't like where I was living and I didn't have money and I did and I didn't and then, she's like, ‘Oh, the most stressful things in this country are divorce and moving." And I was like, ‘I just got divorced and I've moved twice. And now I'm doing this.’ And it's like - ugh,” Lisa said. Picture taken October 11, 2012. REUTERS/Allison Joyce (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Homeowners Connie Jones (L) and Barclay Campbell go through belongings in front of the ruins of their home in a neighborhood heavily damaged by the May 20 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma May 27, 2013. The tornado was the strongest in the United States in nearly two years and cut a path of destruction 17 miles (27 km) long and 1.3 (2 km) miles wide. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Volunteer Joy Goings (C) helps sort through donated clothes for tornado victims at a church in Oklahoma City May 23, 2013. A massive tornado obliterated sections of Moore, Oklahoma, leaving 24 dead on May 20. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A man on a lift prepares to board up a damaged building as residents in the background go through their belongings after the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Oklahoma which was left devastated by a tornado May 22, 2013. Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Men go through their belongings two days after their home was left flattened in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Oklahoma which was left devastated by a tornado May 22, 2013. Tornado survivors thanked God, sturdy closets and luck in explaining how they lived through the colossal twister that devastated an Oklahoma town and killed 24 people, an astonishingly low toll given the extent of destruction. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha of Switzerland (L) watches as Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (R) leaps to save a ball from going out of bounds against San Antonio Spurs in the first half of their NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 4, 2013. REUTERS/Bill Waugh (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL) 

China's Xu Xiaoxu (R) and South Korea's Kim Ok-ju go after the ball during their women's Group A hockey match at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Riverbank Arena on the Olympic Park in London July 29, 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT FIELD HOCKEY)

Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka (C), San Antonio Spurs guard Stephen Jackson and Spurs shooting guard Manu Ginobili (20) go after a loose ball in the second half during Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference basketball finals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 31, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Sisney (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL) 

The band Ok Go arrives at the "The Muppets" world premiere in Hollywood, California November 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) 

Memphis Grizzlies' guard Marc Gasol (33) of Spain tries to save a ball from going out of bounds in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha (2) of Switzerland during the second half of Round 2, Game 5 of the Western Conference NBA basketball playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Sisney (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL) 

Memphis Grizzlies' forward Zach Randolph saves a pass from going out of bounds in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) during the first half of Round 2, Game 5 of the Western Conference NBA basketball playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Sisney (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL) 

Members of the band OK Go pose at the premiere of his film "Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" in Hollywood, California April 20, 2011. The film was fully financed through product placement from various brand which were integrated in the film. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) 

Members of the band OK Go arrive
at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT) 

OK Go band members arrive at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT) 

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2007 - ENTERTAINMENT - Members of the band OK Go arrive at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Golf fans stay in the shade during the third day of practice for the 89th PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma August 8, 2007. The heat index was expected to go over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES) 

Colin Montgomerie of Scotland chips onto the second green underneath a giant fan during the second day of practice for the 89th PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 7, 2007. The heat index was expected to go over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES) 

Workers water down the course during the second day of practice for the 89th PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OKlahoma August 7, 2007. The heat index was expected to go over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES) 

Children play in front of a cooling fan during the second day of practice for the 89th PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OKlahoma August 7, 2007.The heat index was expected to go over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES) 

Davis Love III of the U.S. drinks water during the second day of practice for the 89th PGA Championship golf tournamnet at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OKlahoma August 7, 2007. The heat index was expected to go over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degree Celsius). REUTERS/John Sommers II (UNITED STATES) 

Members of the band OK Go arrive at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Members of the band OK Go arrive at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Members of the band OK Go arrive at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Members of OK Go accept the award for Best Short Form Music Video, for "Here It Goes Again," at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 11, 2007. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello (UNITED STATES) 

Members of the group OK Go pose at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Musicians from band Ok Go perform at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES) 

Musicians from band Ok Go perform at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES) 

Musicians from band Ok Go perform on treadmills at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES) 

Members of the music group OK Go pose at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Members of the music group OK Go and the choreographer of their video "A Million Ways" Trish Sie (R) pose at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York August 31, 2006. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Ok Go! lead singer Damian J. Kulash performs at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London June 25, 2006. REUTERS/Leon Neal (BRITAIN) 

Ok Go! lead singer Damian J. Kulash performs on the main stage at the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London June 25, 2006. REUTERS/Leon Neal (BRITAIN) 

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) (L) and Sen. Don Nickles (R-OK)
speak to the press in the Senate Press Gallery January 7, 2003. In one
of the first legislative acts of the new Republican-led Congress, the
U.S. Senate on Tuesday agreed to extend unemployment payments to
laid-off workers who have exhausted their normal benefits. "Passage of
this bill, as important as it is, will leave many, many people without
any means of support going forward and we must turn our attention to
these people who have exhausted their benefits," said Sen. Clinton, a
New York Democrat who was a chief sponsor of the compromise bill.
REUTERS/Mike Theiler

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South Korean main opposition Grand National Party presidential
candidate Lee Hoi-chang and his wife Han In-ok (L) leave a polling
station after casting their votes in Seoul December 19, 2002. South
Korea's 35 million voters go to the polls on Thursday to elect a
successor to President Kim Dae-jung. REUTERS/Rhee Dong-Min

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Tiger Woods lets go of his club after teeing off on the 13th hole during second round play at the 101st U.S. Open at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa June 15, 2001. Woods shot a one-under-par 71 and sits at 5-over for the tournament.

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World number one golfer Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot at the 3th hole during the third round of the Johnnie Walker classic 2000 tournament at the Alpine course near Bangk ok November 18, 2000. Tiger Woods was leading at 11-under par, one stroke ahead of Australia's Rod Pampling going into this penultimate round on Saturday.

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Ko Ok-yim, 73, (L), who was born in North Korea and separated from her family during the Korean War, joins other delegates at a hotel in Seoul August 14, 2000. Ko will go to Pyongyang on Tuesday to meet her younger sister Ko soon-hee, 65. On August 15, the day North and South Korea celebrate the liberation of the Korean peninsula at the end of World War Two following 35 years of Japanese occupation, 200 elderly Koreans from both sides of the Cold War's last frontier will meet long lost relatives at reunions in Seoul and Pyongyang. 

Ko Ok-yim, 73, (L), who was born in North Korea and separated from her family during the Korean War, joins other delegates at a hotel in Seoul August 14, 2000. Ko will go to Pyongyang on Tuesday to meet her younger sister Ko soon-hee, 65. On August 15, the day North and South Korea celebrate the liberation of the Korean peninsula at the end of World War Two following 35 years of Japanese occupation, 200 elderly Koreans from both sides of the Cold War's last frontier will meet long lost relatives at reunions in Seoul and Pyongyang.

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Oklahoma City bombing survivor Ryan Hammons, 6, touches a rosary to his forehead April 19 as he visits the chain link fence that surrounds the site of the destroyed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Ryan and his brother Donquay were both in the building at day care at the time of the blast, and are still going through counseling. The Oklahoma City bombing took place four years ago today.

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House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol about the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, March 25. Hastert reflected some of the concerns many members of congress have about the NATO operation, and said that "we are going to have to see this thing out now that we are in it." Looking on is Rep. J.C. Watts (R-OK).

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