People gather in front of a memorial to protest against the death of 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People protest against the death of 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People protest against the death of 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People protest against the death of 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People protest against the death of 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People place candles in a memorial for 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People put candles in front of the house of 16-year-old girl Ambar Cornejo, whose body was found inside her relatives house, in the Villa Alemana area of Valparaiso, Chile, August 7, 2020. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

People sit inside their cars and watch an open-air performance of "Birth of the Phoenix" by Vertigo Dance Company at the parking lot of Jerusalem's Old Station amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, in Jerusalem August 4, 2020. Picture taken August 4, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg

People walk past closed shops at the gold market street following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in old Cairo, Egypt July 26, 2020. Picture taken July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

People walk past closed shops at the gold market street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in old Cairo, Egypt July 26, 2020. Picture taken July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

People walk at a shopping area, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in old Cairo, Egypt July 26, 2020. Picture taken July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

People walk in front of closed shops at the gold market street following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in old Cairo, Egypt July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

People walk in the Khan el-Khalili shopping area, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Old Cairo, Egypt July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

People watch as a man jumps from the Old Bridge during the 454th traditional diving competition in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

People wearing protective face masks attend a march in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old Black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, co-organized for the first time by his relatives and environmental activists, in a new context of mobilisations against police violence and inequality, in Beaumont-sur-Oise near Paris, France, July 18, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

People wearing protective face masks attend a march in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old Black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, co-organized for the first time by his relatives and environmental activists, in a new context of mobilisations against police violence and inequality, in Beaumont-sur-Oise near Paris, France, July 18, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

People wearing protective face masks attend a march in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old Black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, co-organized for the first time by his relatives and environmental activists, in a new context of mobilisations against police violence and inequality, in Beaumont-sur-Oise near Paris, France, July 18, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Ikuko, the "big sister" of Tokyo's Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics. But the novel coronavirus pandemic has made her fear for her centuries-old profession as never before. Though the number of geisha - famed for their witty conversation, beauty and skill at traditional arts - has been falling for years, Ikuko and her colleagues were without work for months due to Japan's state of emergency and now operate under awkward social distancing rules. "There were more than 400 geisha in Akasaka when I came, so many I couldn't remember their names. But times changed," Ikuko, now 80, said. Only 20 remain, and there aren't enough engagements to take on new apprentices - especially now. Coronavirus-induced austerity has slashed expense accounts, and many people remain wary of spending hours in the elegant but closed traditional rooms where geisha entertain. Engagements are down 95 percent, and come with new rules: no pouring drinks for customers or touching them even to shake hands, and sitting 2 metres apart. Masks are hard to wear with their elaborate wigs, so they mostly don't. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "GEISHA COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Ikuko, the "big sister" of Tokyo's Akasaka geisha district, came to the capital to seek her fortune in 1964, the year Tokyo first hosted the Olympics. But the novel coronavirus pandemic has made her fear for her centuries-old profession as never before. Though the number of geisha - famed for their witty conversation, beauty and skill at traditional arts - has been falling for years, Ikuko and her colleagues were without work for months due to Japan's state of emergency and now operate under awkward social distancing rules. "There were more than 400 geisha in Akasaka when I came, so many I couldn't remember their names. But times changed," Ikuko, now 80, said. Only 20 remain, and there aren't enough engagements to take on new apprentices - especially now. Coronavirus-induced austerity has slashed expense accounts, and many people remain wary of spending hours in the elegant but closed traditional rooms where geisha entertain. Engagements are down 95 percent, and come with new rules: no pouring drinks for customers or touching them even to shake hands, and sitting 2 metres apart. Masks are hard to wear with their elaborate wigs, so they mostly don't. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "GEISHA COVID-19" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A man carries an old Bosnian flag near the village of Crni Vrh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, July 8, 2020. Hundreds of people started on Wednesday a 85 km march from Nezuk to Srebrenica called the "March of Peace", to retrace the route in reverse taken by Bosnian Muslims who fled Serb forces as they slaughtered 8,000 of their Muslim kin in 1995. The participants in the march consist of survivors of the Srebrenica massacre as well as people from all parts of Bosnia and countries around the world. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

People wearing face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk past shops in a market in Jerusalem's Old City July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

People wearing face masks to help fight the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected in a mirror as they walk past a shop displaying its merchandise in Jerusalem's Old City July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A shop owner looks through a door as people visit the Old Town of Rhodes, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, June 30, 2020. Picture taken June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

People make their way in the Old Town of Rhodes, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, June 30, 2020. Picture taken June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

People react as the coffin of Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree a block from Palmdale City Hall earlier this month in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, is carried during his funeral at Living Stone Cathedral in Palmdale, California, U.S., June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

People wear masks with a message in memory of Robert Fuller as they arrive at a funeral held at Living Stone Cathedral for the 24-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall earlier this month in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Palmdale, California, U.S., June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

People arrive at a funeral held at Living Stone Cathedral for Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall earlier this month in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Palmdale, California, U.S., June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

People hug as they arrive at a funeral held at Living Stone Cathedral for Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall earlier this month in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Palmdale, California, U.S., June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

People hug as they arrive at a funeral held at Living Stone Cathedral for Robert Fuller, the 24-year-old man whose body was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall earlier this month in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Palmdale, California, U.S., June 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

People wearing protective masks wait for the bus, after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an old area of Beijing, China, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People wear protective masks as they walk through hutongs, narrow lanes between rows of single-storey houses, after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an old area of Beijing, China, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People wearing face masks wait for their food in front of a street food stand, after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an old area of Beijing, China, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People wear protective masks as they walk through hutongs, narrow lanes between rows of single-storey houses, after a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in an old area of Beijing, China, June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

People stand in front of a fresco in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, and George Floyd, whose death in police custody has sparked unrest in the United States, with the slogan "against racism and police violence" painted on a wall in Stains, France, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

People stand in front of a fresco in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, and George Floyd, whose death in police custody has sparked unrest in the United States, with the slogan "against racism and police violence" painted on a wall in Stains, France, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

People stand in front of a fresco in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation, and George Floyd, whose death in police custody has sparked unrest in the United States, with the slogan "against racism and police violence" painted on a wall in Stains, France, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

People demonstrate against racial injustice and the June 18, 2020 fatal shooting of 18 year-old security guard Andres Guardado in Gardena, California, at a protest in Compton, California, U.S., June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

People are seen at a memorial for slain 18 year-old security guard Andres Guardado outside the auto body shop where he worked in Gardena, California, U.S., June 21, 2020. Guardado was fatally shot by a Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department deputy on June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

People watch as a banner reading "Justice for Andres Guardado" is displayed at a memorial outside an auto body shop where 18 year-old security guard Guardado was fatally shot on June 18, 2020 by a Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department deputy, in Gardena, California, U.S., June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

A medic treats KNX 1070 reporter Emily Valdez outside the Compton Courthouse after police fired tear gas at people taking part in a protest against racial injustice and the fatal Gardena shooting of 18 year-old security guard Andres Guardado by a Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department deputy, in Compton, California, U.S., June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Riot police aim less-lethal riot control weapons at people taking part in a protest against racial injustice and the June 18, 2020 Gardena shooting of 18 year-old security guard Andres Guardado by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, in Compton, California, U.S., June 21, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

A mourner touches the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A mourner wearing gloves touches the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A mourner reacts at the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Mourners gather next to the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A mourner prays at the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

A cemetery worker places flowers on the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Cemetery workers place the tombstone on the tomb of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Cemetery workers bury the casket of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today."REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Cemetery workers prepare to bury the casket of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Cemetery workers move the casket of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Mourners gather as the casket of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is taken from a hearse during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Mourners gather as a hearse with the casket of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rides past his home during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Cemetery workers carry the casket of 68-year-old Jose, who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Colina area, Santiago, Chile June 19, 2020. According to his granddaughter Darling: "It is a super classist disease, poor people have to continue working, my grandfather was infected because he continued working, if he could have been quarantined, we would not be saying goodbye to him today." REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado