The coronavirus pandemic has affected almost every nation. And case numbers are continuing to surge across the world, along with the death toll.
The big picture: Locking down to combat the virus has had a crippling effect on many economies. Global debt is expected to surpass global GDP this year following coronavirus stimulus measures. As some countries reopen economies with strict health and hygiene measures in place and others lock down again to combat rising cases, take a look at how COVID-19 has changed daily life around the world.
A host at the entrance of a restaurant to turn customers away as a curfew from 8pm to 6am takes effect in Miami Beach, Florida, on July 18 amid surging cases. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
People physical distancing while watching wrestlers perform a ceremony ahead of their bouts at a sumo tournament in Tokyo, Japan, July 19. Photo: STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron in Brussels, Belgium, on July 18, as European Union leaders hold their first face-to-face summit over a post-virus economic rescue plan. Photo: Francois Lenoir/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
A medical volunteer takes a woman's temperature at a marriage hall, temporarily converted into a coronavirus testing center, in Mumbai, India, on July 17, where case numbers exceeded 1 million nationally. Photo: Punit Paran/AFP via Getty Images
A medical worker conducts a COVID-19 test at a free testing site in New York City on July 18 as the city prepares to enter its fourth and final phase of reopening. Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images
Worshipers of Legio Maria in Nairobi attend a prayer session for the first time since March after Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta directed the places of worship to reopen under strict guidelines. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
A funeral home worker plays the violin as a deacon holds an umbrella before the cremation of a coronavirus victim at a cemetery in Bogota, Colombia, on July 17. Photo: Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images
Patrons at an outdoor restaurant in downtown San Diego, California, on July 17. Photo: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images
Cleaning takes place inside a housing complex in Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria on July 17. The city and Mitchell Shire, Victoria, are on lockdown following a rise in COVID-19 cases. Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
Cleaning staff in personal protective equipment carry trash boxes in a line to minimize contamination after collecting PPE used by doctors who treated coronavirus patients at a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 17. Photo: Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty Images
An escalator inside a Hong Kong wet market is cleaned and disinfected on July 19, as Hong Kong reported 100 new cases — its biggest one-day increase since the pandemic began, the BBC notes. Photo by Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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