People gather in the street the night before a local lockdown amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manchester, Britain on October 22, 2020. (Photo by Molly Darlington/Reuters)

A man carrying vegetables is stopped by police at a barricade on a road during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chennai, India, March 25, 2020. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)

A lady wearing a mask feeds pigeons in St James' Park, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 5, 2020. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

A lady is seen posing for pictures with Tom and Jerry at a Tom and Jerry Exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan on January 4, 2022, as Covid situation remains stable in Taiwan. The exhibition of Tom and Jerry, which is a traditional and world renowned American animation of the entertainment Warner Brothers, will last until 28 Feb 2022. (Photo by Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)

People dressed in traditional costumes sing Christmas carols as they gather to celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a compound of the National Architecture museum in Kyiv, Ukraine on January 7, 2022. (Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

A woman wearing a protective mask walks outside a village that was placed under lockdown due to the number of COVID-19 cases among residents in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The Philippine capital placed two villages and two hotels on lockdown Thursday and police have renewed warnings against kissing and other “public display of affection” after a new surge in coronavirus infections. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

A woman is pictured in the municipality of Iztapalapa as the outbreak of the coronavirus continues in Mexico City on May 27, 2020. (Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters)

Young women wearing facemasks and traditional costumes of Song dynasty and Tang dynasty are seated on a bench in a park next to the East Lake in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on May 17, 2020. The Guardian picture desk has chosen on December 17, 2020, the AFP photojournalist Hector Retamal as “Agency Photographer of the Year 2020” for his coverage of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)