There hasn’t been much fanfare around Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, as she's been helping in support of those working in the battle against COVID-19. But then again, when she does her royal business, that’s the way it tends to be.
North and South Korea exchanged gunfire around the South's guard post early on Sunday, raising tension a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended an almost three-week absence from public life with state media showing him visiting a factory.
Japan's workers are encouraged to stay home and practice physical distancing by the government, and companies are asked to scale back or close amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But in Tokyo, the country's traditional work culture has kept many going to the office daily.
Some African Americans in Georgia are hesitant to return to work despite a reopening of some non-essential businesses last week as they wrestle with the disproportionate toll COVID-19 has had on the black population in that state and others.
From describing coronavirus as a "little flu," to urging people to ignore the "hysteria" and get back to work, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said Latin America's most populous country must "face the virus like a man, damn it, not like a little boy."
