HAVANA (Reuters) – A skeleton reaches up from the ground to clutch at a fantastical winged creature. A hunched figure wearing a face mask drags behind it an entangled mass of stricken faces and lanky limbs. A butterfly flutters out of the mouth of a body laid to rest. Cuban …

People visit a beach along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Israel as restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ease around the country, in Tel Aviv, Israel May 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli cabinet limited on Sunday the involvement of the Shin …

People walk at Heaton Park, Manchester following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose by 118 to 36,793, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday. Reporting by Kate Holton; …

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Barack Obama awards the 2012 National Medal of Arts to musician Herb Alpert during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington July 10, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Artists in film, dance, music, theater and visual arts were announced …

Surfacing Quakerism goes virtual, offering an intimate window into silent worship. Photographs and Text by Bianca Giaever For the past 27 years, Ted Ehrhardt has awoken on Sunday morning and headed to worship at the Brooklyn Quaker Meetinghouse. “I wait all week to get there,” he said. “I know every …

Mue Bon, a Thai street artist paints a mural depicting characters attempting to keep a virus at bay, in Bangkok, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Thailand, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai street artist has been paying tribute to the fight against …

(Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) said on Thursday it could rack up operating losses of up to $1.11 billion in the first quarter, as the department store operator was forced to shut stores due to lockdowns aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus. One of the 68 Macy’s …

A worker prepares a face mask exhibition at the National Museum amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Prague, Czech Republic, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny PRAGUE (Reuters) – In a sign that the coronavirus will one day be history, the Czech National Museum is opening an exhibition of …

One of the 68 Macy’s Inc stores the company plans to close is shown at the Mission Valley Center mall in San Diego, California, U.S. January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) said on Thursday it could rack up operating losses of up to $1.11 billion in …

One of the 68 Macy’s Inc stores the company plans to close is shown at the Mission Valley Center mall in San Diego, California, U.S. January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (M.N) said on Thursday it could rack up operating losses of up to $1.11 billion in …