A masked world opens up as countries ease lockdown

Patrons eat at outdoor tables in Harahan, La. Louisiana in US, restaurants of all kinds added outdoor tables 10 feet apart in a tiny step toward normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elda, hairdresser at Belle Blonde hairdressing, works with a customer, as the country eases the lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Lisbon, Portugal May 4, 2020.

The restaurant opened its doors to the public for the first time in 50 days on Monday, after county officials ruled that restaurants, retail stores and fitness centers could open if patrons and staff obeyed social distancing rules - even though restrictions technically remain in place for the entire state.Restaurant owner Sandee Drown talks with customer Tim Schmidt at the Happy Viking Sports Pub and Eatery after opening following COVID-19 restrictions in Yuba City, California.

A worker from Textilia haberdashery works on a fabric that can be used to make customised protective face masks, on the first day of the easing of lockdown measures during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Brussels, Belgium.

A rally organised by small business owners stops by the Rialto bridge to commemorate the health care workers who died amid the outbreak, as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown in Venice.

A man runs in a field on the first day of the easing of the nationwide lockdown against the spread of the COVID-19 in Larnaca, Cyprus.

Dermatologist Marta Maria Moratinos wears protective gear as she does a skin check-up on Gonzalo Hurtado at her clinic, on the first day that some small businesses are allowed to open during lockdown, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Madrid. , Spain. "I feel thankful we have been allowed to open. I've had to ask for a personal loan to rescue the business" Moratinos said.

A woman wearing a protective mask uses her phone in a Light Rail Transit train during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia will allow most business activities to reopen from May 4, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says the economy needs to be revived as billions have been lost during the partial lockdown that began in March.

This picture shows a view inside a shop at a mall in the Saudi capital Riyadh, with signs on the ground defining necessary minimum distances between shoppers, as authorities began a partial lifting of the lockdown put in place to stem the COVID-19.

People have lunch in a Taiwanese hot pot style restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Bangkok, Thailand.