In pictures: American's protest COVID-19 restrictions despite rise in number of cases

People protest against mandates to wear masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Austin, Texas, U.S.

People prepare to go tubing on Salt River amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Arizona, U.S.

People protest against mandates to wear masks amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Austin, Texas, U.S.

An anti-masker woman delivers a speech during a public hearing at the County Board of Commissioners, in Palm Beach, Florida.

Texas State Troopers arrive to break up a potential scene between protesters and a counter protester outside the governors mansion amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Austin, Texas, U.S.

A man argues with Dr Nesli Basgoz (R), an infectious disease doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, that masks are not necessary to fight the spread of the coronavirus, during a demonstration demanding that economic restrictions due to COVID-19 be lifted in Boston, Massachusetts.

Black Lives Matter protesters drive up to a demonstration against mandates to wear masks in Austin, Texas.

People protest against mandates to wear masks in Austin.

A drive-in COVID-19 testing center is shown empty and abandoned as Los Angeles reports spike in positive tests amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Ingelwood, California, U.S.

People eat outside of a cafe as restaurants are permitted to offer al fresco dining as part of phase 2 reopening during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, U.S.