Students graduate amid COVID-19 pandemic

Pasadena High School graduating student Alexander Flores poses for the official portrait at a drive-thru studio during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pasadena, California, U.S.

Alexis Lamoreaux hugs her father as she graduates from the nursing school of the Ohio State University during an online commencement ceremony amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

Alexis Lamoreaux poses for pictures as she graduates from the nursing school of the Ohio State University during an online commencement ceremony.

Recent high school graduates Emily and Lexi visit Dauphin Island, Alabama on May 1, 2020 for a makeshift graduation photo shoot after their classes moved online due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. U.S.

Trent Johnson Jr. posing for a picture at his parents house in Orlando, Florida while celebrating his graduation from the Ohio State School of Medicine, class of 2020.

Kiyah Gonzalez arrives for her graduation ceremony at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School. Because of social distancing mandates instituted by the state to curtail the spread of COVID-19, graduates received their diplomas in a nearly-empty auditorium with no friends, family or relatives allowed to attend.

Pasadena High School graduating student Joshua Dionisio is helped with his mother before the official portrait at a drive-thru studio during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pasadena, California, U.S.

Family members watch Carmen Antillon receive her Tupelo High School dimploma from L.V. McNeal at Milam Elementary School in Tupelo Mississippi. The school district has divided up the graduation ceremony to five different locations over three days with no more than four guests in attendance.

Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management dean Sanjeev Khagram rehearses a virtual commencement ceremony using mobile telepresence robots, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

A graduate gets ready to pose for a picture at the empty campus of San Diego State University after the 23 Campuses of California State University system announced the fall 2020 semester will be online, affecting hundreds of thousands of students, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, U.S.

Graduating students from the Ramon Power Y Giralt High School wear facemasks during a symbolic graduation from their cars to maintain social distance at a parking lot in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Thomas Harden rings a cowbell as he stands up through the vehicles sun roof waving a supporters during a neighborhood parade honoring 2020 student graduates from both J.J. Pearce and Richardson High Schools in Richardson, Texas.

Jenna Swiney, top left, and Mary Grace Young, top right, wave from their vehicle as they participate in a neighborhood parade honoring 2020 student graduates from both J.J. Pearce and Richardson High Schools in Richardson, Texas. he event was organized by a group of parents who asked neighborhood residents to come out and cheer on the local graduates who's traditional ceremonies were cancelled due to COVID-19.