In pictures: People spread hope amid COVID-19 pandemic

Fireworks explode over the Okunitama Shinto shrine in Fuchu in the western suburbs of Tokyo. Dozens of fireworks displays erupted simultaneously across Japan to cheer up the public, pray for the end of the coronavirus pandemic and pep up business for struggling pyrotechnic artisans.

People dance and sing in a public garden as only senior Turks over 65-years old are now allowed to go out as Turkey reopens most public places after coronavirus lockdown.

A mother and her son have lunch at the open-air restaurant installed at Praça da Estação on June 5 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. About 3000 meals are being distributed every Friday, in addition to food, fruit and water. The campaign is carried out by a bank credit company.

Nurses who take care of coronavirus patients at the infectious disease unit take part in a Zumba dance-fitness class put on to help them deal with the stress and difficult work, in the car park outside of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Pizza maker Salvatore Rapuano show his pizza with the word "Hope" to celebrate reopening after lockdown in Naples, Italy.

The T-Rex Walking Club, a group of people that gather in a variety of inflatable costumes parade through neighborhoods in hopes of cheering up the community in Ferndale, Michigan.

The iconic Matterhorn mountain is illuminated by Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter aiming to send messages of hope, support and solidarity to the ones sufferings from the global COVID-19 pandemic in the alpine resort of Zermatt, Switzerland. The long bright vertical streaks in the sky are light trails caused by the SpaceX Starlink satellite fleet.

Police officers perform a dance show to entertain and encourage people to continue confinement to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus while citizens under quarantine watch them from their balconies in Bogota, Colombia.

Patricia Cohrs, the owner of The Belgian Chocolate Shop, who sent her staff home to be safe and minimize exposure as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to grow, wears a pink Easter bunny sweater to deliver chocolates to people in her neighborhood in Toronto, Canada.

Brian Zirngible said goodbye to his friend Mary Bue with an "air hug" after they ran into each other at Lake Nokomis. Zirngible and Bue, who are musicians, had not seen each other for three months.

People clap and bang utensils from their balconies to cheer for emergency personnel and sanitation workers who are on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus, in Mumbai, India.