The world in pictures

Denmark's Queen Margrethe waves from the doorstep of Fredensborg Castle, in Fredensborg, Denmark, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Despite spending her 80th birthday in isolation due to the coronavirus, many people gathered outside the castle to sing happy birthday.

The sun begins to rise through trees as Bluebells, also known as wild Hyacinth, bloom in the Hallerbos forest in Halle, Belgium, on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Bluebells are particularly associated with ancient woodland where it can dominate the forest floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers.

A tulip field shines in different colors on a sunny day in Grevenbroich, Germany, Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Pretty soon the colorful view is over, when farmers chop of the heads of the tulips before they finish blooming. Growers are not interested in the flowers, they want the tulips to put their energy in multiplying their bulbs.

An elderly woman drags a shopping trolley, backdropped by an Elvis Presley poster, at a market place in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, during the two hour daily interval when people over 65-years old are allowed to leave their homes for essential shopping, a measure imposed by authorities to limit the spread of the COVID-19 infections. According to the emergency state regulations, people over 65 years old are only allowed to leave their homes for two hours a day, which many of them consider impractical as it leads to overcrowded shops and market places, increasing the risk of contamination.

Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean diplomat, who defected to South Korea in 2016 and a candidate of the main opposition United Future Party, wipes his tear after he was certain to secure victory in the parliamentary elections in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Thae on Thursday won a constituency seat in South Korea's parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled their authoritarian, impoverished homeland.

Cape Town City Ballet senior artist Kristin Wilson is seen training inside her apartment in Cape Town, South Africa, during the third week of lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. Kristin Wilson is forced to practice within her home as the normal ballet corps is in personal isolation lockdown.

Fashion designer Do Quyen Hoa shows off an embroidery face mask at her studio in Hanoi, Vietnam. The collection of face masks adorned with Vietnamese hand embroideries was created as the world is fighting against the spread of the new coronavirus.