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Our world in photos: May 19

May 19, 2020 Noah Singer

GERMANY — Battling the blaze: Firefighters put out a fire at a plastics factory in Ladenburg on Tuesday. Photo: Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP

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THAILAND — Big smile: A child smiled at a food court in Bangkok on Tuesday through a clear plastic divider meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

CALIFORNIA — Empty seats: Levi Tinker, resident historian and general manager of TCL Chinese Theatre, made an announcement on Monday in the empty auditorium. Photo: Ashley Landis/AP

RUSSIA — Thorough work: Workers disinfected a platform at the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow on Tuesday. Photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP

MAINE — Good example: A statue of literary great Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wore a mask in Portland on Monday. Photo: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

ARGENTINA — Pointing the way: Jimena Aballe directed her neighbors as she disinfected their streets in Buenos Aires on Monday. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

COLOMBIA — Waiting in line: Passengers wore personal protective equipment as they stood in line at the El Dorado airport in Bogota on Monday. Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP

CHILE — Pushing back: Demonstrators clashed on Monday with police in a poor neighborhood in Santiago during a protest demanding food aid from the government. Photo: Esteban Felix/AP

ITALY — Out and about: Clients and hairdressers wore protective masks in Milan on Monday. Italy is slowly lifting its lockdown restrictions. Photo: Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP

BELGIUM — Covered up: A model of a dinosaur wore a face mask at the Museum of Natural History in Brussels on Tuesday. Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP

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