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Venezuela's 2012 Olympic champion in fencing, Ruben Limardo Gascon, waits at a sushi bar for food he is to home-deliver as part of his job for Uber Eats, in Lodz, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Limardo Gascon needs the food delivery job to support his family as lives and trains in Poland and plans to win a medal at Tokyo Olympics.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Venezuelan Olympian delivers food to support family

By Monika Scislowska And Czarek Sokolowski Nov. 16, 2020 07:57 AM EST

A police officer instructs shoppers to maintain a social distance as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, as they wait in line to enter a supermarket in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The government has declared a health emergency, enacting a curfew and restricting movement to only those who provide basic services. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up

By Christine Armario And Gonzalo Solano Apr. 02, 2020 03:59 PM EDT

Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, walks through a viewing room set up to respect social distancing, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. He and other funeral directors are seeing a surge of clients because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
'We need help': Economic, health crises grow as cases top 1M

By Michael R. Sisak, Lori Hinnant And Mark Sherman Apr. 02, 2020 02:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2020 file photo, unionized hospitality workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits at the Hospitality Training Academy in Los Angeles. More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
A record 10 million sought US jobless aid in past 2 weeks

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 02, 2020 11:57 AM EDT