Stephanie Mathey

Paris cafes reopen as virus restrictions ease

Parisians returned to their beloved cafe terraces and museums on May 19 after a six-month COVID-forced hiatus, a glimmer of normal life resuming but India grappled with a record daily number of coronavirus deaths.

As health workers administered the world's 1.5 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose, Europeans and Americans continued to climb out from under long months of restrictions.