Covid-19 in pictures: Global battle against the pandemic continues

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 171.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.68 million, according to a Johns Hopkins University report on June 3. While few countries have eased the pandemic norms, other countries have continued with lockdowns in an attempt to curb the spread. Here's a look at the global Covid-19 situation in pictures

Updated On: 2021-06-03 02:58 PM IST

COvid-19 situation: Cops checking a deliver person's scooter, photo: AFP

A man walks through an inner-city park in Melbourne on June 3, 2021 as the coronavirus lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city is extended by another seven days, authorities announced as they attempt to stamp out a cluster of cases in Melbourne. Photo: AFP

Social worker volunteer Ashok Kurmi, dressed as a clown drives on a scooter before going into slums to start a sanitation work and spread awareness to follow the Covid-19 coronavirus safety protocols, in Mumbai on June 2, 2021.Photo: AFP

A cyclist rides past a Covid-19 vaccine drop-in vaccination clinic, in Hounslow, west London on June 1, 2021. Photo: AFP

A policeman inspects a GrabFood rider's delivery box at a roadblock during the nationwide lockdown, amid fears over the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Kuala Lumpur on June 1, 2021.Photo: AFP

A priest comes out of a temple during a lockdown imposed as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Ghaziabad on June 3, 2021. Photo: AFP

Tourists pose for pictures at the Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri) in Venice on June 03, 2021. Photo: AFP

An aerial view shows empty streets in front of the Taoist Lung Shan temple at the Wanhua District in Taipei on June 3, 2021. Photo: AFP

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