This Week in Pictures: 9 - 15 May

Artists perform during celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, in Krasnodar, Russia.

Citizens with portraits of frontline soldiers sing songs on the balcony as part of the event "Singing on Victory Day" in Sevastopol.

Venice Beach, California is seen on the first day Los Angeles County allowed beaches to reopen after a six-week closure implemented to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), on 13 May 2020.

Sunbathers watch a young man doing a backflip in the water as they lie on the beach in a southern Athens suburb on 9 May 2020, as the nation readies for the reopening of schools and most shops starting 11 May.

A man throws garbage into a bin full of discarded mannequin heads in Hanoi on 7 May 2020.

Firefighters on board a vessel try to extinguish a fire on a tanker docked in Belawan on 11 May 2020.

A medical worker in a hospital for patients with coronavirus in Tver, Russia.

Officers from the Nakhimov Naval Academy at the 70th anniversary graduation in Sevastopol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers on the Alley of Hero Cities at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden on 9 May.

Fireworks in Moscow in honour of the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.

Visitors wearing protective face masks walk at the Shanghai Disney Resort as the Shanghai Disneyland theme park reopens following a shutdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, 11 May 2020.

Passers-by in Trocadero Square (Place du Trocadéro) in Paris.

People relaxing on a beach of the Ob River near the Bugrinskaya Grove Park in Novosibirsk. City squares and parks in Novosibirsk have been opened for walking and playing sports since 12 May.

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump brace themselves against strong winds during a Victory in Europe Day 75th anniversary ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, US, 8 May 2020.

Residents protest on the street asking the government to supply them with food and to be allowed to leave, in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi, Kenya Monday, 11 May 2020. The Kenyan government on 6 May sealed off the Eastleigh area of the capital Nairobi and the Old Town area of the port city of Mombasa, with no movement permitted in or out for 15 days, due to "a surge in the number of positive coronavirus cases".

A gravedigger prepares for two COVID-19 burials at the Municipality Cemetery #13 in Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on 12 May 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic.

A man disinfects the Santa Maria at the Trastevere Basilica, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy, 11 May 2020.

A Sukhoi Su-30 multirole fighter aircraft from the aerobatic team "Russian Knights" at an aviation festival in honour of Victory Day in Kubinka, Moscow Region.

Passengers on the platform of the Kazan station in Moscow. On 12 May, Moscow introduced the first stage of easing restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Customers play with cats to find comfort at the Caturday Cat cafe after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks and barbershops, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, 7 May 2020.

A resident of the Russian city of Irkutsk on the balcony with a portrait of her relative, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War during the "Windows of Victory" event.

A projection reading "Thank You" in Russian, English, French and German is projected on Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on 8 May 2020, on the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The 8 May anniversary of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies is a one-off public holiday in Berlin this year, although events have been scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic.

An animal handler sits next to a monkey while a goat balances over a stick for onlookers along a street after the government eased the nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against COVID-19, in Karachi on 11 May 2020.

Demonstrators gesture as they take part in ongoing anti-government protests after newly-appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi called for the release of all detained protesters, at Jumhuriya bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, 10 May 2020.

Nurses wearing face masks take part in an event held to mark International Nurses Day, at Wuhan Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, the Chinese city hit hardest by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hubei Province, China, 12 May 2020.

People wearing gloves wave their hands from a train upon arriving from the southern state of Tamil Nadu after a limited reopening of India's giant rail network following a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Howrah Junction railway station on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, 12 May 2020.

US Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) (R) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) greet each other with an elbow bump before a Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labour, and Pensions hearing on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, in Washington, US, 12 May 2020.

Schoolchildren stand on smiley face signs to maintain social distancing in the courtyard of a primary school during its reopening in Paris as a small part of Parisian children head back to their schools with new rules and social distancing during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, 14 May 2020.

A demonstrator shouts slogan in front of police during a protest by Greek teachers and students against legislation on educational reforms in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, on 13 May 2020, as Greece eases its lockdown imposed to stem the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic, opening schools and most businesses.

The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces (Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) is located in Patriot Park, Kubinka, Moscow Region.