As more Japanese restaurants shut down and people stay home during the country's state of emergency to fight the coronavirus, experts say rats may be expanding their search for food to deserted streets once crowded with humans. In Tokyo's Kabukicho district, rats scurried through mostly empty streets one recent evening.

A total of 252 Turkish citizens from Saudi Arabia arrived in northwestern Bursa province on April 28, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate headlines, Turkey is set to bring back nearly 25,000 expats from 59 countries so they can spend the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at home with their families. As part of measures to contain COVID-19 the passengers were proceed to dorm that will be home for them, 14 days as quarantine rule.

Various shots after a car is stuck inside an underground bazaar after crashing through its window in Fatih district of Turkey's Istanbul on April 27, 2020. Two people were reported injured.

Turkey evacuated its citizens from Qatar on April 26, 2020 on a special flight in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, some 292 Turkish nationals were brought back from Qatar as part of an initiative by Ankara amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. After routine health checks the passengers will be placed under quarantine.

Various shots of Istanbul's historical Rumeli Fortress, the Dolmabahce Clock Tower and public parks with fully-bloomed Judas trees on April 26, 2020. Judas trees or Eastern Redbud ('erguvan' in Turkish) started to bloom on both sides of the Bosporus, painting Istanbul with abundant pinkish-purple flowers with the arrival of spring.

Iraqi protesters who have been continuing anti-government demonstrations at Bagdad's Tahrir Square since last October, prepare meals to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan on April 26, 2020.

Turkey lifted a four-day curfew as of midnight Sunday which had been imposed in 31 provinces to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. The government enforced its third weekend stay-at-home order, which included the national April 23 holiday and its following day.

Dozens of Muslim Iraqis convened for an outdoor iftar, the fast-breaking dinner, at Baghdad's Tahrir Square, sitting on a long carpet laid out on the ground on Saturday evening.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he was being sarcastic when he raised the possibility of using disinfectant inside people's bodies to fight the coronavirus, seeking to walk back comments that alarmed medical professionals worldwide.

A 17-floor building in Bulgarian capital Sofia has been demolished on Sunday, April 26, in a controlled explosion. The building turned into a wreckage just in seconds.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab stated that a vaccine for the novel coronavirus is unlikely to become available this year during an interview with BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.

Various shots as snow blankets some areas in eastern Kars province on April 26, 2020 during spring season. The scotch pine forests, snowdrops and other flowers were covered with snow in the district where the air temperature dropped below zero. Snow-covered trees and plants combined with a fast flowing river created beautiful landscapes.

A benevolent Turkish municipal officer jumped into ice-cold water to rescue a desperate dog that was stuck on a rock due to rising floodwaters in Turkey's Black Sea province of Rize.

The weekly satire show, 'Saturday Night Live,' hosted its second 'at home' episode this weekend, featuring Brad Pitt as the White House's infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci. The Oscar-winning Hollywood heartthrob fact-checked Trump's controversial remarks related to the coronavirus crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of adorable stray cats are the unofficial rulers of Turkey's metropolis Istanbul. Videos show that they continue to reign over the city in the age of the coronavirus epidemic.

It was seen that the sunbathers and walkers in Trafalgar Square and Saint James Park were warned by the police on April 25, 2020. The number of people who died in the UK due to the new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) exceeded 20 thousand, however, some people do not comply with the government's recommendation not to go out on the streets and to maintain social distance.

Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB Wuppertal Mosque started to offer iftar service to the home of those who cannot leave the house due to the cancellation of mass worship and iftar in Germany on April 25, 2020. DITIB Wuppertal Mosque Association Head Ersin Ozcan said that they had organize iftar dinners at their mosques for 30 years during the Ramadan, and this year they distribute iftar meals to homes as they could not organize mass iftars as a precautions to curb the new type of coronavirus (...

Thousands gathered Saturday in Tel Aviv to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu move to center power on the management of COVID-19. Protesters in Rabin Square rallied to reject Netanyahu's attempt to place more power on the management of the virus in his hand, according to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. The demonstrators maintained social distance rules during the protest.

A total of 166 Turkish citizens landed in Istanbul from Senegal and Mauritania and were sent to Düzce province for quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. Turkey has so far brought more than 60,000 citizens from abroad, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.

Various shots from empty squares and streets of aegean Izmir province on April 25, 2020 after Turkey began enforcing a four-day curfew in 31 provinces as of midnight Wednesday to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.