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A man does exercises in a scrap yard, during lockdown due to the coronavirus, in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Marko Phiri
Zimbabwe had recorded 23 coronavirus cases and three deaths as of April 16, but many fear that the true numbers could be much higher because of the lack of Covid-19 testing capacity here.
A man walks past the shuttered stalls of fishmongers at Rome's Piazza Vittorio market on March 25.  (CNS photo/Nancy McNally) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The country’s economy was already in serious difficulty before the pandemic hit. Now, Italy could enter its fourth recession in a decade.
Haitians and Venezuelans receive food aid from church members in Lima, Peru, March 30, 2020. (CNS photo/Sebastian Castaneda, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Eduardo Campos Lima
Migrants from Haiti, Central America and Venezuela have been caught in the middle of their journeys by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Latin American church is building up its support structure to respond to this emerging crisis.
Residents stand on a balcony as a South African National Defence Forces vehicle patrol the street, in Johannesburg on April 7. South Africa and more than half of Africa's 54 countries have imposed lockdowns, curfews, travel bans or other restrictions to try to contain the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
The national measures being taken against the spread of the coronavirus in South Africa are unprecedented and are considered among the strictest in the world.
In Mexico City on March 31 a woman walks past a sign that urges: “Stay home.” Mexico's government broadened its shutdown of “non essential activities” and prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people to help slow down the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
At each of Mexico City’s 13 prisons, hundreds of people are still admitted each visiting day to see their imprisoned family members. For the inmates, they are a vital lifeline.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Agren - Catholic News Service
In Buenos Aires, the local Catholic Church is doing what it can to help its flock during the coronavirus crisis.