Coronavirus
"Because we were forbidden from yelling or singing, I could hear some fans letting out whimpers, as if trying to get out their emotions any way they could."
"He was my high school maths teacher. ... I owe this man a big thank-you, because even as he was dying, I never stopped learning from him."
Soyoka Yamamoto petitioned Tokyo's governor to adopt a "partnership system" to protect same-sex partners. She hopes full marriage recognition is next.
Italy's Piacenza Hospital is dedicated to returning personal items from deceased Covid patients to their relatives – no matter how logistically or emotionally difficult it may be.
"Normally, I’m a fun-loving, soft-centered man. But this job makes you hard. You’ve got to be hard, internally, to cope with death every day."
In the past two weeks, the number of absent pupils in schools more than tripled.
It's far too early to say we're out of the woods, according to Covid experts.
Two years on, people share the positives they've discovered amid the immense challenges of pandemic life.
"As expected cases have risen...we also know that some members of our community are at increased risk."
Here's what experts know right now about preventing or treating long-haul symptoms following coronavirus.