Irene Wanzila, 10, works breaking rocks with a hammer at the Kayole quarry in Nairobi, Kenya, along with her younger brother, older sister and mother, who says she was left without a choice after she lost her cleaning job at a private school when coronavirus pandemic restrictions were imposed. Image Credit: AP

Singapore: From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings. As masks become the norm worldwide, tech companies and researchers are rolling out weird and wonderful models to both guard against infection and cash in on a growing trend. Image Credit: AFP

A boy gets food donation from a volunteer at a flooded area in Quang Binh province, Vietnam.  Thanh Dat/VNA via REUTERS

Thailand's Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana takes pictures after a religious ceremony to commemorate the death of King Chulalongkorn, known as King Rama V, at The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

The Soyuz MS-16 capsule, carrying the International Space Station crew members Christopher Cassidy of NASA, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, descends beneath a parachute just before landing in a remote area outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. GCTC/Roscosmos

A man sells eels caught for a meal amid a lockdown to  slow the spread of coronavirus, in a slum area of Yangon, Myanmar. REUTERS/Shwe Paw Mya Tin  

Nurses wearing protective suits and face masks talk at a testing site in Brussels, Belgium October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

People kayak in Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, Scotland, Britain October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

Flames illuminate the sky as the East Troublesome Fire burns outside Granby, Colorado. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart    

A seagull flies to catch a piece of bread thrown by a tourist on the coast of the Baltic Sea in Timmendorfer Strand, northern Germany.Image Credit: AP