Londoners cheer, clap, bang pots and pans to thank healthcare workers

London burst into applause on the evening of Thursday, March 26, as a show of support for health care workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

'This Was Amazing': Balcony Video Captures Sound of London's Applause for Health Care Workers
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Londoners capped, cheered and banged pots and pans Thursday evening to show their support for health care workers battling the coronavirus epidemic. Credit: Harriet McMahon via Storyful

'It felt like I was working in a war zone' - Michigan ICU nurse breaks down after 13-hour shift battling coronavirus

An intensive care unit (ICU) nurse from southeast Michigan shared a tearful plea after a long shift treating critical coronavirus patients, sharing the brutal reality of fighting the pandemic on the front lines.

Michigan ICU nurse shares tearful plea after shift fighting coronavirus
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Melissa Steiner, a registered nurse from southeast Michigan, recorded a tearful public plea asking people to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously after spending 13 hours caring for critically ill patients. Credit: Melissa Steiner via Storyful

Cheers fill Atlanta's streets each night to praise medical professionals fighting the coronavirus

As the clear day turned into dusk in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, the normally busy streets were mostly still, save for the sounds of the occasional footsteps hitting the sidewalk. “The city too busy to hate” seems to have turned into the “city that will just have to wait” as residents remain under a shelter-in-place order amid the threat of furthering the coronavirus pandemic.

Community sings happy birthday to Riverside boy after party was canceled due to Stay at Home order

Browen Bell was about to celebrate his 9th birthday, but unfortunately due to California's Stay at Home order that was issued Thursday evening by Governor Gavin Newsom his birthday party had to be canceled. 

FedEx worker shares thoughtful care package left for delivery drivers

A FedEx delivery driver shared a moment of human kindness by Glendale homeowners who were offering a coronavirus care package to couriers.

Man drives boat in pool to satisfy urge during coronavirus outbreak

Self-isolation and social distancing disrupted his boating hobby, so an Australian man took his boat for a ride in his backyard swimming pool instead.

City Sleeps: A look at the empty New York City streets amid the virus

Efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus have completely altered the usual New Yorker way of life, grinding the “city that never sleeps” to a halt in the last week after it became one of the nation's epicenters for the fast-spreading virus.

People take to sidewalks with colorful chalk to share messages of encouragement amid COVID-19 crisis

A post on social media encouraged residents who were under isolation orders in cities across the U.S. to reach out to others with bright messages of hope etched onto sidewalks and driveways.

A blow dryer will not kill the coronavirus

Social media users are sharing clips from a 6-minute video that suggests that heat kills the coronavirus.

Woman gives birth in toilet paper aisle of Walmart store

Customers cheered at a Walmart in Missouri after a woman gave birth to a baby girl in the store's toilet paper aisle.

Police find stolen tractor-trailer full of toilet paper

Deputies with a North Carolina sheriff's department discovered a stolen 18-wheeler with 18,000 pounds of commercial bathroom paper products including toilet paper.