A man walks past a poster depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping with two pointed ears underlined by the words "BAT MAN" on a street in Stockholm. More than a dozen stencil paintings on paper have appeared across the Swedish capital, the work of Swedish artist who goes by the name of "Iron."
People sit outside in the sun at a cafe bar in central Stockholm. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing because of the coronavirus pandemic, but still allow a large amount of personal freedom, unlike most other European countries. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
Chemistry laureate John B. Goodenough, left, receives the prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm.
Austrian author Peter Handke, left, receives the 2019 Nobel Prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm.
Physiology or Medicine laureate William G. Kaelin Jr, left, receives the prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm.
A bronze bust of Alfred Nobel on display at the Nobel award ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Esther Duflo of France, left, receives the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm.
Abhijit Banerjee of India, left, receives the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm.
Swedish finance minister Magdalena Andersson and economics laureate Abhijit Banerjee arrive to the Nobel banquet at Stockholm City Hall, in Stockholm.
Co-laureates of the 2019 Nobel laureates in economics Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo hold up a signed chair as part of the traditional Nobel Chair Signing ceremony at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.
A screen displays the laureates of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, from left, John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries", during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden.
Physics laureate Donna Strickland, left, receives the prize from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm.
The Nobel laureates seated on the podium at the Stockholm Concert Hall during the Nobel Prize award ceremony, in Stockholm. The Nobel laureates are seated in the front row at left and the Royal family at right.
The Nobel prize laureate in medicine or physiology 2018 is shown on the screen as James P Allison, left, and Tasuku Honjo, during the presentation at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. The citation for this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine says the two honorees developed therapies for treating cancer.
Sweden's Pontus Jansson, left, fights for the ball with Turkey's Cenk Tosun during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Sweden and Turkey at Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm.
People vote in polling booths during election day in Stockholm. Voters in Sweden appear to be split in an unpredictable general election that may turn into one of the most thrilling races in the Scandinavian country's history for decades amid heated debate on immigration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and other leaders at India-Nordic Summit in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi shakes hands with Prime Minister of Iceland, KatrÃn Jakobsdottir on the sidelines of India-Nordic Summit, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi shakes hands with Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg on the sidelines of India-Nordic Summit, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi shakes hands with Prime Minister of Finland, Juha Sipila, on the sidelines of India-Nordic Summit, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Lofven with the top business leaders at the roundtable meeting with Swedish CEOs, at City Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Lofven at City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Lofven with the children in traditional Indian costumes, at City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, walk from Sagerska House to the government building Rosenbad in Stockholm.
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, center left, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center right, pose for the media before a working lunch with at the government building Rosenbad in Stockholm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, meets with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, at the Rosenbad government headquarters in Stockholm. Modi is on at two day long visit to Sweden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Lofven, on his arrival, at Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, centre, is greeted by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, left, on his arrival at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerges from his plane as he is welcomed on arrival at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, Sweden.
From left, Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, Britain's Prince William, Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel pose for photographers prior to a dinner at the British ambassador's residence in Stockholm, Sweden. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a four-day visit to Sweden and Norway.
Manchester's Wayne Rooney lifts the trophy after winning 2-0 in the soccer Europa League final between Ajax Amsterdam and Manchester United at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden.
People observe a minute of silence near the department store Ahlens in Stockholm, Sweden, to honor the four killed victims and 15 injured in a fatal truck attack.
A withe angel is placed between flowers at a fence near the department store Ahlens following a suspected terror attack in central Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish prosecutor Hans Ihrman said a person has been formally identified as a suspect "of terrorist offences by murder" after a hijacked truck was driven into a crowd of pedestrians and crashed into a department store on Friday.
A woman lays down flowers near a stone lion on the reopened Drottninggatan, one of the cities main shopping streets where the department store Ahlens is located, in Stockholm, Sweden. A hijacked truck was driven into a crowd of pedestrians and crashed into the department store on Friday.
Thousands of people attends a "Lovefest" vigil against terrorism in Sergels Torg, central Stockholm, Sweden.
A woman writes a message on a wooden plank at the department store Ahlens in Stockholm, Sweden. A hijacked truck was driven into a crowd of pedestrians and crashed into a department store on Friday.
Members of the emergency services attend the scene after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Police evacuate Stockholm Central Train Station after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in a different part of Stockholm, Sweden.
Blood is smeared on the street at the scene after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden.
People walk on a street without vehicles after public transport was shutdown after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden.
In this police handout picture of a man who is wanted in connection with the truck incident that killed and injured several people in Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish police are searching for the man and say they cannot yet say how many people were killed or injured when a truck ran into a crowd in central Stockholm.
A police officer in a gas mask attends the scene after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden.
A street sign lays on the ground after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden.
Items lay on the street after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden.
Police officers guard the scene after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden.
A police officer guards the scene after a truck was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden.
A destroyed truck is pulled away by a service car after it was driven into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden.
A police officer guards in front of a destroyed part of a department store after a truck was driven into, in Stockholm, Sweden. The hijacked beer truck plowed into pedestrians at the central Stockholm department store, sending screaming shoppers fleeing in panic in what Sweden's prime minister called a terrorist attack.
A view of the scene as emergency services work in the area after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says everything indicates a truck that has crashed into a major department store in downtown Stockholm is "a terror attack."
People look on at the scene after a truck crashed into a department store injuring several people in central Stockholm, Sweden.
The Royal Academy of Sciences members, from left to right, Professor Sara Snogerup Linse, Professor Goran K Hansson and Professor Olof Ramstrom present the 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Nobel literature laureate Patrick Modiano bows after receiving his diploma and medal from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf during the Nobel award ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
French novelist and 2014 Nobel literature prizewinner Patrick Modiano before holding the Nobel lecture at the Swedish academy in Stockholm.
