IN PHOTOS: Amid the Covid-19 doom and gloom, stories of hope

TEHRAN, IRAN: A 103-year-old woman in Iran has recovered after being infected with the new coronavirus, state media reported, despite overwhelming evidence the elderly are most at risk from the disease. An elderly man and a woman, wearing a protective mask, walk along a street in Iran's capital Tehran on March 15, 2020

GUANGZHOU, CHINA: A recovered patient of coronavirus infection donates plasma at Guangzhou Blood Center on February 23, 2020 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China

ROME, ITALY: People applaud Italians doctors during a flash mob to raise morale as the lockdown continues due to the coronavirus outbreak on March 14, 2020, in Rome. The Italian Government has taken the unprecedented measure of a nationwide lockdown by closing all businesses except essential services such as pharmacies, grocery stores, hardware stores and tobacconists and banks, in an effort to fight the world's second-most deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak outside of China

WUHAN, CHINA: A discharged COVID-19 patient bows to doctors while leaving Wuchang Fang Cang makeshift hospital, the latest temporary hospital now being shut down, on March 10. As the number of Coronavirus patients drops, the city has closed 14 temporary hospitals

ROME, ITALY: A resident uses pot lids to play cymbals as she takes part in a flash mob called "Look out from the window, Rome mine!" (Affacciati alla Finestra, Roma Mia!) aimed to liven up the city's silence during the new coronavirus lockdown, from her balcony on March 13

HANGZHOU, CHINA: Customers line up at Apple's West Lake flagship store for a temperature test, as businesses limps back to service