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VIDEO: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, an unusual graduation took place Saturday at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Vice President Mike Pence gave the address in person as nearly 1,000 graduated from the military school.

Nearly four weeks after imposing a stringent nationwide lockdown, India took tentative steps to restart its economy, easing restrictions on farm-based businesses and some industries in areas relatively unaffected by the coronavirus pandemic.

A $3,000 on-the-spot fine for spitting or coughing on health workers during the COVID-19 crisis in the Australian state of New South Wales has been expanded to include other essential staff. There are more than 6,600 confirmed cases of the virus in Australia. Seventy people have died.

For people around the world who are staying at home during the pandemic, the internet has created a sense of normalcy during extraordinary times. For those with access, the screens of mobile devices and computers have become a way to escape to places hundreds or thousands of miles away. 

Authorities in Pakistan said Monday at least one soldier and five terrorists were killed in clashes in a volatile district that borders Afghanistan. The early morning violence in North Waziristan erupted after a group of armed militants assaulted a security outpost in the former terrorist stronghold.