Copyright: Rob Jewell
As Americans wake up to news that their president has spent the night in hospital, let's look at other ways the global pandemic is marking our lives this weekend, in the UK and other countries.
Sunday's London Marathon will look worlds away from previous editions, the BBC's Alice Evans reports.
The UK's coronavirus lockdown forced a six-month delay to the race, which is normally run in April. Only a handful of runners, all elite, will be taking part on the official course around St James's Park in central London.
The 45,000 other participants will run or walk a marathon (26.2 miles, or 42km) at a time and place of their choosing on Sunday, logging their progress on an app to make their time official and secure a sought-after medal.
Gill Silverthorn said she had had a few odd looks from people while training for her race - which will take place along coastal paths and promenades around Penzance, Cornwall - wearing her 10kg rhino costume.
And in Brisbane, 10,000 miles (16,000km) away from the usual starting line in Greenwich, south-east London, Elizabeth Gallagher will begin her marathon at 3am UK time (midday for her).
Chris Finill, one of the "Ever Presents", a group of just 10 people who have run every London Marathon, will be running laps of Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey instead of the usual course for the 40th time.
The 61-year-old said: "It will be more meaningful to get to the finish on Sunday than it would be in a normal year because most people's journeys to get to the start line have been pretty difficult - let alone the race itself.
"So I think we'll all feel a particular sense of relief and satisfaction when we cross that finish line."
Copyright: PA Media
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2020-10-03 11:09:03Z
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