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WEB APTOPIX Virus Outbreak -Eid al Fitr Holiday New York

Children react from inside their family's car as a volunteer from the Muslim Community Center blows bubbles at them as part of an Eid al-Fitr celebration, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, Sunday, May 24, 2020, in New York. Due to the need for social distancing because of the coronavirus pandemic, the celebration was held as a drive-thru event in which sweets and toys were handout out. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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