Coronavirus cases continue to surge across Europe, where the Czech Republic is reporting the highest per capita infection rate in the world. On Wednesday, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis apologized as he announced a new nationwide lockdown — the second of the year.

In Paris, the French prime minister has extended a nightly curfew to cover 46 million people — about two-thirds of the French population.

Prime Minister Jean Castex: “To put things simply, the situation is serious. It’s serious in Europe. It’s serious in France.”