Wearing masks and keeping about a meter apart, men and women in Wuhan were dancing once again on a Saturday night by the side of the Yangtze river, which winds through the central Chinese city where the novel coronavirus pandemic began.

Wuhan's 76-day lockdown ended on April 8, and the city is slowly getting back on its feet, hopeful that the worst is passed, but worried by the emergence last week of a few fresh cases on the virus.

While most large indoor gatherings are still banned, people are reclaiming their daily lives and hobbies, which in many parts of China includes "square dancing," or mass dances, usually in the evenings in public squares, plazas or parks.