Japan cruise ship coronavirus cases climb over 170

Eyewitnesses have described a gruesome murder scene following the death on a cruise ship of 39-year-old Kristy Manzanares, with her husband now in custody and charged with her murder.

Authorities on St. Lucia say they quarantined a ship owned by the Church of Scientology after a case of measles aboard. This comes as the world sees a resurgence of the sometimes deadly disease.

Anti-cruise ship activists in Venice, migrant minors sheltered in a Paris art gallery, and more.

The Marella Discovery picked up 111 migrants, including 33 children, near Greece's Peloponnese peninsula. Despite a large fall in migrants crossing the Mediterranean, six people die each day making the journey.

The SuperStar Aquarius carrying 1738 passengers including 1709 Taiwanese, was allowed to dock at Keelung Harbour Saturday despite a previous ban by Taiwanese authorities on port calls for all cruise liners. Passengers will have to pass health checks before disembarking. Health authorities have not ruled out mass quarantine on the ship if there are any confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection found among the passengers.

A further 39 people on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the Japan coast have tested positive for the new coronavirus as thousands more steel themselves for a second week in quarantine.

Another 44 people on board a cruise ship moored off Japan's coast have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

A cruise liner and a cargo vessel are being held in Cape Town after a crew member on one of the ships showed signs of coronavirus.

Seven people on board the German-based ship Artania have tested positive for COVID-19. Officials have previously allowed hundreds of infected passengers from other ships to disembark.

The disembarking of 2,700 passengers, some infected with the coronavirus, in Sydney a month ago is now being probed by police in Australia. Eleven of the country's 35 fatalities had been on board the Ruby Princess.

Travel giant TUI Cruises has kept nearly 3,000 crew members quarantined on a ship in Cuxhaven in northern Germany. DW spoke to several of them, who complained of payment issues, health risks and lack of communication.