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College sophomore Abby Campbell works on homework via remote learning as she watches US singer Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell perform during the One World: Together At Home broadcast in Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.Credit:MATT CAMPBELL
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Volunteers wearing protective outfits light candles during the Orthodox Easter service, held without any worshipers due to COVID-19 restrictions in Bucharest, Romania.Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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A Parakeet feasts on fruit in Kensington Gardens in London, Britain. According to local media reports, wildlife in Britain is becoming emboldened due to less human activity as as result of coronavirus social distancing measures.Credit:NEIL HALL
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A Bulgarian believer prays with candles during the Orthodox Easter service in front of Sveti Sedmochislenici Church in Sofia, Bulgaria.Credit:VASSIL DONEV
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Moroccan Al-Hassan continues to sell essential items in his shop in the heart of the old city of Rabat, Morocco, 18 April 2020. According to reports, Moroccan authorities announced extending the state of health emergency for an additional month until 20 May, as part of its measures to stem the widespread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.Credit:JALAL MORCHIDI
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Masks hang in the sun on a line in Cape Town, South Africa. South African is on a total lockdown of the country until the end of April to try stem the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.Credit:NIC BOTHMA
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Volunteers from the Evangelical association 'Tabita onlus' donate fish and seafood to poor people in Naples, Italy.Credit:Ciro Fusco
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Specially trained volunteers work at a temporary mortuary erected in the car park of Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham, England.Credit:Christopher Furlong
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The sun sets as a fishing boat crosses the Mediterranean Sea at Ramlet al-Baida public beach, which is almost empty of people during a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon.Credit:HASSAN AMMAR
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A priest distributes holy light to households during the coronavirus pandemic in Bucharest, Romania. Priests accompanied by volunteers distributed the holy light ahead of the usual time, at midnight, as people observed the interdiction to join religious celebrations in the week leading to the Orthodox Easter, imposed across Romania as authorities try to limit the spread of the COVID-19 infections. Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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Two young sisters wear face masks as they stand outside their home on an empty street during a health state of emergency and home confinement order in Rabat, Morocco. Morocco extended its lockdown until May 20th to prevent the spread of coronavirus.Credit:Mosa'ab Elshamy
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A doctor wears a protective suit, mask, goggles and gloves as he performs an ultrasound scan on a COVID - 19 patient inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for COVID -19 patients of Krakow's University Hospital in Krakow, Poland.Credit:Omar Marques
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A postal worker wearing a mask and gloves delivers mail in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. New York's daily toll of coronavirus deaths hit its lowest point in more than two weeks, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that the state isn't ready to ease up on shutdowns of schools, businesses and gatherings. Credit:BEBETO MATTHEWS
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A volunteer wearing a protective outfit lights a candle from a priest during the Orthodox Easter service, held without any worshipers due to COVID-19 restrictions, just before midnight, in Bucharest, Romania.Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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People dance on their balcony in Madrid, Spain. Spain is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures to ease its economy, people in some services including manufacturing, construction are being allowed to return to work but must adhere to strict safety guidelines.Credit:Carlos Alvarez