Bear hunts delight kids under COVID-19 lockdown
Teddy bears are helping kids around the world to banish coronavirus boredom
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A mass teddy bear hunt is under way around the world to help distract the millions of children locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The hunt is inspired by the childrens book Were Going on a Bear Hunt, written by UK author Michael Rosen.
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New Zealanders are embracing an international movement in which people are placing teddy bears in their windows during coronavirus lockdowns to brighten the mood and give children a game to play by spotting the bears in their neighborhoods.
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Teddy bears are being placed in windows or under porches to give children a fun and safe activity while walking around their neighbourhood with parents in Washington.
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Teddy bears are being placed in windows or under porches to give children a fun and safe activity while walking around their neighbourhood with parents in Washington.
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Teddy bears are being placed in windows or under porches to give children a fun and safe activity.
AFP
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A mass teddy bear hunt is under way around the world to help distract the millions of children locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
AFP
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Teddy bears are placed in a window in Washington.
AFP
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The hunt is inspired by the childrens book Were Going on a Bear Hunt, written by UK author Michael Rosen.
AFP
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Teddy bears sit in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A mass teddy bear hunt is under way around the world to help distract the millions of children locked down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
AFP
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Teddy bears are placed on a windowsill of a home in Mechelen.
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A teddy bear sits a the wheel of a car outside a in house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A stuffed bear is placed in a window to give children a fun and safe activity while walking around their neighbourhood with parents in Washington.
AFP
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A teddy bears sit in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A teddy bear sits in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand
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Teddy bears are placed on a windowsill of a home in Mechelen.
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A teddy bear hangs upside down in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A teddy bear is seen in a window as part of a worldwide scavenger hunt project to entertain children, during the coronavirus disease in Seattle.
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A teddy bear sits under an umbrella in a tree outside a house in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A teddy bear is seen in a window as part of a worldwide scavenger hunt project to entertain children.
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A stuffed bear near a door to give children a fun and safe activity while walking around their neighbourhood with parents in Washington.
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A teddy bear sits in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A teddy bear sits in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A teddy bear sits in the window of a van outside house in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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A teddy bear and a chocolate bunny are seen in a window in Clapham, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain.
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Teddy bears in a window of a pharmacy during a partial lockdown against the spread of Covid-19 in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Teddy bears are being placed in windows or under porches to give children a fun and safe activity while walking around their neighbourhood with parents in Washington.
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A teddy bear sits in the window of a house Christchurch, New Zealand.
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