COVID-19 in Pictures: Social distancing around the world

This is how social distancing looks around the world

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews, wearing the traditional Tallit Jewish prayer shawls, pray along a street outside their closed synagogue following instructions to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic while keeping a distance of two meters from one another, in Jerusalem.
AFP
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A sign warns visitors to keep 1,5 meters distance as tourists visit a flowering bulb fields in Lisse.
AFP
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Social distancing signs are seen on tables at a restaurant in Hong Kong.
AP
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People in their cars watch a movie at a drive-in theatre while keeping social distancing following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
REUTERS
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People wait in line at a grocery store while practicing social distancing, during the outbreak of COVID-19 in Brooklyn, New York.
REUTERS
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A couple hold hands as most people observe social distancing due to the virus outbreak on a sunny day in Muenster, western Germany. The German government has considerably restricted public life and allowed only two non-family members together in public.
AP
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People sit at a safe distance in Red Square in Moscow.
Sergey Ponomarev/The New York Times
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People queue respecting their social distance, outside a grocery shop in east London.
AP
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People in an exercise group keep their distance during a session in Piers Park in Boston, US. The group usually meets at the YMCA which is closed due to concern about the coronavirus.
AP
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People enjoy sunny weather at New York's Domino Park on Friday, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The mayor is threatening to fine residents who flout the social-distancing rules.
Mark Abramson/The New York Times

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