• A pet sitter walks dogs in the French capital of Paris. The new Covid-19 restrictions allow people to be within a radius of 10 kilometres from their homes. EPA
    A pet sitter walks dogs in the French capital of Paris. The new Covid-19 restrictions allow people to be within a radius of 10 kilometres from their homes. EPA
  • Accountant Tercio Galdino and wife Alicea, dressed in their astronaut costumes, walk along Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amid the coronavirus pandemic. AP Photo
    Accountant Tercio Galdino and wife Alicea, dressed in their astronaut costumes, walk along Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amid the coronavirus pandemic. AP Photo
  • Walkers skirt lava flows from the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The volcano, about 40 kilometres west of the capital Reykjevik, started to erupt on Friday after 50,000 small earthquakes were recorded. It last erupted 800 years ago. Reuters
    Walkers skirt lava flows from the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The volcano, about 40 kilometres west of the capital Reykjevik, started to erupt on Friday after 50,000 small earthquakes were recorded. It last erupted 800 years ago. Reuters
  • A worker removes razor wire from the top of security fencing as part of a easing of security measures put in place after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in Washington. Reuters
    A worker removes razor wire from the top of security fencing as part of a easing of security measures put in place after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in Washington. Reuters
  • Iraqi Kurds carry torches up Kali mountain to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akre, Iraq. Getty Images
    Iraqi Kurds carry torches up Kali mountain to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akre, Iraq. Getty Images
  • A woman stands at an observation deck overlooking the oasis town of Figuig on the border with Algeria. AFP
    A woman stands at an observation deck overlooking the oasis town of Figuig on the border with Algeria. AFP
  • Migrants cross the Rio Bravo to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reuters
    Migrants cross the Rio Bravo to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reuters
  • Police officers remove a protester from a restaurant in a shopping mall for not wearing a protective mask, during a protest against the government's Covid-19 restrictions in Kassel, Germany. Reuters
    Police officers remove a protester from a restaurant in a shopping mall for not wearing a protective mask, during a protest against the government's Covid-19 restrictions in Kassel, Germany. Reuters
  • A motorcyclist is blocked by a flooded road at Old Pitt Town, north-west of Sydney, Australia. The country's most populous state of New South Wales on Sunday issued ordered more evacuations following the worst flooding in decades. AP Photo
    A motorcyclist is blocked by a flooded road at Old Pitt Town, north-west of Sydney, Australia. The country's most populous state of New South Wales on Sunday issued ordered more evacuations following the worst flooding in decades. AP Photo

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