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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. AFP
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Visitors, wearing protective face masks, take a selfie in front of the 'Mona Lisa' at the Louvre museum in Paris as it reopens after almost four months. Reuters
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Visitors take pictures of the painting 'Mona Lisa' on the first day after the Louvre in Paris reopens. Reuters
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Visitors wearing a protective face masks are seen at the Louvre museum in Paris as it reopens after almost four months. Reuters
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A visitor takes a photo of an artwork at Louvre as it reopens its doors. Getty Images
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask visits Louvre as it reopens its doors. Getty Images
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Visitors wearing protective face masks inspect paintings hanging in a gallery in the reopened Louvre Museum in Paris. Bloomberg
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Hundreds of visitors wearing protective face masks visited the Louvre Museum in Paris on its reopening day on Monday. Bloomberg
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a smartphone photograph of paintings hanging in a gallery in the reopened Louvre. Bloomberg
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Tickets for the museum must be bought beforehand online. Getty Images
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. Getty Images
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Galleries in which social distancing is more difficult – about a third of the museum’s total offering – will remain off-limits. EPA
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. AFP
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Visitors, wearing protective face masks, take a selfie in front of the 'Mona Lisa' at the Louvre museum in Paris as it reopens after almost four months. Reuters
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Visitors take pictures of the painting 'Mona Lisa' on the first day after the Louvre in Paris reopens. Reuters
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Visitors wearing a protective face masks are seen at the Louvre museum in Paris as it reopens after almost four months. Reuters
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A visitor takes a photo of an artwork at Louvre as it reopens its doors. Getty Images
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask visits Louvre as it reopens its doors. Getty Images
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Visitors wearing protective face masks inspect paintings hanging in a gallery in the reopened Louvre Museum in Paris. Bloomberg
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Hundreds of visitors wearing protective face masks visited the Louvre Museum in Paris on its reopening day on Monday. Bloomberg
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a smartphone photograph of paintings hanging in a gallery in the reopened Louvre. Bloomberg
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Tickets for the museum must be bought beforehand online. Getty Images
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. Getty Images
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Galleries in which social distancing is more difficult – about a third of the museum’s total offering – will remain off-limits. EPA
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A visitor wearing a protective face mask takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa'. AFP
Face-masked visitors flock to Paris's Louvre as it reopens after four months – in pictures
The museum – the most visited in the world – has been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic
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