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A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a closed restaurant in Paris, France. Reuters
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An employee looks at the installation "The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended Into the Heavens" by Yayoi Kusama in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition is temporarily closed to the general public due to increased coronavirus restrictions. Getty Images
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German Health Minister Jens Spahn visits the Allergopharma plant in Reinbek near Hamburg, northern Germany. The company has started production of Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine. AFP
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Pupils of the High School Buergerwiese sit at socially distanced tables in the school's sport hall while taking exams in Dresden, Germany. AP Photo
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A Bullfighting School pupil practises at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain. AFP
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Staff disinfects a theater as the Ambrosio multiplex cinema as it reopens after a long period of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Turin, Italy. EPA
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Police officers make a routine check in restaurants to verify compliance with Covid-19 measures in Vincennes, near Paris, France. Reuters
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A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a closed restaurant in Paris, France. Reuters
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An employee looks at the installation "The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended Into the Heavens" by Yayoi Kusama in Berlin, Germany. The exhibition is temporarily closed to the general public due to increased coronavirus restrictions. Getty Images
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German Health Minister Jens Spahn visits the Allergopharma plant in Reinbek near Hamburg, northern Germany. The company has started production of Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine. AFP
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A nurse takes care of a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit of the community hospital in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. AFP
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Pupils of the High School Buergerwiese sit at socially distanced tables in the school's sport hall while taking exams in Dresden, Germany. AP Photo
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Customers queue for access to a JD Sports store in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Shops and outdoor seating at restaurants and cafes have partially reopened. Bloomberg
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A Bullfighting School pupil practises at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain. AFP
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Staff disinfects a theater as the Ambrosio multiplex cinema as it reopens after a long period of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Turin, Italy. EPA
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Police officers make a routine check in restaurants to verify compliance with Covid-19 measures in Vincennes, near Paris, France. Reuters
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A woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks past a closed restaurant in Paris, France. Reuters
Eurozone plunges into double-dip recession in first quarter
Output contracted 0.6% in first three months of year during third wave of coronavirus
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