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A girl walks by a close public beach, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in the northern coast near Alexandria, Egypt . EPA
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Worshippers at the Bani Hashim Mosque in Abu Dhabi pray. Restrictions have been eased to allow 50 per cent occupancy in places of worship. Victor Besa /The National
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Worshippers at the Bani Hashim Mosque in Abu Dhabi pray. Restrictions have been eased to allow 50 per cent occupancy in places of worship. Victor Besa /The National
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Public parks are open and allows use of facilities now in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Public parks are open and allows use of facilities now in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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A man jogs near a cordoned off area which is almost empty of residents and tourists, officially closed following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
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People wear face masks and observe social distance during a mass at Virgin Mary Church in Dokki district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
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Priest Abdel Masseh Baset of the Historical Church of Blessed Virgin Mary gives Sacramental bread to coptic at Mostorod district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
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People soak in the sun at the Menekse beach amid the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus on sunset in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
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People jump into the Sea of marmara during sunset in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
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'Mozo', a robot waiter at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
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A girl walks by a close public beach, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in the northern coast near Alexandria, Egypt . EPA
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Worshippers at the Bani Hashim Mosque in Abu Dhabi pray. Restrictions have been eased to allow 50 per cent occupancy in places of worship. Victor Besa /The National
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Worshippers at the Bani Hashim Mosque in Abu Dhabi pray. Restrictions have been eased to allow 50 per cent occupancy in places of worship. Victor Besa /The National
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Public parks are open and allows use of facilities now in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Public parks are open and allows use of facilities now in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
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A man jogs near a cordoned off area which is almost empty of residents and tourists, officially closed following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon. AP Photo
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People wear face masks and observe social distance during a mass at Virgin Mary Church in Dokki district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
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Priest Abdel Masseh Baset of the Historical Church of Blessed Virgin Mary gives Sacramental bread to coptic at Mostorod district in Cairo, Egypt. EPA
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People soak in the sun at the Menekse beach amid the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus on sunset in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
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People jump into the Sea of marmara during sunset in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
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'Mozo', a robot waiter at Kimbo Restaurant & Cafe in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
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A girl walks by a close public beach, amid the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in the northern coast near Alexandria, Egypt . EPA
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