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Half-empty restaurants in the city center of Turin, Italy. EPA
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Two people walk along an empty street where the shops and restaurants are closed, in Munich, southern Germany. AFP
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People queue at a vaccination center in the Arena event hall in Berlin, Germany. EPA
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A woman crosses a deserted market place in Meissen, Germany. AP Photo
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A student has his body temperature taken by a teacher upon his arrival at Ruben Dario School in Barcelona, Spain. EPA
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Health Service workers wear protective gear as they take in a patient at Bellvitge hospital, in Barcelona, Spain. EPA
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A man arrives to be tested for Covid-19 at a mass testing center in Bagneux, outside Paris, France. AP Photo
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A medical worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a patient in Cannes, France. Reuters
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People wearing face masks sit on a bench in Marseille, southern France. AFP
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High school students wear face masks during a lesson as students returned to classrooms in Florence, Italy. AP Photo
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High school students light flares as they gather to protest against online schooling outside the Ministry of Education, in Rome, Italy. AP Photo
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Half-empty restaurants in the city center of Turin, Italy. EPA
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Police patrol on the main shopping street in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. AP Photo
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Two people walk along an empty street where the shops and restaurants are closed, in Munich, southern Germany. AFP
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People queue at a vaccination center in the Arena event hall in Berlin, Germany. EPA
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A woman crosses a deserted market place in Meissen, Germany. AP Photo
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A student has his body temperature taken by a teacher upon his arrival at Ruben Dario School in Barcelona, Spain. EPA
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Health Service workers wear protective gear as they take in a patient at Bellvitge hospital, in Barcelona, Spain. EPA
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A man arrives to be tested for Covid-19 at a mass testing center in Bagneux, outside Paris, France. AP Photo
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A medical worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a patient in Cannes, France. Reuters
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People wearing face masks sit on a bench in Marseille, southern France. AFP
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High school students wear face masks during a lesson as students returned to classrooms in Florence, Italy. AP Photo
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High school students light flares as they gather to protest against online schooling outside the Ministry of Education, in Rome, Italy. AP Photo
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Half-empty restaurants in the city center of Turin, Italy. EPA
Angela Merkel warns Germany's lockdown against new Covid-19 variant will last 10 weeks
Chancellor fears the spread of viral mutation that has rampaged throughout the UK
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