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Visitors take pictures as singers and musicians perform at Rome's landmark Colosseum as it reopens amid an easing of coronavirus restrictions. AFP
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Restaurants prepare to reopen in Turin. EPA
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A man sips coffee in front of the Colosseum after its reopening in Rome. AP Photo
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Museums employee walk down an aisle of the Vatican Museums as they prepare to open. AP Photo
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People enjoy the late afternoon as restaurants are opened in Milan. EPA
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People sit at a cafe after the coronavirus disease restrictions were eased in Rome. Reuters
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Departing passengers walk at the International Airport 'Leonardo Da Vinci' in Fiumicino, near Rome. EPA
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Elderly people wearing face masks play cards in a small park in Milan. EPA
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People walk around Turin. EPA
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Visitors take pictures as singers and musicians perform at Rome's landmark Colosseum as it reopens amid an easing of coronavirus restrictions. AFP
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Visitors walk through the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. AP Photo
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Restaurants prepare to reopen in Turin. EPA
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A man sips coffee in front of the Colosseum after its reopening in Rome. AP Photo
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Museums employee walk down an aisle of the Vatican Museums as they prepare to open. AP Photo
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People enjoy the late afternoon as restaurants are opened in Milan. EPA
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People sit at a cafe after the coronavirus disease restrictions were eased in Rome. Reuters
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Departing passengers walk at the International Airport 'Leonardo Da Vinci' in Fiumicino, near Rome. EPA
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Elderly people wearing face masks play cards in a small park in Milan. EPA
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People walk around Turin. EPA
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