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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Sacre Coeur basilica in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance on the empty Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Yara Al-Hasbani, 27-year-old, a Syrian dancer and choreographer looks through the window of a car reflecting the Eiffel tower in Paris on April 22, 2020, on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance on the empty Trocadero square in Paris on April 22, 2020, on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the empty Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance on in front of Paris' Opera Garnier on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Lourvre Museum's pyramid in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in Montmatre, Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Lourvre Museum's pyramid in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Sacre Coeur basilica in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance on the empty Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Yara Al-Hasbani, 27-year-old, a Syrian dancer and choreographer looks through the window of a car reflecting the Eiffel tower in Paris on April 22, 2020, on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance on the empty Trocadero square in Paris on April 22, 2020, on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the empty Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance on in front of Paris' Opera Garnier on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Lourvre Museum's pyramid in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in Montmatre, Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Lourvre Museum's pyramid in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
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Syrian dancer and choreographer Yara al-Hasbani performs a dance in front of the Sacre Coeur basilica in Paris on the 37th day of a strict lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19. AFP
Syrian ballet dancer performs in eerily empty Paris
Yara al-Hasbani danced before deserted monuments in the French capital
AFP
25 April, 2020
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