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Worshippers, keeping a safe distance from one another, perform the dawn prayer at a mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
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People spend time at the seafront promenade in the Saudi port city of Jeddah as the country reopens following the lifting of a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
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People spend time at the seafront promenade in the Saudi seaport of Jeddah. AFP
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A man walks at the seafront promenade in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. AFP
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Saudi youths ride bicycles at the seafront promenade in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. AFP
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Mask-clad men walk along the promenade of Tahlia street in the centre of Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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Mask-clad clients wait for their table to be sanitised upon arriving at a cafe in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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A worker sanitises a table for clients at a cafe in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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A waiter takes orders from clients at a cafe in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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A mask-clad waiter takes orders from clients at a cafe in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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Cars drive down King Fahad boulevard after the authorities eased some of the lockdown measures that had been imposed in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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Cars drive along King Fahad boulevard after the authorities eased some of the lockdown measures that had been imposed in a bid to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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Workers wearing protective face masks work on a road after authorities eased some of the measures that had been imposed in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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A volunteer checks the temperature of a man as he arrives to perform the dawn prayer at a mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
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Worshippers, keeping a safe distance from one another, perform the dawn prayer at a mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
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People spend time at the seafront promenade in the Saudi port city of Jeddah as the country reopens following the lifting of a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
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People spend time at the seafront promenade in the Saudi seaport of Jeddah. AFP
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A man walks at the seafront promenade in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. AFP
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Saudi youths ride bicycles at the seafront promenade in the Saudi port city of Jeddah. AFP
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A hairdresser clad in face shield and mask cuts a client's hair at a women's salon in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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A hairdresser clad in face shield and mask blow-dries a client's hair at a women's salon in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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Mask-clad men walk along the promenade of Tahlia street in the centre of Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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Mask-clad clients wait for their table to be sanitised upon arriving at a cafe in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh. AFP
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Cars drive down King Fahad boulevard after the authorities eased some of the lockdown measures that had been imposed in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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Cars drive along King Fahad boulevard after the authorities eased some of the lockdown measures that had been imposed in a bid to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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Workers wearing protective face masks work on a road after authorities eased some of the measures that had been imposed in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP
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A volunteer checks the temperature of a man as he arrives to perform the dawn prayer at a mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
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Worshippers, keeping a safe distance from one another, perform the dawn prayer at a mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah. AFP
Life returns to Saudi Arabia as lockdown lifts
Barbers and shopping malls busy across kingdom as Saudis enjoy benefits of lifting restrictions
Salah Fareed
Balquees Basalom
22 June, 2020
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