As nations have been put on lockdown for several weeks or more already and no one knows when the coronavirus pandemic will end, people struggle to entertain themselves while being caged up within their own four walls.
However, some on the Internet contend that our fluffy four-legged friends are suffering the most; given the 24-hour presence of their owners (some may say "slaves"), cats are find it difficult to play tricks around the house.
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An Iraqi woman wearing a protective mask and coloured contact lenses holds her cat as she poses for a picture during a protest against corruption in the Iraqi government in the southern city of Basra in February 2020.
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A cat yawns in the window of a house, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, during Holy Week in Ronda, southern Spain, 11 April 2020
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A high school student takes a test online at her home in Chisseaux near Tours on 27 March 2020, on the eleventh day of a lockdown in France to stop the spread of COVID-19
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A domestic black cat looks at a cat sitting outside the window, in the village of Blecourt during a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, 29 March 2020.
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Marcel Nguyen, artistic gymnast, trains on a training bar in his mother's garden in Unterhaching, Germany, 25 March 2020.
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A guy with his cat on a balcony in Moscow
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Lea, 19, plays with her cat as she studies in her house, during the lockdown imposed by the Belgian government to slow down the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moorsel, Belgium, 31 March 2020
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A cat sits on a balcony during confinement to prevent the spread of coronavirus COVID-19, in Pamplona, April 2020
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Kaethe Singer, accompanied by her cat, studies at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Jugenheim, Germany2020
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Yoga instructor Chris Igreja, 29, pets her cat during an online yoga class she gives from home as a protective measure to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 March 2020
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A man sits on his home as his cat looks through a balcony window, after the government ordered quarantine and nighttime curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, 31 2020
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Palestinian artist Dorgham Krakeh holds before a cat a painted N95 protective mask, for a project raising awareness about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Gaza City on 24 March 2020
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A cat looks out in the street form a window during a nationwide confinement to counter the Covid-19, in Paris, Sunday, April 5, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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A Buddhist monk wearing a face mask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pets a cat at Wat Pak Nam Buddhist temple in Bangkok on March 16, 2020.
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A cat is seen in a balcony during a citywide applause as people clap from their balconies and windows to show appreciation and support for the health workers as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina 29 March 2020.
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A woman takes her cat out during the coronavirus lockdown imposed by the Belgian government in an attempt to slow down the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Brussels municipality of Ixelles, Belgium, 28 March 2020.
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Tatiana Aguayo, 35, animal rights activist, cuddles a cat in an animal shelter while wearing a face mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bogota, Colombia, 4 April 2020.
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A cat lies in a window near the theatre where the new production of the Oberammergau Passion Play will take place during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Oberammergau, Germany, March 19, 2020. Bavaria's Passion Play, staged every decade since the 1630s when villagers thanked God for the end of the plague, has been postponed for two years due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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