This week the virus continued spreading, but there have been many significant events apart from those linked to the pandemic. Sputnik has created a gallery, so you can track what is going on in the world, seeing how people are fighting the disease, and what else is going on - so you don't miss anything important. Stay with us to see more!
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A Palestinian man wearing a coronavirus costume sewn by his sister plays with a girl in the central Gaza Strip amid the COVID-19 pandemic, on 20 April 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Mohammed Abed
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A ring girl wearing a protective face mask is seen before a Belarusian Fight Championship bout in Prime Hall, Minsk.
© AFP 2023 / Vasily Fedosenko
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This aerial photo shows people gathering at a beach in Hong Kong on 19 April 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.
© AFP 2023 / Dale de la Rey
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Easter service at the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg
© Sputnik / Alexander Galperin
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Emergency services disinfect the Kievsky Vokzal railway station in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy
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Migrant labourers rest in cement pipes during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lucknow, India.
© REUTERS / Pawan Kumar
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A Soyuz MC-15 spacecraft carries three crew members of the International Space Station back to Earth
© Sputnik / Roscosmos
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A young boy reads out the message from an informational mural warning people about the risk of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the Mathare Valley slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
© AFP 2023 / Simon Maina
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A street vendor wearing a face mask is pictured as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
© REUTERS / Luc Gnago
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A picture taken on 18 April 2020 showing the Great pyramids being lit with blue lights and a laser projection message saying "Stay Home" on the Giza plateau outside the Egyptian capital of Cairo.
© REUTERS / Khaled Desouki
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Girls hang out with their dogs on the roof of their house as the Philippine government enforces home quarantines to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in metro Manila, Philippines, 21 April 2020.
© REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez
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A couple wearing protective masks walk past a photograph in front of a theatre amid the coronavirus pandemic in Washington, DC, on 22 April 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Olivier Douliery
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Public service workers disinfect the streets and pavement near Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov
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Medical personnel jump in the COVID-19 unit at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital, during the coronavirus outbreak, in Liege, Belgium.
© REUTERS / Yves Herman
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The Fort Myers Police Department makes a heart out of police cars to thank healthcare workers at Lee Memorial Hospital, in Fort Myers, Florida.
© REUTERS / Fort Myers Police Department
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An employee from "Southern Cultures" national park in Russia feeds an orphaned baby squirrel.
© Sputnik / Artur Lebedev
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Mexican lawyer Candelario Maldonado, dressed up as the fictional character Batman, gives a birthday cake to a child wearing a face mask in front of his home, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Monterrey, Mexico.
© REUTERS / Daniel Becerril
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Sheep graze near the deserted Mont Saint-Michel in the western French region of Normandy, as a lockdown is imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France.
© REUTERS / Pascal Rossignol