Sputnik's weekly photo gallery presents a compilation of photos to show the highlights of the past week, where you can get a glimpse of what has been happening across the globe during this truly extraordinary time.
Nations continue to ease lockdown measures and restart their economies, with people pouring into the streets, parks, and other public spaces in an attempt to make up for time lost during self-isolation.
Besides the coronavirus issue, several parts of the world witnessed Mother Nature's wrath this week, with heavy rain and thunderstorms hitting cities and villages worldwide.
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Artyom Dziuba, a Zenit football club player, during the Russian Champions Cup award presentation following the match between FC Zenit (St. Petersburg) and FC Sochi (Sochi).
© Sputnik / Zenit Football Club
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People run during heavy rain in downtown Moscow, Russia.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov
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A woman poses for a photographer in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego, California on Saturday, 4 July 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many beaches have been shut down for the Fourth of July weekend across California due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. San Diego area beaches, however, have remained open.
© AFP 2023 / Sandy Huffaker
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Hearts painted by a team of artists from Upfest are seen in the grass in Queen Square, following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bristol, Britain 8 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Rebecca Naden
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People wear compulsory protective masks as they enjoy a ride in Thorpe Park, after it reopened following the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chertsey near London, Britain, 5 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Toby Melville
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A girl and a young man jump over the fire during the festival of Ivan Kupala on the shore of the Gulf of Pripyat in the ancient Belarusian city of Turov.
© Sputnik / Viktor Drachev
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People are seen outside a pub after the reopening of commercial activities, following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Newcastle, Britain, 4 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Lee Smith
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President Donald Trump swings a baseball bat during the Spirit of America Showcase at the White House, Thursday, 2 July 2020, in Washington.
© AP Photo / Evan Vucci
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Passengers wearing protective masks travel on an overcrowded train towards the capital city, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Dinuka Liyanawatte
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A reveller dressed up as Saint Fermin waves from a balcony in front of the town hall where the firing of "chupinazo", which opens the San Fermin festival that was cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, should have taken place, in Pamplona, Spain, 6 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Jon Nazca
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A restaurant worker wearing a mask cleans windows as the restaurant reopens amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, 6 July 2020. Bars, restaurants, and beauty salons were allowed to reopen Monday after over three months of quarantine, and are required to observe preventative measures and reduced operating hours only during the day.
© AP Photo / Andre Penner
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Buddhists monks and children look out from the rooftop at a Buddhist mission hostel and school for underprivileged children as an international passenger flight takes off at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport after the authorities eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19, in Kolkata on 5 July 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Dibyangshu Sarkar
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This photo taken on 5 July 2020, shows a man doing exercises as he hangs on a tree in Shenyang in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning.
© AFP 2023 / Stringer
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A student at the Leap of Dance Academy, Olamide Olawale, performs a dance routine on Okelola Street in Ajangbadi, Lagos, on 3 July 2020. The Leap of Dance Academy is a ballet school in a poor district of the sprawling megacity of Lagos that aims to bring classical dance to underprivileged children in Africa's most populous nation.
© AFP 2023 / Benson Ibeabuchi
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Protesters clash with police in Belgrade. Riots began engulfing Belgrade after the authorities announced the introduction of a curfew from Friday to Monday due to the worsening coronavirus situation.
© Sputnik
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Women whose wedding ceremony was delayed or cancelled due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic pose for photographers as they stage a protest at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Tuesday, 7 July 2020.
© AP Photo / Riccardo De Luca
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A bull throws its rider off during the God and Country rodeo held at the Hayseed Cowboy church on 4 July 2020, in Thaxton, Mississippi.
© AFP 2023 / Timothy Ivy
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Views of a powerful thunderstorm in Moscow.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Police officers search for missing people at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Tsunagi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on 7 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Kyodo
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Villagers carry their nets in an attempt to catch coins thrown as offerings by Hindu worshippers into the crater during the Kasada ceremony at Mount Bromo in Probolinggo, East Java Province, Indonesia 7 July 2020.
© REUTERS / Antara Foto Agency/Zabur Karuru
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Wang Shang-chi, 75, a mobile hat vender, rides his bike in a parking lot next to the Taipei City Zoo on 9 July 2020.
© AFP 2023 / Sam Yeh