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This Week in Pictures: 11-17 April

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Sputnik's photo gallery invites you to check out the most important events that took place across the world in the past seven days.

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe, people are getting used to life under new conditions in a self-isolated world. 

The past week was marked by events in different countries mostly concerning the new coronavirus and the new reality that people live in.

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, more than 2,000,000 people have been infected worldwide, with over 144,000 fatalities, according to John Hopkins University.

© AFP 2023 / Alain JocardA woman wearing a protective mask walks past a store window in Paris on 14 April 2020, on the twenty-ninth day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
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A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a store window in Paris on 14 April 2020, on the twenty-ninth day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
© Sputnik / Stringer / Go to the mediabankFirefighters combat a blaze in the village of Polesskoye and reach the border of the village of Ragovka, in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine, where forest fires have raged near the site of the infamous 1986 nuclear catastrophe for almost a week.
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Firefighters combat a blaze in the village of Polesskoye and reach the border of the village of Ragovka, in the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine, where forest fires have raged near the site of the infamous 1986 nuclear catastrophe for almost a week.
© AFP 2023 / NTB Scanpix / Marit HommedalA picture taken on 10 April 2020 shows houses blanked by snow in Vikafjellet, near Voss in eastern Norway. During the Easter weekend, only locals are allowed in the area due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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A picture taken on 10 April 2020 shows houses blanked by snow in Vikafjellet, near Voss in eastern Norway. During the Easter weekend, only locals are allowed in the area due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
© REUTERS / Amir CohenA woman runs with a dog through a field of buttercups near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip, 14 April 2020.
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A woman runs with a dog through a field of buttercups near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, just outside the Gaza Strip, 14 April 2020.
© Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin is holding a video conference with members of the Russian government.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a video conference with members of the Russian government.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov / Go to the mediabankA man walks though an all-but-empty Red Square, as most residents of the Russian capital Moscow observe a self-isolation mandate.
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A man walks though an all-but-empty Red Square, as most residents of the Russian capital Moscow observe a self-isolation mandate.
© AFP 2023 / Vincenzo PintoA couple wearing face masks and pushing a pram walk past a mural in the Trastevere district of Rome on 13 April 2020 during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A couple wearing face masks and pushing a pram walk past a mural in the Trastevere district of Rome on 13 April 2020 during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
© AFP 2023 / StrThe world's smallest living woman, Jyoti Amge (L), greets a police officer as the Guinness world record-holder appeals to citizens to stay inside their homes during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19 in Nagpure on 13 April 2020.
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The world's smallest living woman, Jyoti Amge (L), greets a police officer as the Guinness world record-holder appeals to citizens to stay inside their homes during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVID-19 in Nagpure on 13 April 2020.
© REUTERS / Khaled Abdullah People walk on a damaged street at an area flooded by heavy rains in Sanaa, Yemen, 14 April 2020.
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People walk on a damaged street at an area flooded by heavy rains in Sanaa, Yemen, 14 April 2020.
© REUTERS / Ueslei Marcelino Brazilian 99-year-old former WWII combatant Ermando Armelino Piveta gestures as he leaves the Armed Forces Hospital, after being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged, in Brasilia, Brazil, 14 April 2020.
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Brazilian 99-year-old former WWII combatant Ermando Armelino Piveta gestures as he leaves the Armed Forces Hospital, after being treated for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and discharged, in Brasilia, Brazil, 14 April 2020.
© Sputnik / Evgeny Odinokov / Go to the mediabankConstruction site of the infectious centre in New Moscow.
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Construction site of the infectious centre in New Moscow.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich / Go to the mediabankBallerina Svetlana Zakharova during the charity concert "Together" at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The concert was organised by the Bolshoi Theater in conjunction with the TV channel Russia 1.
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Ballerina Svetlana Zakharova during the charity concert "Together" at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. The concert was organised by the Bolshoi Theater in conjunction with the TV channel Russia 1.
© AFP 2023 / Martin Bureau Parisians applaud from their windows at 20:00 along with others across the French nation, to show their support to healthcare employees in Paris, on 14 April 2020, on the twenty-ninth day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19
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Parisians applaud from their windows at 20:00 along with others across the French nation, to show their support to healthcare employees in Paris, on 14 April 2020, on the twenty-ninth day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19
© AFP 2023 / Isaac KasamaniA white-bellied pangolin which was rescued from local animal traffickers is seen at the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) office in Kampala, Uganda, on 9 April 2020.
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A white-bellied pangolin which was rescued from local animal traffickers is seen at the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) office in Kampala, Uganda, on 9 April 2020.
© Sputnik / Iliya Pitalev / Go to the mediabankMembers of the stanitsa Cossack society of the Ruza municipal district named after L. M. Dovator patrol the streets of Ruza during the self-isolation mandate in the Moscow region.
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Members of the stanitsa Cossack society of the Ruza municipal district named after L. M. Dovator patrol the streets of Ruza during the self-isolation mandate in the Moscow region.
© AFP 2023 / David GrayThis pictures taken on 10 April 2020 shows a rainbow appearing behind a surfer at sunset on Narrawallee Beach in Mollymook, some 224 kilometres south of Sydney. Authorities have imposed strict social distancing measures in an effort to deal with the coronavirus pandemic during the Easter holidays.
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This pictures taken on 10 April 2020 shows a rainbow appearing behind a surfer at sunset on Narrawallee Beach in Mollymook, some 224 kilometres south of Sydney. Authorities have imposed strict social distancing measures in an effort to deal with the coronavirus pandemic during the Easter holidays.
© REUTERS / Umit BektasDancer Su Sevda Uzun performs from a terrace of her friend's home while she is accompanied by musicians Hakan Kaya and Alper Kalayciklioglu which they organise regularly for their neighbours as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Istanbul, Turkey, 13 April 2020.
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Dancer Su Sevda Uzun performs from a terrace of her friend's home while she is accompanied by musicians Hakan Kaya and Alper Kalayciklioglu which they organise regularly for their neighbours as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Istanbul, Turkey, 13 April 2020.
© Sputnik / Alexey Kudenko / Go to the mediabankThe shores of the island of Alexander I in the Bellingshausen Sea, observed during a round-the-world expedition on the ship "Admiral Vladimirsky"
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The shores of the island of Alexander I in the Bellingshausen Sea, observed during a round-the-world expedition on the ship "Admiral Vladimirsky"
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