People sit in circles designed to encourage social distancing as they relax in Domino Park along the East River in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.Getty Images
Coronavirus: Creative solutions to social distancing
With lockdown restriction easing in some countries like Spain and Italy, restaurants, parks and churches are putting in place creative solutions to ensure social distancing continues.
People practise social distancing in a lift at World Trade Center in Colombo, Sri LankaReutersCardboard cut-outs of customers are placed at dining tables in Five Dock Dining restaurant in Sydney, Australia. The restaurant is also playing taped background "chatter" to create ambience.Getty ImagesPeople have lunch at the Penguin Eat Shabu restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. The plastic barriers ensure social distancing between diners.ReutersSecondary school students in Albania follow the directions on the ground to enter their building while maintaining social distancing.AFPWomen are separated by dividers as they have their hair washed in Bella Rinova hair salon in Houston, Texas, US.ReutersStudents practise social distancing in the courtyard of a secondary school as it reopens in Brussels, Belgium.ReutersPeople stand on designated markers on a tramway platform in Nice in France.ReutersAn aerial view of San Francisco's first temporary tent encampment for homeless people. Following public pressure, the city created a socially-distanced sleeping area in a fenced-off space with toilets, hand-washing stations and security.Getty ImagesA stuffed panda is placed on a chair as a means to enforce social distancing at a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand.EPAWorshippers attend a mass at Santa Barbara Church in Madrid, Spain. Churches can hold mass in Madrid, provided there are limited numbers, face masks are worn and social distance is maintained.Getty ImagesA waiter checks a customer's temperature in a restaurant in Milan, Italy.ReutersWorshippers take part in Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, while keeping a safe distance from each other, at the Mohammed Al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon.Getty Images
