How we live now: social distancing across the globe - in pictures

Coronavirus has changed the way we interact with the spaces around us – and each other

Two women observe social distancing measures as they speak to each other from adjacent park benches amidst the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, in the centre of York, northern England on March 19, 2020.

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Mainz’ players observe social distancing in the stands during the German first division Bundesliga football match Mainz 05 v RB Leipzig in Mainz, western Germany, on May 24, 2020.

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Nuns and Faithfuls attend the Regina Caeli Sunday prayer in the reopened St. Peters Square at the Vatican on May 24, 2020 in Rome, Italy.

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A man wearing a protective facemask prays next to predefined space intalled in order to follow the rules of social distancing ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr prayer, at The Grand Mosque of Durres, on May 24, 2020 on the first day of the Muslim festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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A drive through farm shop has been opened at Tulley’s Farm where contactless payment is taken on the end of a pole to observe social distancing in Turners Hill, England.

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An aerial view shows people gathered inside painted circles on the grass encouraging social distancing at Dolores Park in San Francisco, California on May 22, 2020.

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Visitors sit in social distance inside the Croatian National Theatre during the first Gala Opera evening in Zagreb, Croatia, 26 May 2020.

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Tracy Sandridge and Julie Brown of Baltimore pose with inner tubes on wheels dubbed “bumper tables” designed to ensure social distancing when Fish Tales Bar & Grill eventually reopens in Ocean City, Maryland, U.S.

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A group of mullahs, some wearing face masks and gloves to protect against coronavirus, observe social distancing guidelines as they attend Eid al-Fitr prayers inside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 24, 2020.

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People enjoy the beach front in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

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In an aerial view from a drone, attendees watch the movie “The Goonies” at a pop-up drive-in theatre built in the parking lot at the Broadway Commons on May 21, 2020 in Hicksville, New York.

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Students wearing protective face masks practice social distancing at the courtyard of the flemish secondary school during its reopening in Brussels.

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Members at Pine Ridge Golf Club ensure the 2 meter social distance as they begin their round as golf resumes in England.

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This aerial view shows a view of lounge chairs laid out on a beach in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, as beaches open for the first time after two months of confinement.

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Elementary school students wearing wings to maintain social distancing in a classroom in Taiyuan in China’s northern Shanxi province.

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Sunbathers lie in an area marked to enforce social distancing measures in La Grande Motte, southern France.

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School children stand on smiley face signs to maintain social distancing in the courtyard of a primary school during its reopening in Paris.

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A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) enforces social distancing as he makes shoppers hold their hands out in front of them to ensure that they are at least one metre apart from one another while they queue outside a supermarket in Yeoville.

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Labourers take a break in their quarters maintaining social distancing at DH Cube Industries, a heavy manufacturing factory, after the government eased a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus at Vasna Buzarg village, some 40 kms from Ahmedabad.

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This aerial view shows high school students entering into a school respecting social distancing measures as they return to school.

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People eat in between plastic partitions, set up in an effort to contain any spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Penguin Eat Shabu hotpot restaurant in Bangkok on May 5, 2020.

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Family members and members of the church, wearing a masks for protection, practice social distancing as the casket of the pastor of the Shining Star Freewill Baptist church Bishop James N. Flowers Jr is laid to rest at the Harmony Cemetery in Seat Pleasant, Maryland on April 13, 2020.

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Couples are married by clerk recorders at the Honda Center parking lot on April 21, 2020 in Anaheim, California. - he County of Orange Clerk Recorder employees implemented a variety of social distancing techniques to safely issue licenses and marry couples during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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