Coronavirus: Creative solutions to social distancing

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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.

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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.

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People practise social distancing in a lift at World Trade Center in Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Cardboard 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.

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People have lunch at the Penguin Eat Shabu restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. The plastic barriers ensure social distancing between diners.

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Secondary school students in Albania follow the directions on the ground to enter their building while maintaining social distancing.

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Women are separated by dividers as they have their hair washed in Bella Rinova hair salon in Houston, Texas, US.

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Students practise social distancing in the courtyard of a secondary school as it reopens in Brussels, Belgium.

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People stand on designated markers on a tramway platform in Nice in France.

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An 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.

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A stuffed panda is placed on a chair as a means to enforce social distancing at a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Worshippers 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.

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A waiter checks a customer's temperature in a restaurant in Milan, Italy.

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Worshippers 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.

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