Voting during lockdown in Wisconsin, food donations in Los Angeles, athletic training at home in New Zealand, Ipanema Beach in Brazil, a drive-in Sunday service in Houston, a rocket launch from Kazakhstan, clear skies in New Delhi, a social-distance fitness event in England, a loudspeaker drone in the Netherlands, and much more
Photos of the Week: Beach Cows, Aerial Blessings, Virtual Seder
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This photo, taken through a glass window at a maternity ward, shows a newborn baby wearing a face shield, in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, at Praram 9 Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 9, 2020. #
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A participant gets his suit sanitized after taking part in a course that prepared military personnel from all over the state to combat the coronavirus on April 9, 2020, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. #
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Auxiliary bishop Giovanni Battista Piccioli (right) wears a face mask as he prepares to give the blessing while overflying Guayaqui, Ecuador, during Holy Week on April 9, 2020, amid the coronavirus outbreak. #
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The residents of Springbourne in Frodsham, Cheshire, take part in their daily social-distance dancing and fitness event, led by local fitness instructor Janet Woodcock during the pandemic lockdown on April 4, 2020, in Frodsham, England. #
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Father Victor Jimenez poses at the Our Lady of Fátima church in San José, Costa Rica, on April 7, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government asked that people stay in their homes, and that the churches remain closed. Father Jimenez placed pictures of the parishioners of his church on the pews so that they could symbolically and spiritually share Mass during Holy Week. #
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People stand on their balconies and light candles and oil lamps after India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, appealed to citizens to turn out their lights for nine minutes at 9 p.m. to recognize the coronavirus fight, during a lockdown to slow the spread of the pandemic in Ahmedabad, India, April 5, 2020. #
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A combination photo shows the India Gate war memorial amid smog on October 17, 2019 (top), and after air pollution levels started to drop (bottom) during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, in New Delhi, India, on April 8, 2020. #
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The Soyuz MS-16 space ship, carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, blasts off at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on April 9, 2020. Aboard the Russian rocket were the U.S. astronaut Chris Cassidy and the Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. #
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An aerial view shows moviegoers parked in their cars at a drive-in cinema in Marl, Germany, on April 6, 2020, one of the few entertainment options still allowed due to social-distancing measures enacted to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. #
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The Reverend Stuart Elliott blesses the new fire as part of his “Service of New Light” for Easter eve on the shore of Llyn Mymbyr in Snowdonia in Capel Curig, Wales, on April 08, 2020. Reverend Elliott is continuing his outdoor tradition of blessing the new fire for the 14th year. Without his parishioners to accompany him due to the coronavirus lockdown, he has filmed various outdoor ceremonies that will be broadcast online for his flock to celebrate Easter. #
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Rabbi Shlomo Segal, left, and his family wave goodbye to participants after he conducted a virtual Passover seder for members of his congregation, friends, and family, broadcasting it on YouTube and internet dial-in connections from his home in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, New York, on April 8, 2020. #
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A flight attendant waits for the departure of a one-passenger flight between Washington, D.C., and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the spread of the coronavirus continues, on April 3, 2020. #
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Dutch cyclist Mike Teunissen of Team Jumbo-Visma drinks as he rides on a stationary bike in his home in Rosmalen, Netherlands, on April 5, 2020. The Tour of Flanders has been canceled to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. #
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Football Ferns player Annalie Longo trains in isolation in her garage on April 8, 2020, in Christchurch, New Zealand. The country has been on lockdown since March 26, following tough restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of COVID-19. #
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Tiffany Teasdale, the owner of Lynnwood Gun, poses for a photo in front of mostly empty shelves in Lynnwood, Washington, on April 2, 2020. The state’s governor, Jay Inslee, did not list gun stores as essential businesses that can stay open in his stay-at-home order. However, Teasdale and some other gun shops say that they are following orders from President Donald Trump and state Republicans who advise that the firearms industry can remain open. As a result, gun and ammo sales have been brisk. Second Amendment advocacy groups are challenging governors’ orders around the country to remain open. #
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Two cows walk on the deserted beach of Mar e Sol in Porticcio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on April 5, 2020, the 20th day of a strict lockdown in France. #
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Tulips bloom in the Roma Flowers Park on the outskirts of the Italian capital of Rome on April 8, 2020. Roma Flowers Park and the Interflora delivery service have donated many bouquets of tulips to the Red Cross for volunteers, doctors, nurses, and hospitals to thank them for their efforts in the coronavirus crisis. #
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Juana Gomez, 50, who said she can’t afford rent and food for her six children after her husband lost his construction job, waits in line in the rain to pick up fresh food at a Los Angeles Regional Food Bank giveaway of 2,000 boxes of groceries, in Los Angeles, California, on April 9, 2020. #
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Mourners stand by the casket of Mary Foley in Malden, Massachusetts, on April 8, 2020. Foley, who died at the age of 93, served in the U.S. Air Force, including World War II. Due to the coronavirus crisis, she cannot be given a formal military funeral. #
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Drone pictures show bodies being buried on New York’s Hart Island, where the department of corrections is dealing with more burials overall, amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, on April 9, 2020. #
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The comedian Sarah Silverman is seen applauding to show her gratitude to medical staff and essential workers battling the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2020, in New York City. #
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The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, center, speaks with reporters outside of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2020. #
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People wait in a long line to vote in the Democratic presidential-primary election outside the Hamilton High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 7, 2020. Citizens in Wisconsin cast ballots Tuesday in a controversial election held despite a state-wide stay-at-home order and concern that the election could expose thousands of voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. Democratic officials had sought to postpone the election but were overruled by the top state court, and the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to bar an extension of voting by mail that would have allowed more people to cast ballots without going to polling stations. #
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Mary-Lou McCullagh, 83, and her husband, Bob, 84, greet Axel Stirton, 2, the little boy who lives across the street in Ventura, California, on April 3, 2020. Mary-Lou and Bob are in isolation from the coronavirus pandemic, trying to ensure that they do not come in contact with the virus. Mary-Lou has a medical condition that makes her especially vulnerable. They are using Zoom to stay in touch with family and friends. Axel is a regular visitor in normal times, but he can no longer come into the house because of the risks. Mary-Lou and Bob comfort him in his confusion through the window. #
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