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Added on the 19/05/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
After almost seven months of a second national lockdown, thirsty Belgians gather on terraces in Brussels. Belgium was one of the hardest hit countries in the first wave of the epidemic last year, and locked down harder than some when the later surges hit. IMAGES
Paris's Eiffel Tower is reopening to the public after almost nine months, its longest post-war closure. Many French and foreign visitors have been waiting for it to reopen, but will require a compulsory health pass to visit it. IMAGES
At 9am sharp, the president-director of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, welcomes the first visitors for the reopening of the Paris museum, after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As with all museums, the rule of 8 m2 per visitor is applied. IMAGES
The mosque of Pantin, to the north of Paris, reopens its doors to worshippers on Friday after several months of closure due to the murder of Samuel Paty, a French schoolteacher beheaded by a Islamist for teaching pupils about Islam. The mosque was closed because it published a video denouncing Paty for showing cartoons of the prophet Mohamed. IMAGES
Portugal reopens cafe terraces nearly two months after tightening Covid-19 curbs following a wave of cases early this year. IMAGES
The schools open in phases across Pakistan which has seen most virus restrictions lifted following a sharp drop in the number of infections. IMAGES