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Our world in photos: April 16

April 16, 2020 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

SOUTH AFRICA — Days of sorrow: Attendees practiced social distancing during the funeral ceremony for Benedict Somi Vilakasi outside Johannesburg on Thursday. Vilakasi, a Soweto coffee shop manager, died of COVID-19 infection. Photo: Jerome Delay/AP

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IRAN — Lonely echoes: Mohammad Maleklee, 23, of the National Orchestra of Iran and the Tehran Symphony, played saxophone from his window in Tehran on Wednesday. Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

GERMANY — Drive-through test: A worker from the German Red Cross performed a coronavirus test at a drive-through testing center in Dresden on Wednesday. Photo: Jens Meyer/AP

SPAIN — Waving back: Health workers reacted at the Jimenez Diaz Foundation University Hospital in Madrid as people applauded them from nearby houses on Wednesday. Photo: Manu Fernandez/AP

MEXICO — Taking precautions: Carmen Castellanos, 54, wore a protective face mask and face shield as she made change for a client behind a protective sheet of plastic on Wednesday at El Foquito, the hardware and electric supply store she owns with her brother in Mexico City. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

GREECE — Changing times: A man wearing a mask walked near the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens on Wednesday. Photo: Petros Giannakouris/AP

VIETNAM — New look: Fashion designer Do Quyen Hoa displayed an embroidery face mask on Wednesday at her studio in Hanoi. Photo: Hau Dinh/AP

CHILE — Saying hello: A woman waved to a city worker dressed in a hazmat suit as he disinfected streets on Wednesday. Photo: Esteban Felix/AP

THAILAND — Moving forward: A family of four wore face masks as they traveled on a motorbike in Bangkok on Thursday. A month-long state of emergency remains in effect in Thailand. Photo: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

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