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Our world in photos: April 22

April 22, 2020 Noah Singer

URUGUAY — Larger than life: City workers disinfected a bus stop outside a closed cinema featuring a mural of film directors, from left, Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel and Lucrecia Martel in Montevideo on Monday. Photo: Matilde Campodonico/AP

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SWITZERLAND — Still at it: Swiss professional cyclist Stefan Kueng cycled on a home trainer on Wednesday in Frauenfeld. Kueng starts the the Digital Swiss 5 today, a digital race with professional teams, organized by the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Restoration and repair: Restoration of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial continued on Wednesday. The 15-month project by the National Park Service will restore the roofs, repair the stone, and clean the marble at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP

JAPAN — Headed to work: A man wearing a mask was reflected in a glass window Wednesday. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expanded a state of emergency in Tokyo to apply to all of Japan as the virus continues to spread. Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

COLOMBIA — Test run: Delivery robots traveled down a street in Medellin on Tuesday. Colombian startup Rappi is testing the four-wheeled robots as a way of getting food to people during lockdown. Photo: Luis Benavides/AP

INDIA — Romantic ride: A couple rode a bicycle on a deserted highway at Daranggiri on Monday. Photo: Anupam Nath/AP

CZECH REPUBLIC — Deserted streets: A woman shopped at a farmers market in Prague on Monday. The Czech Republic has started to ease some of the restrictions that it applied in an effort to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. Photo: Petr David Josek/AP

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