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Our world in photos: April 30

April 30, 2020 Noah Singer

ROMANIA — Heroic figure: A person walked by a depiction of a medical worker, executed in the style of orthodox icons, in Bucharest on Wednesday. The piece is part of a campaign called Thank You Doctors, but will be taken down under pressure from the Orthodox church. Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP

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IDAHO — Rolling through: A bolt of lightning struck near the vestiges of a rainbow over Lewiston on Wednesday. Photo: Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune via AP

ZIMBABWE — Start of the season: Tobacco auctioneers wore protective masks while inspecting crops on the first day of the tobacco marketing season in Harare on Wednesday. Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP

SPAIN — Over the walls: Gala, 7, spoke with her friend and classmate Oliver, 6, over courtyard walls in Barcelona on Wednesday as a lockdown continues. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP

PENNSYLVANIA — Art class: Fred Haag, an associate professor of visual arts at Penn State York, showed how to mix colors during his Introduction to Painting course, broadcast from Haag’s Hellam home, on Wednesday. His class of 20 has been meeting remotely since March 16. Photo: Matt Slocum/AP

IRAN — Time of mourning: Relatives of a victim who died from the coronavirus mourned at the gate of a cemetery in the city of Qaemshahr on Wednesday. Photo: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

VENEZUELA — Pitching in: A man held a hose during a cleaning and disinfection day organized by the Integral Defense Organization and pro-government groups known as “colectivos” in Caracas on Wednesday. Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP

CHILE — All covered up: Hernaldo Gutierrez waited in line in Quillicura on Wednesday to receive free fruit and vegetables from produce vendors who are donating their products to those facing hardship because of lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Esteban Felix/AP

SOUTH KOREA — Praying together: Buddhists monks wearing protective masks prayed to celebrate the Buddha’s birthday at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on Thursday. Photo: Ahn Young-joon/AP

ARGENTINA — Waiting in line: People lined up to receive food from soldiers under a government-ordered lockdown in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

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