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Photos: Spanish workers keep the country going under lockdown
With most retail store including restaurants and bars, along with schools and other services closed for weeks to stem the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain, there are a brave few who are keeping the country going during the outbreak that has killed over 20,000 of their fellow citizens. These butchers, taxi drivers, pharmacists - in the northern city of Pamplona as well as the rest of Spain's cities and towns are unified by their courage and one piece of equipment: the face mask.
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Javier Flamarique seen at his wine store in Pamplona. As Spain hunkers down after five weeks of confinement, the brave few keep the country going during a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 20,000 of their fellow citizens. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Sidi Hasan on his delivery bicycle. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Juana Mari poses next to her fish market stall. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Matilde Mattos of Peru poses for a photograph as she cleans windows. “This crisis is a way of showing us that we are destroying the planet. It is a sign from God,” Mattos told AP. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Antonio Leoz in his book shop. In the past few weeks, most retail stores including restaurants and bars, along with schools and other services have been closed to stem the COVID-19 outbreak that has infected over 190,000 people in Spain. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Marcelo Lopez, a construction worker poses for a photograph in Pamplona. Factories and construction sites were reopened on April 13 after a two-week freeze. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Miguel Angel Pena in his food store. While hundreds of thousands in Spain have lost their jobs during the lockdown, these few workers are making sure the basic needs and services function at the risk of also falling ill. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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Public cleaner Jose Bataller poses for a photograph . Uncertainty reigns for the future of these workers as well, with the country heading for a likely recession. (Alvaro Barrientos / AP)
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