PHOTOS: All the world's a masquerade

A selection of images of odd, funny and makeshift masks and protective gear to control the spread of Covid-19, on people, animals...and mannequins too!

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  • 26/05/2020 12:00 AM

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Image by : Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images

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LONDON, ENGLAND: A woman wearing a face mask walks past a piece of street art depicting an NHS worker in the Shoreditch area

Image by : Aly Song/Reuters

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Image by : Aly Song/Reuters

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A dog wearing a mask is seen on a street following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China March 22, 2020

Image by : Serhii Hudak/ Ukrinform/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

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Image by : Serhii Hudak/ Ukrinform/Barcroft Media via Getty Images

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Mannequins in face masks are seen in a shop window during the quarantine imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Image by : SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images

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Image by : SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images

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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a decorative cow figure, also masked, in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 23, 2020

Image by : DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images

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Image by : DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images

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People walk past roadside statues representing different national religions on which local residents put face masks, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Kolkata on April 22, 2020. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images

Image by : JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images

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Image by : JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images

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This picture shows a masked elderly couple walking by a collage by French artist Combo in Paris, on April 21, 2020, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus

Image by : Antara Foto/Rahmad/ via REUTERS

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Image by : Antara Foto/Rahmad/ via REUTERS

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A worker wearing a superhero costume is seen at a traditional market, in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia, April 23, 2020

Image by : Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

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Image by : Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

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A man wearing makeshift protective head gear holds palm fronds outside his home as he waits for the blessing of a priest roaming around neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday in April, amid the lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease in Manila, Philippines

Image by : Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/ Reuters

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Image by : Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/ Reuters

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view shows a guinea pig with a protective mask, widely used as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and a toy shopping cart during a demonstration in the office of a public organization, which recently launched the production of face masks for their further distribution among seniors and low-income citizens, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 26, 2020. The guinea pig, named Ukrop (Dill), lives in the office of the multi-member family association "AMMA" and receives care from its members

Image by : Mike Blake/Reuters

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Image by : Mike Blake/Reuters

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A surfer statue along the beach is decorated by pranksters with a mask and gloves during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California, U.S., March 24, 2020

Image by : Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

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Image by : Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

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Nurses hold newborn babies wearing protective face shields during the coronavirus disease outbreak at the Praram 9 hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020

Image by : Jadwiga Figula/Reuters

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Image by : Jadwiga Figula/Reuters

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People wear protective body coverings with built-in masks made by a woman who has been sewing masks during a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Gdynia, Poland, April 9, 2020

Image by : Lutcanu Iuliana/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Image by : Lutcanu Iuliana/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Easter eggs painted with face masks, a different take on an Orthodox Christian tradition in Romania. This year, the eggs have been drawn with faces that wear masks, a symbol of the coronavirus pandemic