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Added on the 17/04/2020 16:15:20 - Copyright : BANG Showbiz
Katuwapitiya (Sri Lanka), Apr 4 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) Sri Lanka celebrated Easter Sunday among a wide security deployment two years after experiencing one of its most tragic days with the jihadist attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels that left 269 dead, including 45 children, and more than 400 injured. FOOTAGE OF POLICE CHECKPOINTS AND THE SUNDAY RESURRECTION MASS IN THE CHURCH OF SAN SEBASTIÁN IN KATUWAPITIYAM, NEGOMBO, SRI LANKA, ONE OF THE CHURCHES WHERE THE TERRORIST ATTACK HAPPENED IN 2019.
People enjoy sunbathing and playing sports on the beach in Arcachon during Easter weekend, ahead of new travel restrictions to try to curb a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases that has overwhelmed hospitals in the capital Paris. IMAGES
Traffic densifies on the Paris ring road 'la périphérique' on Friday afternoon with people rushing to get home and others rushing to leave the French capital for the Easter weekend. The rush is exacerbated by recent French government restrictions to limit the spread of Covid. IMAGES
Police officers check every vehicle at the entrance to the ring road at the Porte d'Orléans in Paris to avoid departures during the Easter holiday weekend on the 26th day of France's lockdown in the fight against coronavirus. IMAGES
Sri Lankan newspapers run reports on the deadly Easter attacks on the front page, as police say that the death toll in the eight blasts has risen to 290 a day after the attack. IMAGES of newspaper vendor stalls