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Police checkpoint introduced outside Italian town due to virus fears

Police cars patroll the area and install a checkpoint at the entrance of Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy, northern Italy. Tens of thousands of Italians are preparing for a week-long quarantine in the country's north as nerves begin to fray among the locals faced with new lockdown measures. Italy has confirmed 132 cases of the virus, including two deaths, and has imposed travel and movement restrictions for tens of thousands of residents in several northern towns. IMAGES

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‘Battle of Oranges’ Drenches Italian Town in Vitamin C

Thousands of people pelted each other with oranges in the north Italian city of Ivrea on Sunday, as part of the tradition known as the 'Battle of the Oranges'. Teams of 'aranceri' or orange handlers on foot threw oranges at the aranceri riding in carts. The mock rebellion takes place every year. Some 500 tons of oranges are shipped from Sicily to the town in northwestern Italy in order to supply the "fighters" with the "weapons." The food-fight, Italy's largest, is part of the annual Carnival of Ivrea.