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A man wearing two protective masks and gloves walking his dog last Friday past a government propaganda poster in Beijing that reads "Everyone is a witness of the new era".

A man wearing two protective masks and gloves walking his dog last Friday past a government propaganda poster in Beijing that reads "Everyone is a witness of the new era".

PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

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