Today in Pictures, April 27, 2020

Singapore's Changi Exhibition Centre repurposed into a community isolation facility, children across Spain allowed to leave homes after lockdown restrictions eased, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Apr 27, 2020, 11:08 AM

The Changi Exhibition Centre, seen here in a photo taken on April 24, 2020, has been converted into a community isolation facility for recovering or early Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/DESMOND FOO

Joan, 45, chases his daughters Ines, 11, and Mar, nine, as they play in the street on April 26, 2020, in Barcelona, after a national lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 was eased. PHOTO: AFP

Riot police wearing protective masks attempt to disperse demonstrators during a protest inside Cityplaza shopping mall, developed by Swire Properties, in the Taikoo Shing area of Hong Kong, on Sunday, April 26, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Surrounded by police, a man exits a closed beach with his arms raised during the coronavirus disease (Covid -19) pandemic in Galveston, Texas, US, April 26, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Muslims offer special Taraweeh prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Herat, Afghanistan, April 25, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Musicians perform on a terrace of Municipal Theatre of P.O. Hviezdoslav during an online streamed concert in Bratislava downtown during the lockdown due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on April 25, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Triathlete Lloyd Bebbington trains in a pool in his garden at home, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Newcastle-under-Lyme, Britain, April 26, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

People enjoy the beach through the afternoon fog amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in Huntington Beach, California on April 25, 2020. Orange County is the only county in the area where beaches remain open. PHOTO: AFP

Fog covers skyscrapers in Curitiba, in the state of Parana in Brazil, on April 26, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

The Italian Air Force aerobatic demonstration team, the Frecce Tricolori, fly over Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy, to mark the country's Liberation day on April 25, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

An artwork called Beyond Crisis by French artist Guillaume Legros, aka Saype, created with an eco paint made out of chalk and coal over a 3,000 sq m field is pictured on April 24, 2020, during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Leysin, Switzerland. PHOTO: SAYPE VIA REUTERS

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