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Locals listen to a band singing along a street and receive flowers from volunteers as a convoy of Fatih Municipality celebrates Mother's Day during a curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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A man, accompanied by his family and a dog, visits his mother on Mother's Day at Orchard Villa Retirement Residence, after several residents died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pickering, Ontario, Canada May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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Female medical workers react as members of the Mexican National Guard Orchestra perform outside a hospital, during the Mother's Day celebrations, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Monterrey, Mexico May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
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Su Wilson, left, smiles as she holds up her phone with other family members on video chat as she visits her mother Chun Liu, a resident who had tested positive for coronavirus in March, on Mother's Day at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
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Su and Arnie Wilson, far left and right, walk with grandkids Eva Linn, 5; Landen Linn, 3 and Kayden Linn, 12, as they bring cards and flowers for Su's mother Chun Liu, a resident who tested positive for coronavirus at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
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Members of the Mariachi America perform in front of a hotel, used as a quarantine center, as part of the Mother's Day celebration as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Antiguo Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
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Lydia Hassebroek sits in the sun next to plants purchased for Mother's Day during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
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Tyler Schrock and nephew Preston Winston, 11, visit with grandmother and great-grandmother Susan Hailey from outside her window on Mother's Day at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
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Su Wilson talks with her mother Chun Liu through a window on Mother's Day at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
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A member of the Mariachi America performs in front of a hotel, used as a quarantine center, as part of the Mother's Day celebration as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Antiguo Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
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Members of the Mariachi America perform in front of a hotel, used as a quarantine center, as part of the Mother's Day celebration as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Antiguo Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
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Anthony Garrita touches his great-aunt Concietta Sireci's gravestone at Calvary Cemetery on Mother's Day after planting flowers, Sunday, May 10, 2020, in New York. Garrita's grandparents and other relatives are also buried there. The cemetery had been closed due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus, but opened its gates for several hours Sunday to allow families to visit the gravesites of loved ones. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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A man, accompanied by his family and a dog, visits his mother on Mother's Day at Orchard Villa Retirement Residence, after several residents died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pickering, Ontario, Canada May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
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A man arrives with flowers while municipal workers guard the entrance of the cemetery due to the government announcement to close it during the weekend of Mother's Day, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Mexico City,, Mexico May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
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Arnie and Su Wilson talk with a healthcare worker through a window as they drop off Mother's Day flowers and cards for Su's mother Chun Liu, who had tested positive for coronavirus in March at Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
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Relatives of Sally Ferrara, who is a resident of Highland Manor in Exeter, Pa, wave and call to her during the Social Distancing Mother's Day Parade a the manor, Sunday, May 10, 2020. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
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Members of the Mexican National Guard Orchestra give flowers to female medical workers outside a hospital, during the Mother's Day celebrations, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Monterrey, Mexico May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril
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A mother enjoys with her child a serenade by a Mariachi band, traditional Mexican musicians, during the commemoration of Mother's Day, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Mexico City, Mexico May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
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Danielle Shellhamer of Linden, Washington, visits her mother, Nadine Adams of Langley, British Columbia, for Mother's Day along the Canada-U.S. border, closed to non-essential travel due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Langley, British Columbia, Canada May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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The Mariachi Duo Villa Maria, Sergio Carpio, left, and Melissa Villar, perform via the internet for a client during mothers’ day, from their apartment in Mexico City, Sunday, May 10, 2020. The duo charges the equivalent of $30 to perform Mariachi serenades remotely as a way to circumvent the collapse of their livelihood caused by the new coronavirus pandemic lockdown. During this mothers' day they are booked solid for 12 hours straight. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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The Hassebroek family have a video call for Mother's Day with grandparents and extended family during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
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An isolated patient in a hotel, used as a quarantine center, shows a sign that reads in Spanish: "Mom this is for you, I love you" as he listens to a group of mariachis as part of the Mother's Day celebration as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Antiguo Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Updated 11 May 2020
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Marking Mother's Day amid the coronavirus

Marking Mother's Day amid the coronavirus

Video calls, visits through windows and social distancing marked Mother's Day celebrations around the world.

(Photo courtesy:REUTERS)