People around the world celebrated Easter at a distance on Sunday, with most churches closed and family gatherings cancelled amid wide-ranging coronavirus shutdowns.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby praised the "heroism" of key workers on the coronavirus frontline as he delivered his first digital Easter Sunday service from his kitchen in London.
While, St Peter's Square at the Vatican, where tens of thousands would normally gather to hear Pope Francis deliver his "Urbi et Orbi" speech and blessing "to the city and the world," was empty of crowds, ringed by police barricades.
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