With all of Spain's residents confined to their homes for the next two weeks, neighbours are coming up with ever inventive ways to keep themselves entertained and rally the community spirit.
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Streets have been eerily quiet across Spanish towns and cities, particularly at night, under the new restrictions which has seen all restaurants and bars closed, and all shops except for pharmacies and those selling food.
But Spain is not a nation that stays quiet easily and each day and night of the lockdown brings more ways to interact, from the safety of their own homes.
Here's a look at what people across Spain are doing to keep their spirits up:
This apartment complex in Seville found one way to alleviate the boredom of house confinement while boosting community spirit; by playing bingo!
The same apartment block had earlier staged a community aerobics class, held from a rooftop by a resident personal trainer.
While this couple of musicians in Madrid’s Lavapies district staged a concert from their balcony.
The lockdown was also an excuse for amateur DJ’s to play their music at top volume, ostensibly to entertain the neighbourhood – let’s hope there weren’t any health workers trying to catch a snooze before heading back out to a shift at the hospital!
Other musicians chose a gentler vibe, such as this trumpeter with a military tune:
And this singer in Pamplona entertained the whole street with a song from the popular fiesta San Fermin.
While in Cordoba, there was a definite flamenco vibe:
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