The unusual masks people are using to beat COVID-19
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A mask made with recyclable bottles, cans
Brazilian fashion photographer Marcio Rodrigues wears a mask made with recyclable bottles, cans and boxes after over 20 days in which these garbage items were not collected because of the quarantine imposed to control the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.AFP
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Plastic water bottle
A woman wears a plastic water bottle to cover her face amid the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19 disease, in Montevideo.AFP
![Water tank mask](https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-75196057,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-257449/water-tank-mask.jpg)
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Water tank mask
A resident using an improvised face shield made from a plastic water tank to protect him from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic walks in his neighbourhood in Manila.AFP
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Face mask for the deaf
French leather creator Anissa Mekrabech, 30 year-old, wearing the protective face mask she created for the deaf and the hearing-impaired people poses in Toulouse, southern France.AFP
![Handmade mask](https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-75196092,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-297110/handmade-mask.jpg)
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Handmade mask
Yang Guangyu, 54, a local barber working in his shop at a blocked residential area, wears his handmade mask assembled from a water bottle, mask and a plastic pipe, as he works after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan.ReutersThese simple clicks can repair your computer perofrmanceSponsored by Repair-Windows6/14
A plastic water bottle
A Venezuelan migrant wears a plastic water bottle with a cutout to cover his face as he waits to be checked by health workers to rule out the novel coronavirus as part of his repatriation process in Cali, Colombia.AFPhttps://tpc.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html
![Weird mask](https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-75196038,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-208575/weird-mask.jpg)
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Weird mask
A person wearing a mask walks down a street in Vienna.Reuters
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Plastic bottle mask
A man wears a makeshift face mask made from a plastic bottle against the spread of the new coronavirus.AFP
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‘Plastic bag’ mask
A street vendor wears a plastic bag as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19.AFP
![The 'Joker' mask](https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-74770275,width-640,resizemode-4,imgsize-185436/the-joker-mask.jpg)
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The ‘Joker’ mask
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Food bag turned to mask
A passenger wears a face mask and plastic food bags on her face as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19AFP
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Plastic Mask
A man wears a plastic bag as face mask as he sells religious images.AFP
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The protective mask
Man wears a protective face mask on the street following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).AFP
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Geared up to fight Coronavirus
A woman wears a mask and goggles as she walks in London.