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Women wearing protective masks walk at the promenade of Dubai Marina on May 5, 2020, after authorities of the United Arab Emirates started to ease a national lockdown put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. - In Dubai's ritzy Marina district, white yachts are tethered to docks, standing idle -- like many companies behind a luxury lifestyle industry battered by the coronavirus crisis. The boardwalks that snake around the precinct's artificial bays and canals, once packed with tourists, mostl

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