Creative face masks from around the world
A woman in New York wears a plastic food container for protection.
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People are getting creative with their face masks

By Austin Steele, Mallika Kallingal and Allison Collins, CNN

Updated 2300 GMT (0700 HKT) April 17, 2020

A woman in New York wears a plastic food container for protection.
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Face masks look like they are here to stay.

With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, some countries have made it mandatory for people to wear masks when they go out.

Many people around the world are embracing that directive, using whatever they have to make creative face masks.

Here are some of the most innovative ones. Although these are beautiful creations, they may not all keep you safe from Covid-19.

A mother entertains her children with makeshift masks made of cabbage as she cooks in Beit Lahia, Gaza.
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Orlando Baker wears a mask in Fort Collins, Colorado, that he developed using an image from the Notorious B.I.G.'s album "Ready to Die."
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Ali Akbar, a street parking man in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, wears a face shield made from a used water jug.
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A man in Caracas, Venezuela, wears a face mask while he carries his dog wearing a protective suit.
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Children wear plastic bottles as makeshift protection while waiting to check in to a flight in Beijing.
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A man in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, wears a protective mask featuring a pair of lips.
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Police officers wear face masks in Cali, Colombia.
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Fashion designer Friederike Jorzig adjusts a mannequin wearing a wedding dress and a face mask at her store in Berlin.
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Engineer Mario Milanesio poses with a snorkeling mask that he added respiratory valve fittings to in Savigliano, Italy. He designed and produced them with a 3-D printer.
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A young woman walks in Moscow's Red Square.
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A man wears a homemade mask in Caracas, Venezuela.
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A man in Sceaux, France, poses with a mask made out of a paper napkin.
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Andres Jimenez, a retired state worker who makes masks to sell in his neighborhood, ties a mask on a girl in Havana, Cuba.
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A man wears his girlfriend's rolled-up T-shirt as a mask in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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A cyclist in Wuhan, China, wears a face mask and plastic bag.
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A soldier in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, wears a mask depicting the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
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A man wearing a Spider-Man mask and gloves walks near the Coney Island boardwalk in New York.
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Panji, 8, wears an animal-shaped face mask in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Fashion designer Do Quyen Hoa shows off an embroidered face mask at her studio in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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A woman in Najaf, Iraq, wears a mask embellished with flower petals.
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A man wears a handmade face mask in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Artist Lynx Alexander wears a mask in New York's Times Square.
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A woman waits in line to buy food in Caracas, Venezuela.
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A man poses for a photograph in Kampala, Uganda.
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A girl wearing a protective mask leaves a hospital in Oviedo, Spain.
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Dornazha Blake wears a festive mask on her mother's birthday in Redwood City, California.
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A boy wears a homemade mask while playing cricket in Srinagar, India.
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A woman in Coruna, Spain, wears a mask with the word "thanks" embroidered on it.
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