Two wheels and an open road.
Biking during Coronavirus Days.
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IMAGE: Motorbike racing events are happening with vigour. The MotoGP at the Czech Republic Grand Prix on the Masaryk circuit, Brno, Czech Republic, August 8, 2020. That's Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Brad Binder during practice. Photograph: David W Cerny/Reuters
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IMAGE: Fly like an eagle. Belarusian biker Artem Kuntsevich performs during a motorbike festival at the Cucupolis amusement park, near the village of Lisavetin, Belarus, August 1, 2020. Photograph: Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Negin Afshar, 16, a motocross racer, poses for a picture after a training in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 23, 2020. Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters
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IMAGE: A couple takes in the glories of a heavy downpour in New Delhi, August 17, 2020. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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IMAGE: The Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria, August 16, 2020. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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IMAGE: Prescription for summer joy: Brighton beach, the sun and a motorbike, Brighton, Great Britain, July 31, 2020. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters
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IMAGE: Awaiting the riders at the Spanish Grand Prix, at Circuito de Jerez, Jerez, Spain, July 16, 2020. Photograph: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
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IMAGE: Night spin. A Saudi youth rides his motorbike on Tahlia Street as nightlife kicks off, after the government loosened lockdown restrictions following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 21, 2020. Photograph: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters
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IMAGE: Marlene de Abreu refills gasoline in her motorbike at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, June 7, 2020. Photograph: Manaure Quintero/Reuters
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IMAGE: Mr and Mrs out for a cruise, Southend, Great Britain, May 25, 2020. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters
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IMAGE: Time for Eid al-Fitr prayers, Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 24, 2020. Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
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IMAGE: Empty roads, Pathum Thani, Thailand, May 14, 2020. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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IMAGE: When cats are faster than motorcycles, at Bnei Brak, a town near Tel Aviv, Israel April 5, 2020. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters
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IMAGE: The gods look on as a couple coasts along in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, March 30, 2020. Photograph: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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IMAGE: Riding the A82 near Buachaille Etive Mor, in the Scottish Highlands, March 22, 2020. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters
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IMAGE: Separated by a mandatory plastic barrier for COVID-19 at a quarantine checkpoint, Marikina City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 5, 2020. Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
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IMAGE: Kenyan fashionista James Maina Mwangi talks up style with motorcycle taxi riders in Nairobi, Kenya July 30, 2020. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
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IMAGE: Dog, man, motorcycle, Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 25, 2020. Photograph: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters
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IMAGE: The show off! Cairo, Egypt, July 17, 2020. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters
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IMAGE: Pride Ride 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia, July 4, 2020. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
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IMAGE: Normally wheelchair-bound Rene Soliz rides a specially-adapted motorcycle in El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia June 25, 2020. Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters
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IMAGE: Rubber sizzles at the Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria, August 16, 2020. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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