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Liora Portal, foreground, participates in a barre class at Pure Barre, after NYC studios were allowed to reopen following a year-long pandemic shutdown, on March 23, 2021.
Matthew McDermott
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Barry’s Bootcamp on the Upper West Sidee hosts an indoor group fitness class in New York City after they were are allowed to resume on March 22, 2021.
Brian Zak
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Kevin, left, from Golden Dragon Athletic Club, practices boxing with 10-year-old Zoubari Jehhar, during nice spring weather at Flushing Meadow Park on March 22, 2021.
Dennis A. Clark
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People enjoying the outdoors at the Woodbines Cafe, along Verono Blvd, in Queens, on the first day of spring, March 20, 2021.
Matthew McDermott
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Abalene Aviles, 2, from Yonkers, swings at the playground at Hunters Point South Park, in Queens, on the first day of spring on March 20, 2021.
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Andrew Granillo, 18, works on his laptop as he waits to enter school on West 49th Street on March 22, 2021.
G.N. Miller
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Street vendors fight over space at 45th Street and 7th Avenue in Times Square on March 21, 2021.
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A man dressed up a Spider-Man poses on top of a traffic light during a warm spring night in the Washington Heights section of New York, NY on March 25, 2021.
Christopher Sadowski
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An ATV rider pops a wheelie on Broadway in the Washington Heights section of New York, NY on March 25, 2021.
Christopher Sadowski
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A man wearing a face mask of former President Donald Trump directs traffic in Times Square at 45th Street Manhattan on March 21, 2021.
G.N. Miller
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A support rally for Gov. Andrew Cuomo outside his NYC office on March 20, 2021.
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Ryo Nagaoka was taken to the hospital in January for COVID-19 and spent months in a recovery unit in Brooklyn. When Nagaoka returned home his key didn’t work, his apartment had been emptied and only his tortoise and his piano remained.
Gabriella Bass
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People play cards in Columbus Park in Chinatown on March 25, 2021. Anti-Asian racism has put an additional strain on the area’s businesses.
Helayne Seidman
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Painted dragons decorate a wooden wall on Bayard Street in Chinatown on March 25, 2021.
Helayne Seidman
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A memorial for the 15,000 elderly people who died during the COVID pandemic on March 21, 2021.
Gabriella Bass
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