People wear protective masks as they shop at an outside market in the Neukoelln district during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 27 in Berlin, Germany.
Credit:	Maja Hitij/Getty Images

People wear protective masks as they shop at an outside market in the Neukoelln district during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on Oct. 27 in Berlin, Germany.
Credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

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