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In Pictures: Nation pauses to reflect on lockdown anniversary

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People around the UK have been marking one year since the first coronavirus lockdown was announced.

Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire is illuminated with the words ‘Reflect, Support, Hope’ during the National Day of Reflection
Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire is illuminated with the words Reflect, Support, Hope during the National Day of Reflection (Jacob King/PA)

Blackpool Tower is illuminated in yellow to mark the National Day of Reflection
Blackpool Tower is illuminated in yellow to mark the National Day of Reflection (Martin Rickett/PA)

Holly Wilson, whose grandmother Ada Wilson died during the pandemic, in Belfast Cathedral before a remembrance service
Holly Wilson, whose grandmother Ada Wilson died during the pandemic, in Belfast Cathedral before a remembrance service (Liam McBurney/PA)

Nurses stand at the London Eye to mark Marie Curie’s inaugural National Day of Reflection
Nurses stand at the London Eye to mark Marie Curie’s inaugural National Day of Reflection (David Parry/PA)

Staff St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London received flowers from the Queen
Staff at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London received flowers from the Queen (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

People clap after observing a minute’s silence outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow
People clap after observing a minute’s silence outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (Andrew MIlligan/PA)

Sir Simon Stevens joined the minute's silence
NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens, left, joined the minute’s silence (Jonathan Brady/PA)

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon observes the minute’s silence
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon observes the minute’s silence at Holyrood (Jane Barlow/PA)

Labour's Sir Keir Starmer visits a hospital
Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves with nurse Lisa Newell during a visit to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where the party leader thanked NHS staff for their work on the lockdown anniversary (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

People observe a minute’s silence at Blackburn Cathedral
People observe a minute’s silence at Blackburn Cathedral (Peter Byrne/PA)

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