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A cafe-restaurant staff stands outside as people drink coffee in Monastiraki district of Athens, on Monday.  Greece restarted regular ferry services to its islands Monday, and cafes and restaurants were also back open for business as the country accelerated efforts to salvage its tourism season. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]

Greek state school teachers and pupils, many wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, protested against education reforms outside Parliament in Athens on Wednesday during the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

The super moon rises in the sky in front of Apollo's temple about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Athens on Tuesday. All Greece's archaeological sites and museums have been closed for weeks as part of the country's measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]

The two sides of a commemorative Greek 2-euro coin bearing an ancient Greek soldier's helmet and struck to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae is seen during a presentation at the Bank of Greece in Athens on Tuesday.

A woman walks past a neon-lit star decorating the Dionysiou Areopagitou promenade for the Christmas season, with the the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, on Monday. The installations are part of a bigger holiday decoration project implemented in the Greek capital in cooperation with the Athens Digital Arts Festival. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]