Special to The Asahi Shimbun
April 25, 2021 at 17:30 JST
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he visits a child psychiatry department at Reims hospital, eastern France, to discuss the psychological impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the lockdown on children and teenagers in France on April 14. (Pool via AP)
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