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Pharmacist and former mayor of Caltagirone, Gaetano Cardiel poses in his store at Piazza Umberto I in Caltagirone, Sicily, on April 27, 2021. - Italy has long suffered one of the lowest birth rates in Europe, but the situation has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic -- saddling the country with problems that go well beyond empty cribs. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ANDREAS SOLARO)