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Amusement parks, racetracks and other eye-catching vaccine venues

Over 1.67billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to people around the world. But not everyone has had a chance to get their shot in uniquesettings, such asthe Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the U.S.,the Sambodromo in Brazil andCanada's Wonderland.

Locations include Canada's Wonderland, Olympic Stadium, Kennedy Center

Over 1.67billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to people around the world, including 21.1millionin Canada.

But not everyone has had anopportunity to get their shot in uniquesettings, such asthe Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.,the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro andCanada's Wonderland north of Toronto.

So we'veassembled a visual tour of some eye-catchingand iconic vaccination venues here and abroad.

Canada's Wonderland and other amusement parks

Health-care workersget ready at a drive-thru mass vaccination clinicat Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ont., on March 29.

(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

A mass vaccination centre is set up at Six Flags Magic Mountain on Feb. 2 in Valencia, Calif., northwestof Los Angeles.

(Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)

A mass vaccination site is shown in the parking lot of another Six Flags site on Feb.6 in Bowie, Md.

(Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Places of worship

People wait outside the TARICIslamic Centre in Toronto, where health-care workers from Humber River Hospital administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on April 7.

(Evan Mitsui/CBC)

A general view inside the Salisbury Cathedral inEnglandonJan.20 as people wait to get inoculated.

(Paul Childs/Reuters)

Racetracks

An athletetrains on a track as peopleare being vaccinated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the velodromein Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, southwest of Paris, on March 23.

(Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images)

Kiril Kiriljuk, 34, gets his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary clinic at the Woodbine racetrack and casinoin northwestTorontoon May 5.

(Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Interiorview of thevaccination centre at the Velodrom in Berlinon Feb.17.

(Michael Sohn/Getty Images)

Stadiums

People line up outsideYankee Stadium on Feb. 5 in New York City to get a shot at the stadium-turned-vaccination centre.

(Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images)

Aview of a vaccination sitein the Sambodromoon April 9, normally the epicentre for carnivalfestivitiesin Rio de Janeiro.

(Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Daniel Fullumshows his ticket for a 10 a.m. appointment to get a shot of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at Montreal's Olympic Stadium on April 8.

(Ivanoh Demers/CBC)

In Saint John, the public health departmenthas repurposed Exhibition Park,normally the site of horse racing, flea markets andmidway attractions, intoa massvaccination venue.

(Julia Wright/CBC)

Drivers wait their turn on Feb. 25 at a drive-thruvaccination clinicin the parking lotofDodger Stadiumin Los Angeles.

(Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Vacci'Bus, transit and other mobile clinics

The Vacci'Bustravels through isolated villages near Reims, France, to bring vaccines to elderly people. Here, the mobile clinicis seen ona road in Vandeuil onJan.28.

(Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)

A woman getsa dose of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine inside a modified bus in Thamesmead, London, on Feb. 14.

(Henry Nicholls/Reuters)

People wait in a line to receive vaccinationsat Grand Central Terminal train station in New York City on May 12.

(Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Health-care workers conduct a pop-upvaccinationclinic with the help of a Fleets Coffee truck in Toronto on May 19.

(Evan Mitsui/CBC)

A view of avaporettoon April 5 in Italy. Normally used for public transportation, the ferry wastransformed into a clinic to vaccinate residents of small islandsin Venice.

(Manuel Silvestri/Reuters)

Museums, performing arts and other centres

A blue whale model hangs with a Band-Aid on its fin above a pop-up vaccination site at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City onApril 23.

(Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

People line up byRoy Lichtenstein's Brushstrokesculptureduring a walk-up vaccine clinic at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts'Reach Gardens area on May 6 in Washington, D.C.

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The waiting area at theWabano Centre for Aboriginal Health in Ottawa set amongtraditional art in the Grand Space designed by Indigenous-Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal is ready to give elders their first vaccines on Feb. 18.The doses were administered in partnership with Ottawa Public Health.

(Francis Ferland/CBC)

Essential workers, includingrestaurant staff,stand in line outside the Vancouver Convention Centre during a vaccination clinic onMay 7.

(Ben Nelms/CBC)