The Google Doodle is now a series of games to bust boredom while staying at home

In a bid to help curb boredom as many people stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic, Google has launched a series of games to keep us preoccupied.

The game "doodles" will run for two weeks from April 27.

Google has created a huge amount of games for its home page over the years. You can find these archived on the Google Doodle Blog.

In today's Doodle, a game called Coding for Carrots allows users to put in a simple combination of commands to see a rabbit hop around various squares, eating carrots. It's far more entertaining and addictive than it sounds.

The game first appeared in 2017, as Google celebrated the 50th anniversary of Logo, the first programming language created for children.

Globally, there are two other Google Doodles showing up in people's searches on April 27. One is for Koningsdag – that's Dutch for King's Day – which is a popular holiday in the Netherlands, honouring the birthday of King Willem-Alexander, the country's first king in 123 years.

Elsewhere, South Africa Freedom Day marks the date in 1994 when the country held its first post-apartheid democratic elections, which resulted in Nelson Mandela being voted president.

Take a look through the photo gallery below to see previous Google Doodles that have celebrated the Middle East and North Africa: