Solitary scenes in the coronavirus pandemic
A man walks his dog on a street near Piazza Navona square in Rome, Italy, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
A man exercises in a park in Islington, London, Britain, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Newman
A man pushes his bike in a closed park in Weehawken, New Jersey, as the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Empire State Building are seen in the background, April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
A girl sits on a quiet beach near Enoshima island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Hua Lamphong train station is seen empty during the Songkran holiday, which marks the Thai New Year, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A general view shows an almost empty street in Alberobello, Italy, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
A chef prepares food in the Qianmen district, one of the top tourist destinations in Beijing, China April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A Muslim woman kneels for her midday prayers in a nearly empty Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Lloyd Robinson, a local musician, plays a marching mellophone under the I10 highway during a gathering with musicians friends in New Orleans, Louisiana April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
A delivery bike is seen on an otherwise empty street in Manhattan, New York, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Organist Elizabeth Noone plays to an empty Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church on Palm Sunday in Worcester, Massachusetts, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A cyclist stops in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, with the Washington Monument lit by the setting sun at rear, in Washington, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
A couple has the sidewalk to themselves as they walk by the Flamingo hotel-casino during the shutdown of all casinos and nonessential businesses in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
A bicycle delivery man wears a face mask in Sydney, Australia, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
A man walks along a deserted road during the eighth day of the lockdown in Kathmandu, Nepal March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A man cycles through Leadenhall Market in London, Britain, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
The isolated house of a family is pictured in Moorsel, Belgium March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
A man walks alone through the nearly empty Oculus transportation hub at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, New York, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Pope Francis delivers an extraordinary "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing - normally given only at Christmas and Easter - from an empty St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
A commuter enjoys the sunset alone on the upper deck of a Staten Island Ferry in Manhattan, New York City, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
A person wearing a mask walks along an empty street in Seoul, South Korea March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji
A woman wearing a protective face mask sits on a social distancing seat as she rides a bus in Bangkok, Thailand, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Resident Jillian Kislow makes face masks for her friends in her kitchen in Pasadena, California, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
A woman walks on Recreio dos Bandeirantes beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
People wear face masks as they walk in a residential community in Xianning, Hubei province, China March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
An employee rests inside an office building during a curfew imposed in Belgrade, Serbia, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
A man sits outside closed shops following the lockdown in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa
A woman stands on an empty Sandymount strand in Dublin, Ireland, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
A man sits alone outside a pub on Carnaby Street in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
A lone commuter stands on the platform of a deserted train station during morning rush hour in Sydney, Australia, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
A man sits alone on a roof terrace during Italy's nationwide lockdown in Rome, Italy March 15, 2020. In the distance, no cars are seen on a usually busy highway. REUTERS/Emily Roe
A faithful sits alone at the empty Notre-Dame des Victoires Cathedral during the Sunday mass, in Dakar, Senegal March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Sylvain Cherkaoui
A man plays alone at the game center which is almost empty in Bangkok, Thailand March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
An empty street is seen in Manhattan, New York City, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
A general view of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
A woman wearing a protective mask walks outside Castel Sant'Angelo, in Rome, Italy March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
A woman walks through empty streets outside the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A person with a walker crosses 42nd Street in a mostly deserted Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
A man walks across an empty medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
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