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Photos: High noon in a coronavirus stricken world

Lockdowns to halt the spread of the coronavirus have brought an uncanny silence to some of the world's busiest places. Transport hubs that should be teeming with travellers or our best loved tourist sites or promenades are empty of visitors and the traders that live from them, as borders close and tourists stay home. Squares where just a few years ago people swarmed in their masses to bring about revolution, are clear. Reuters photographers captured the hush that descended on some of the world's best-known sites on the same day, at noon.

Updated on: Apr 02, 2020 5:50 PM IST

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A mobile phone showing the time at noon, is displayed for a photo in front of an almost empty road with low traffic, during the coronavirus outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on March 31, 2020. The Images that follow were all taken on the same day, at the same time. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 02, 2020 5:50 PM

A mobile phone showing the time at noon, is displayed for a photo in front of an almost empty road with low traffic, during the coronavirus outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on March 31, 2020. The Images that follow were all taken on the same day, at the same time. (Aly Song / REUTERS)

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The clock strikes noon at the main concourse of the Grand Central Terminal, which is almost empty in Manhattan, New York City, US. (Andrew Kelly / REUTERS)

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The clock strikes noon at the main concourse of the Grand Central Terminal, which is almost empty in Manhattan, New York City, US. (Andrew Kelly / REUTERS)

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A view down an empty Rajpath leading to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi, India. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)

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A view down an empty Rajpath leading to the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi, India. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)

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A man holds a pocket watch at noon, as he shows the time while posing for photo at an almost empty market near the Imam Ali shrine, in Najaf, Iraq. Large parts of the world are under complete or partial lockdown, with restriction in all cases emptying out attractions and religious sites. (Alaa al-Marjani / REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 02, 2020 5:50 PM

A man holds a pocket watch at noon, as he shows the time while posing for photo at an almost empty market near the Imam Ali shrine, in Najaf, Iraq. Large parts of the world are under complete or partial lockdown, with restriction in all cases emptying out attractions and religious sites. (Alaa al-Marjani / REUTERS)

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A clock showing the time at noon, at Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, also known as The Grand Palace), the nation’s most sacred Buddhist temple, now closed for visitors due to the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand. (Jorge Silva / REUTERS)

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A clock showing the time at noon, at Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, also known as The Grand Palace), the nation’s most sacred Buddhist temple, now closed for visitors due to the coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand. (Jorge Silva / REUTERS)

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The clock on Spasskaya tower (L) showing the time at noon, is pictured next to Moscow’s Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral as they stand on an empty square in Moscow, Russia. (Maxim Shemetov / REUTERS)

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The clock on Spasskaya tower (L) showing the time at noon, is pictured next to Moscow’s Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral as they stand on an empty square in Moscow, Russia. (Maxim Shemetov / REUTERS)

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A watch showing the time at noon, is displayed for a photo in front of Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem in the Old City. (Ammar Awad / REUTERS)

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A watch showing the time at noon, is displayed for a photo in front of Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem in the Old City. (Ammar Awad / REUTERS)

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A far cry from the images of the 2011 Arab Spring and 2013 overthrow of the Morsi government-- this view at noon in front of Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS)

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A far cry from the images of the 2011 Arab Spring and 2013 overthrow of the Morsi government-- this view at noon in front of Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS)

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Two clocks show the time at noon by the near empty streets at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kiev, Ukraine. The Maidan, swarmed by protestors in the 2014 Ukranian Revolution that brought down a government and later gave rise to the Crimean crisis is all but empty now. (Gleb Garanich / REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 02, 2020 5:50 PM

Two clocks show the time at noon by the near empty streets at Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kiev, Ukraine. The Maidan, swarmed by protestors in the 2014 Ukranian Revolution that brought down a government and later gave rise to the Crimean crisis is all but empty now. (Gleb Garanich / REUTERS)

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A photographer wearing a watch at noon, shows the time, as a woman jogs past the Houses of Parliament on Westminster Bridge in London, England. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

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A photographer wearing a watch at noon, shows the time, as a woman jogs past the Houses of Parliament on Westminster Bridge in London, England. (Toby Melville / REUTERS)

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A clock showing the time at noon at Emionu district in Istanbul,Turkey. This quintessential means of experiencing the city by a ferry over the Bosporus will have to wait. (Umit Bektas / REUTERS)

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A clock showing the time at noon at Emionu district in Istanbul,Turkey. This quintessential means of experiencing the city by a ferry over the Bosporus will have to wait. (Umit Bektas / REUTERS)

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A digital clock on a smartphone is pictured in front of Brandenburg gate in Berlin, Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke / REUTERS)

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A digital clock on a smartphone is pictured in front of Brandenburg gate in Berlin, Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke / REUTERS)

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A watch showing the time at noon, in front of the Roman amphitheatre, empty during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amman, Jordan. (Muhammad Hamed / REUTERS)

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A watch showing the time at noon, in front of the Roman amphitheatre, empty during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Amman, Jordan. (Muhammad Hamed / REUTERS)

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In front of the United States Capitol building in Washington, US. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)

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In front of the United States Capitol building in Washington, US. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)

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A man wearing a protective face mask takes a photo with his mobile phone at noon at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan. (Issei Kato / REUTERS)

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A man wearing a protective face mask takes a photo with his mobile phone at noon at Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan. (Issei Kato / REUTERS)

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