9 Dystopian Pictures Of The Coronavirus Crisis That Were Unthinkable Just A Month Ago
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Life is currently on hold for at least one third of the world’s population, an unprecedented situation brought on by the global spread of coronavirus.
People have had to quickly adapt to fundamental changes in the way they live their lives, from entire countries on lockdown to the now-eerily familiar sight of their leaders presenting ever-rising death tolls.
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The pandemic has led to images that would have been unimaginable, even just months ago.
Here are nine pictures that illustrate how much has changed in such little time.
The Pope giving blessings to an empty St Peter’s Square
As mass public gatherings are now banned in many countries, places used to constantly hosting thousands of people now stand empty.
On Friday Pope Francis delivered a “Urbi et Orbi” blessing – normally reserved just for Christmas and Easter – to a completely empty St Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
Disinfecting entire cities
In an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, which has so far infected 800,00 people and led to 38,000 deaths worldwide, governments have been forced to take extraordinary measures.
In this picture taken on 13 March, firefighters in western Tehran have been redeployed to disinfect the streets of the Iranian capital.
Socially-distancing the homeless
The US is fast becoming the global epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak and the country’s death toll climbed past 3,000 on Monday.
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