5 Places That Went From Packed to Empty After Coronavirus

In early 2020, something happened that would have seemed impossible just months earlier. Some of the busiest and most recognizable places on Earth suddenly became almost completely deserted. Tourist attractions lost their crowds. Famous squares stood empty. Streets normally filled with traffic had almost no cars. And while much of the world was shutting down, Wuhan was doing something completely different: rapidly constructing emergency hospitals to deal with the outbreak. Here are five striking before-and-after examples of how dramatically the pandemic changed the world.

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