Before And After The Coronavirus: Scenes From Normally Busy Places

Combination photos of places before the coronavirus and the same spot today

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Bars, restaurants, cinemas and schools were shutting down from Singapore and Cairo to Madrid and Dubai in a worldwide effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Above: Visitors arriving at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in West Bank earlier this month and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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A combination picture shows people walking near the castle in the old city of Erbil, Iraq last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS

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The Woodlands Causeway between Singapore and Malaysia, before (L) and after Malaysia imposed a lockdown on travel.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Tourists climbing the stairs outside El Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain in 2019 and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Students walking past a building at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt last month and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Tourists standing in front of the 'Puente Nuevo' (New Bridge) in downtown Ronda, Spain last week and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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People gathering near the castle in the old city of Erbil, Iraq last week and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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School children leaving the primary school of Omar El Mokhtar in Cairo, Egypt last week and the same place now.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Tourists walking across the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic last month and the bridge seen empty as the Czech government restricts movement of people today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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People shopping at the Nabi Younes market in Mosul, Iraq last week and the empty market today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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A class in school before and after closing the schools due to coronavirus in Preska, Slovenia.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Iraqi youth playing pool in a cafe in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq last week and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Students attending a lecture at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, last month and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Tourists visiting the pillars of the Roman Temple of Hercules at the Amman Citadel, in Amman, Jordan last week and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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School children lining up for class at Thamret Al Tawfiq School in Cairo, Egypt last month and the school seen empty today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Worshippers attending a prayer at the Imam Ali shrine in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, Iraq in August 2019, and the same place last week.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Men gathered at a beach in Beirut last week and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Students walking past information and instructions on coronavirus disease at Cairo University, in Cairo,, last month and the same place today.Image Credit: REUTERS

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Worshippers attending a prayer at the Imam Ali shrine in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, Iraq in August 2019, and the same place last week..Image Credit: REUTERS

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People at Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last week and the same place today.