In Pictures: Streets empty as cities impose Covid-19 lockdown

As more countries enforce lockdowns and advise their residents to stay home in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus, many streets, transport hubs and tourist attractions are eerily empty.

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March 18, 2020 at 9:49 AM

Light traffic is seen during rush hour near the Petronas Towers during a lockdown in Kuala Lumpur on March 18, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A man boards an empty train from an equally empty platform in Munich on March 18, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco on March 17, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Policemen stand on the Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on March on 17, 2020, while a strict lockdown comes into in effect in France to stop the spread of the coronavirus. PHOTO: AFP

A man walks across an empty medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, as the Czech government restricts movement of people to slow the spread of the coronavirus on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Empty cable cars stand on California Street in San Francisco, California, on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

About 200 school buses are parked at the Montgomery County Schools Clarksburg Bus Depot in Clarksburg, Maryland on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

King County Metro buses sit at the King County Metro Central Base in storage in Seattle, Washington, on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Hundreds of boats sit docked at the Elliott Bay Marina in Seattle, Washington, on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Air planes of German carrier Lufthansa are parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Cars parked at the Vauxhall factory in Ellesmere Port, east of Liverpool, on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A 10 km queue of trucks stuck on the A12 motorway near the Polish-German border from outside the eastern German town of Frankfurt on March 16, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

School buses parked outside a closed school in Dubai on March 15, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial photo shows unused tourist buses parked on a lot near Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on March 8, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

The rooftop of STA Vehicle Inspection Centre packed with taxis from ComfortDelGro as seen on March 6, 2020. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Shipping cranes sit idle at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, on February 28, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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