Aerial images show eerily empty famous sites
A combo handout image showing Mecca’s Grand Mosque and the Kaaba before and after fears over the novel coronavirus led to the suspension of the umrah pilgrimage. – AFP pic, March 6, 2020.
EMPTY public squares, a ghostly train station and deserted holy sites – a series of striking satellite images have revealed the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on some of the world’s busiest spaces. The aerial photographs, released by Colorado-based space technology firm Maxar, show normally bustling spots from Mecca to Beijing thinned of people.
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