World's busiest spaces are now virtually empty and deserted. FMTNews Wuhan Epidemic China Covid19 Coronavirus
A pilgrim, who arrived before Saudi Arabia halted travel, rests on a praying carpet at Grand Mosque in Mecca.
The aerial photographs, released by Colorado-based space technology firm Maxar, show normally bustling spots from Mecca to Beijing thinned of people. Saudi Arabian authorities have suspended the year-round “umrah” pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest place, in a bid to stop the spread of the virus which has killed more than 3,000 people worldwide.An image above the Hazrat Masumeh Shrine in Qom shows one of Iran’s most hallowed places virtually empty as its famed golden dome shimmers in the sunlight.Photos above Wuhan, China – the epicentre of the global outbreak – show dozens of trains parked up at the city’s deserted Dongdamen Station.
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