Homeless stuck on the streets during coronavirus lockdown

As most of the world headed indoors, the homeless are stranded with nowhere else to go

Last updated: April 19, 2020 | 15:38

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Billy, who has been experiencing homelessness for seven years, sits with a sign reading "What Would Jesus Do?" amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, US.

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Homeless people rest on a sidewalk in Tegucigalpa in Honduras.

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A homeless man smokes as he lays down at a street site during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand.

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A homeless man sleeps on a cart on a deserted street during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India.

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A homeless woman reacts next to a worker collecting samples during a Miami-Dade County testing operation for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Miami, Florida, US.

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A homeless man wearing a protective mask is seen in Venice, Italy.

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A group of homeless men take in the last of the days light before seeking a place to sleep on a deserted promenade in Cape Town, South Africa.

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A homeless man rests against a pony wall in a square in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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A homeless sleeps in front of closed shops in Paris.

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A homeless woman sleeps on the street during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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A homeless wearing a protective mask lies asleep on the pavement in Rome's central Piazza Venezia.

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Pigeons strut near a homeless man wearing a protective face mask sleeping on a normally crowded street, in Tokyo, Japan.

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Wearing a protective gear against the spread of the new coronavirus, workers of La Granja restaurant deliver free food to a homeless woman, in Lima, Peru.

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A homeless man sleeps in the center of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.

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A homeless woman opens a packet of food distributed by an Non-Governmental Organisation while sitting in front of a closed shop, in Bangalore, India.

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This aerial view shows homeless people queuing in Hillbrow for a food distribution by the Johannesburg based NGO Meals on Wheels.

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A woman walks past the tent of a homeless set up on the pavement in Paris.

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A homeless man reacts as a worker uses a swab to collect a sample during a Miami-Dade County testing operation for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Miami, Florida.

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A homeless sleeps on a bench as a city employee, wearing protective gear, disinfects the area in Paseo de la Reforma avenue as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Mexico City.

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A homeless man sleeps in the doorway of a building, in Barcelona, Spain.

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A homeless man smokes at a homeless camp under a bridge, in Tokyo.

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A homeless person eats after receiving food from a group of residents of the Chapeu Mangueira slum, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Copacabana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A homeless man eats food on a road, in Kolkata, India.

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Homeless people rest inside cubicles at a temporary shelter, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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