Look: A black-and-white view of coronavirus-unsettled Tokyo

A man falls asleep in a train passing the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo. | Struck by the contrast of the white protective masks against the stark cityscape, AP photographer Jae. C. Hong captured these unsettling new norm in black and white.

A couple embrace while waiting at a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo. | People in Tokyo are overwhelmed by fear of the spread of the coronavirus, which is altering daily life.

Commuters are reflected on the window of a train during morning hours in Tokyo. | The notoriously crowded Tokyo morning rush-hour trains are sparsely populated. Classrooms are eerily empty. Store shelves are bare.

A commuter wearing a gas mask pauses for photos outside a train station in Tokyo. | People with gas masks pop up throughout a city overwhelmed by fear of the spread of the new coronavirus, which is altering daily life and casting doubt over the Summer Olympic Games.

Illuminated Olympic rings float in the water in the Odaiba section of Tokyo.

A woman in a kimono walks past gift shops in Tokyo.

A caricature artist wears a mask jokingly layered with a drawing of exaggerated lips while working in her shop in Tokyo.

A man exits Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.

A station attendant walks out of an empty car of a train decorated with a sign promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Two men walk along a sidewalk in Tokyo.

A group of elderly women play gate ball at a park in Tokyo.

A beam of light falls on a man at a train station in Tokyo.

A mannequin wears a mask at a souvenir shop near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo.

Commuters ride escalators at a train station in Tokyo.

An employee works in a luxury store in Tokyo.

A commuter reads a book while waiting for a train to arrive at a station in Tokyo.

A woman plays with a boy at a park near the temporarily closed Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.