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Photos: High noon in a coronavirus-stricken world

The hush that has descended on some of world's best-known sites on the same day, at noon

Published: April 02, 2020 12:35 Reuters and compiled by Balaram Menon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130256Z_791516293_RC2PVF9IJEWK_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816609335 — Lockdowns to halt the spread of the coronavirus have brought an uncanny silence to some of the world's busiest places. Transport hubs that should be teeming with travellers such as New York's Grand Central station or Istanbul's Eminonu ferry docks are all but deserted. | Above: The Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T140043Z_2029476456_RC2QVF9JZYP0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816562837 — Our best loved tourist sites or promenades, the Malecon seafront in the Cuban capital Havana, the Damascus Gate entrance to Jerusalem and the Old Town Square in the Czech capital Prague are empty of visitors and the traders that live from them, as borders close and tourists stay home. | Above: The Brandenburg gate, in Berlin, Germany. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130310Z_83634645_RC2PVF93YFEK_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816591123 — Cairo's Tahrir Square and Kiev's Maidan, squares where just a few years ago people swarmed in their masses to bring about revolution, are clear. | Above: The Roman amphitheater in Amman, Jordan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130222Z_2103586658_RC2PVF962ICB_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816665465 — Reuters photographers have captured the hush that has descended on some of the world's best-known sites on the same day, at noon. | Above: An almost empty road in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130244Z_1089706043_RC2PVF9YXM90_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816632846 — The Damascus Gate at Jerusalem's Old City. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130223Z_310364575_RC2PVF9A7G7Y_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816661147 — The Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, also known as The Grand Palace), in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130231Z_1672759745_RC2PVF9IFBSR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816648272 — A beach in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130220Z_310737892_RC2PVF9P50GY_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816669655 — The Merlion Park in Singapore. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130230Z_1192263483_RC2PVF98NOP4_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816653326 — An empty road at Rajpath, in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T140035Z_1613963559_RC2QVF96INVI_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816566877 — The Houses of Parliament on Westminster Bridge, in London. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130316Z_866287617_RC2PVF921Z1P_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816577426 — Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130228Z_2027047377_RC2PVF994Q7M_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816656807 — An almost empty square in Minsk, Belarus. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T145242Z_459788650_RC2QVF9B67BT_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-RUSSIA-EMERGENCY-1585816556849 — The Spasskaya tower is pictured next to Moscow’s Kremlin, and St. Basil’s Cathedral. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130239Z_365018643_RC2PVF910LL1_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816636017 — The Stock im Eisen square in Vienna, Austria. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130234Z_556534528_RC2PVF9QTQSW_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816644326 — The Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square), in Kiev, Ukraine. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130302Z_767949466_RC2PVF9VRHCC_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816606800 — The National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130308Z_1618846105_RC2PVF9DS722_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816596235 — The main concourse of the Grand Central Terminal, in Manhattan, New York City. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130252Z_325483962_RC2PVF9QHG5K_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816618282 — Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130254Z_599279045_RC2PVF9AEXZX_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816613831 — Cape Town's city hall in Cape Town, South Africa. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130245Z_1713722580_RC2PVF9Q1R3I_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816627658 — Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130940Z_809867882_RC2PVF99AKNS_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816572049 — The Eminonu district in Istanbul,Turkey. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130306Z_671725233_RC2PVF9HMFKT_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816601651 — The United States Capitol, in Washington. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130311Z_1523223128_RC2PVF9A8HM7_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816588330 — The seafront Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130235Z_1641012695_RC2PVF9JALVS_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816640000 — The State Hermitage museum, in front of Palace square, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130250Z_2054106036_RC2PVF9IC0LH_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816623757 — The Ring Road Central Street in Accra, Ghana. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130216Z_1803374657_RC2PVF99D6OX_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816678483 — The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai, India. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130217Z_1393561474_RC2PVF9DZT1M_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816674289 — The Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130214Z_504989775_RC2PVF92ZPK0_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816682350 — The Jalan M.H. Thamrin, one of the main roads in Jakarta, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2020-04-01T130315Z_681274683_RC2PVF9NSTH3_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-MIDDAY-1585816582465 — The Bolivar avenue, in Caracas, Venezuela. Image Credit: REUTERS

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