These Before & After Images Prove How Coronavirus Has Disrupted Normal Life Across The World

While countries across the world are coming to grips with the health calamity caused by Coronavirus, normal life has taken a hit globally. The novel coronavirus has topped 1,00,000 cases across the globe and affected more than 100 countries, with China as its epicentre. With the virus becoming a worldwide epidemic, many countries have imposed a lockdown on about a quarter of its population and restricting public activities throughout the country.

Here are some before and after pictures around the world that show how the coronavirus outbreak has destroyed normal life:

1. Taj Mahal, Agra

The number of visitors in Agra has continued to decline as city hotels reported mass cancellations in the past few days.

2. Tiananmen Square, China

This combination photo shows tourists walking past a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on April 29, 2013 (Left), and a general view of the same area in Beijing on March 7, 2020 (Right).

3. Bali, Indonesia

This combination photo shows Chinese tourists arriving from Nusa Penida in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on January 26, 2020 (Left) and a general view of the same pier on March 8, 2020 (Right).

4. Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia

This combination photo shows tourists visiting Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province on March 16, 2019 (Left) and on March 5, 2020 (Right).

5. Humayun's Tomb, New Delhi

There are 174 monuments in Delhi and those which have ticket-based entry have seen as much as 50 per cent decrease in footfall, ever since the coronavirus came knocking up north. Even those monuments, which are free of cost to enter have not been attracting many visitors.

6. Hong Kong

This combination photo shows tourists taking pictures at the Peak in Hong Kong on December 26, 2015 (Left) and a man wearing a facemask as a precautionary measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at the same location on March 7, 2020 (Right).

7. Huangpu River, Shanghai

This combination photo shows people visiting the promenade on the Bund along the Huangpu River during the May Day holiday in Shanghai on May 1, 2019 (Left) and people wearing facemasks, amid concerns of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, along the Bund in Shanghai on March 8, 2020 (Right).

8. South Korea

This combination photo shows pedestrians crossing a street outside the Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul on May 3, 2017 (Left) and on March 6, 2020 (Right).

9. Bangkok

This combination photo shows devotees offering prayers at Erawan shrine in Bangkok on July 9, 2019 (Left) and on March 6, 2020 (Right).

10. Vietnam

This combination photo shows tourists and locals enjoying drinks and food on tables set up on the pavement in the old quarter of Hanoi on November 24, 2015 (Left) and people drinking in the same area in Hanoi on March 7, 2020 (Right).

11. Piazza del Duomo, Italy

Piazza Duomo square after the government decree to close cinemas, schools and urge people to work from home and not stand closer than one metre to each other, in Milan, Italy.

12. Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan

An empty departures gate is pictured at Haneda Airport in Tokyo because of entry restrictions that the Japanese government is placing on travelers arriving from South Korea and China, including Japanese citizens, took effect on March 9, 2020.

13. King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh

The stands are seen empty after the decision of the Saudi Ministry of Sports, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at King Saud University Stadium, in Riyadh.

14. Mecca, Saudi Arabia

A combination photo shows Muslim pilgrims wearing protective face masks, following the outbreak of the coronavirus, as they pray at Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia March 3, 2020 (Left) and general view of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) amid the fear of coronavirus outbreak, at Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia March 6, 2020 (Right).