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Coronavirus pandemic: Hundreds of millions of people faced a world turned upside down on Wednesday by unprecedented emergency measures against the coronavirus pandemic that is killing the old and vulnerable and threatening prolonged economic misery. The virus has infected more than 212,000 people across the world and the death toll has exceeded 8,700 in 164 nations. The novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 169 on Thursday. Let us take a look at some of the important sites around the world after the outbreak of coronavirus and the lockdown:
View of an empty Westminster Bridge as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in London, Britain. (Reuters Photo) -
View of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) at Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters Photo)
A view shows the empty Iena Bridge near the Eiffel tower as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease in Paris, in France. (Reuters Photo) 
Moored gondolas on an empty Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. (Reuters Photo) -
A nearly empty 7th Avenue in Times Square is seen at rush hour after it was announced that Broadway shows will cancel performances due to the coronavirus outbreak in New York. (Reuters Photo)
Tables at an open restaurant are mostly deserted on a quiet morning at the waterfront of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters Photo) 
A street empty of tourists is seen around landmark Sagrada Familia basilica, which stopped receiving visitors and suspended its construction work as a precautionary measure due to the coronavirus outbreak in Barcelona, Spain. (Reuters Photo) 
An empty Brooklyn Bridge is seen during the outbreak of coronavirus disease, in New York City. (Reuters Photo) -
A man walks along the National Mall as museums and many public areas are closed to the public for precaution due to coronavirus spread, in Washington. (Reuters Photo)
A view shows the Gateway of India after the government tightened up measures for coronavirus prevention in Mumbai. (Reuters Photo)
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