Deserted pilgrimage sites and new hospitals, empty highways and squares, "parked" trains and planes without passengers - these are the countries where the coronavirus is raging.
Comparative aerial photographs released by Maxar, a space technology development company, show that the usually noisy places and squares of Mecca, Beijing, Milan and Tokyo are empty.
A large crowd around the Kaaba at the Al-Haram Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, before the coronavirus on 14 February 2020 and the same place during the coronavirus on 3 March 2020.
Tiananmen Square in Beijing before the coronavirus on 21 February 2019 and during the coronavirus on 11 February 2020
The crowded highway in Wuhan before coronavirus, 17 October 2019 and an empty highway during the coronavirus on 25 February 2020.
A crowd in the mausoleum of Fatima Masum in Qum, Iran, before the coronavirus on 25 September 2019 and an empty shrine during the coronavirus on 1 March 2020.
A crowd in Tokyo Disneyland, Japan, before the coronavirus on 1 February2020 and the deserted Disneyland during the coronavirus on 1 March 2020.
Milan Cathedral before the coronavirus on 22 January 2020 and during the coronavirus on 4 March 2020.
Hooshan Shan Hospital in Wuhan, China, before the coronavirus on 28 April 2017 and during the coronavirus on 22 February 2020.
Car traffic in Wuhan before the coronavirus, 17 October 2019, and an empty road during the coronavirus on 25 February 2020.
Railway station in Wuhan before the coronavirus on 17 October and during the coronavirus on 25 February 2020.
Tehran airport in front of the coronavirus in Iran on 11 January 2020 and during the coronavirus on 29 February 2020.
The airport in Wuhan before the coronavirus 17 October 2019, and the same airport during the coronavirus on 25 February 2020.
Wuhan square before the coronavirus on 17 October 2019 and during the coronavirus on 25 February 2020.
