Public spaces, as we think of them today, trace their origins back at least to the agoras of ancient Greece. Atul Loke for The New York Timesemptyspaces-14 Bangkok Streets of fear in a city popular with Chinese visitors from Wuhan. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Timesemptyspaces-31 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Only the buildings needed guarding at a temple complex. Ulet Ifansasti for The New York Timesemptyspaces-32 Paris The view is still there, the viewers far less so. Andrea Mantovani for The New York Timesemptyspaces-33 Bogotá, Colombia An empty cloverleaf tells the story of a city on lockdown.

Source: New York Times March 23, 2020 09:00 UTC