Italian piazzas empty from the Alps to the Mediterranean. Highways without cars in China. A professional baseball game in Tokyo played with no fans to watch. The global battle against the coronavirus outbreak is also a struggle to adapt to a world with new rhythms and rules. No one can predict how long it may take for life to return to the patterns before the coronavirus first flared in China late last year.

Source: Washington Post March 10, 2020 22:18 UTC