Before and after the coronavirus: Scenes from normally busy places Combination photos of places before the coronavirus and the same spot today Published: March 18, 2020 12:49 Reuters and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Digital Content Producer Follow us 1 of 20 Bars, restaurants, cinemas and schools were shutting down from Singapore and Cairo to Madrid and Dubai in a worldwide effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Above: Visitors arriving at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in West Bank earlier this month and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 2 of 20 A combination picture shows people walking near the castle in the old city of Erbil, Iraq last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 3 of 20 The Woodlands Causeway between Singapore and Malaysia, before (L) and after Malaysia imposed a lockdown on travel. Image Credit: REUTERS 4 of 20 Tourists climbing the stairs outside El Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain in 2019 and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 5 of 20 Students walking past a building at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt last month and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 6 of 20 Tourists standing in front of the 'Puente Nuevo' (New Bridge) in downtown Ronda, Spain last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 7 of 20 People gathering near the castle in the old city of Erbil, Iraq last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 8 of 20 School children leaving the primary school of Omar El Mokhtar in Cairo, Egypt last week and the same place now. Image Credit: REUTERS 9 of 20 Tourists walking across the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic last month and the bridge seen empty as the Czech government restricts movement of people today. Image Credit: REUTERS 10 of 20 People shopping at the Nabi Younes market in Mosul, Iraq last week and the empty market today. Image Credit: REUTERS 11 of 20 A class in school before and after closing the schools due to coronavirus in Preska, Slovenia. Image Credit: REUTERS 12 of 20 Iraqi youth playing pool in a cafe in the holy city of Kerbala, Iraq last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 13 of 20 Students attending a lecture at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt, last month and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 14 of 20 Tourists visiting the pillars of the Roman Temple of Hercules at the Amman Citadel, in Amman, Jordan last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 15 of 20 School children lining up for class at Thamret Al Tawfiq School in Cairo, Egypt last month and the school seen empty today. Image Credit: REUTERS 16 of 20 Worshippers attending a prayer at the Imam Ali shrine in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, Iraq in August 2019, and the same place last week. Image Credit: REUTERS 17 of 20 Men gathered at a beach in Beirut last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 18 of 20 Students walking past information and instructions on coronavirus disease at Cairo University, in Cairo,, last month and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS 19 of 20 Worshippers attending a prayer at the Imam Ali shrine in the holy Shi'ite city of Najaf, Iraq in August 2019, and the same place last week.. Image Credit: REUTERS 20 of 20 People at Dubai Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last week and the same place today. Image Credit: REUTERS