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Collected Item: “Famous Landmarks Now Empty Due to COVID”

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Famous Landmarks Now Empty Due to COVID

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Quora Post

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Quora is a large forum for Asked to Answer (A2A) interchange. One user can post a question, and any other user or users can answer.
In this case, a user posted photos of famous places that are now deserted because of COVID-19.
The world is quite different now--hopefully only temporarily

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

emptyspaces, landmarks, deserted, stayhome, shelterinplace, Kaaba, StPeter, Vatican, church, EiffelTower, Louvre, TajMahal, TokyoDome, PiazzadelDuoma, BuckinghamPalace, RomanColosseum, Disneyland, TreviFountain

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.quora.com/q/curious-minds/What-are-some-of-the-greatest-before-afterphotos? ch=10&share=5eac3cda&srid=5F2EL

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2020-04-08
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