A closed hostel in the Liben district which has been shut under COVID-19 restrictions.

A fishing net secures the damaged roof of a church in the village of Quarff.

A Chodovar beer advertisement near the Ve Skale (In the Rock) restaurant. Its 800 year-old Gothic cellars are usually full of visitors but due to the coronavirus restrictions, the restaurant has b...

The Venator Chemical Plant. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall' switched to the Conservatives fo...

People walking dogs towards the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, pri...

People walking dogs in the Teesmouth National Nature Reserve. In the background are is the closed-down Redcar Steelworks, shut due to the inability to compete with cheaper foreign production, primaril...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

Beer drinkers in garden of the Fisherman's Arms pub. British fishing communities, like Hartlepool, were some of the strongest supporters of Brexit but many now feel betrayed as small increases in fish...

A man walks along a street, past a boarded up lock-up at the back of some terraced houses. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in...

Closed shops with the former industrial port area in the background. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Re...

A woman walks through the graveyard at Saint Hilda's church. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-called 'Red Wall'...

Socially distanced customers drinking outside the Pot House, a waterfront pub. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, including in the last General Election, when many neighbouring areas in Labour's so-...

A man walks through an abandoned factory, destroyed during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

A man walks through an abandoned factory, destroyed during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

A sign explaining COVID-19 restrictions in place at a fun fair (before opening) on waste ground. In the background, the three masts of a sailing vessel at the National Museum of the Royal Navy appear...

A discarded sign in a car park that reads: 'Investing In Our Town...Welcome to the home of your future multi-million pound leisure centre and events space'. Hartlepool has always voted Labour, includ...

Second hand clothes salesman Oppong Antwi (50) in his stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). Antwi says the business can be a gamble. Each 55kg bale of reject clothes contains around 400 shi...

Second hand clothes salesman Oppong Antwi (50) in his stall in Kejetia market (Kumasi Central Market). Antwi says the business can be a gamble. Each 55kg bale of reject clothes contains around 400 shi...

A legal logging crew take a rest after cutting down a pequi tree in the Jamari National Forest. The lack of monitoring by environmental agencies and consequent ease of illegal logging, even in protect...

A man moves his family's furniture in a cart after struggling with the rent for their house after prices skyrocketed, especially for housing and food, as the urban population of Altamira increased fro...

A petrol station that has closed earlier than its normal operating hours. Where they are open, most petrol stations are only selling a limited amount of fuel to each customer.

A closed KBZ Bank ATM outlet. Most bank's ATM machines are only operating for a short time, if at all, each day as most are empty of cash.

A cyclo-rickshaw passes a five-star hotel in the city centre.

[NOTE: Please do not credit photographer] YANGON - March 18, 2021: A Buddhist monk walks past the closed doors at the main entrance of Myanma Economic Bank branch no.2 many staff of which have also be...

A member of staff walks up an escalator that has been turned off in a shopping centre where, as a result of the military coup and the suppression of protests, most of the shops are closed and the cent...

A shopping centre where, as a result of the military coup and the suppression of protests, most of the shops are closed and the centre itself is now only open until 3.30pm instead of the normal closin...

Cleaning staff pause from their work inside an almost empty shopping centre.

A petrol station that has closed earlier than its normal operating hours. Where they are open, most petrol stations are only selling a limited amount of fuel to each customer.

A Buddhist monk walks past the closed doors at the main entrance of Myanma Economic Bank Branch No.1 where many of the staff have joined the Civil Disobedience Movements and are staying away from thei...

A woman without a face mask and her companion wearing his below his nose as they walk past a closed restaurant on Karlova Street. On 1 March 2021 the state of emergency lockdown in the Czech Republic...

A sign in English and Czech explaining that a gallery and book shop are closed on orders of the government. On 1 March 2021 the state of emergency lockdown in the Czech Republic was reinstalled becaus...

A closed shop, near the Charles Bridge, that normally sells Bohemian Crystal. On 1 March 2021 the state of emergency lockdown in the Czech Republic was reinstalled because of the fast increasing numbe...

A sign in English and Czech explaining that the shop is closed on orders of the government. On 1 March 2021 the state of emergency lockdown in the Czech Republic was reinstalled because of the fast in...

Shipping containers in the Asia World Port Terminal viewed from an abandoned market.

Shipping containers in the Asia World Port Terminal viewed from an abandoned market.

Shipping containers in the Asia World Port Terminal viewed from an abandoned market.

Protestors and a man wheeling a bicycle near a closed parade of shops and an entertainment station.

The abandoned 'Rifles' pub, formerly known as the Royal Small Arms Tavern. Established in Enfield Lock in the 1860s to accompany the rifle manufacturer of the same name, the tavern went into decline w...

A sign for the abandoned White Hart pub in Erith.

Students from the Meikhtila Economics University Alumnus group protest against the military coup, in front of the Chinese embassy where they repeatedly shout ''Hey mister (China China!), stop supporti...

Students from the University of Economics hold up signs featuring the image of Aung San Suu Kyi as they march in support of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and democracy, and to protest the 1...

A group of protestors singing anti-military songs and dancing on a truck pass the construction site of a shopping mall and hotels where work is currently suspended.

Retired people selling second hand items in an alley in the historical centre of Rhodes.

A shuttered and closed down garage and car sales business.

A decrepit and disused fountain, featuring a statue of a boy, in the city centre.

A man on the sea front selling bread rings from a shopping trolly at half a Euro each.

A couple walk hand-in-hand along the sea front where a man is selling bread rings from a shopping trolly at half a Euro each.

A couple selling apples from a van parked at a roadside.

The premises of a closed down business with 'to let' (Enoikiazetai) painted on its windows.

A vandalised bus shelter lies at the side of a road.

An Algerian transit migrant prays outside a decrepit abandoned factory building near the port of Patras from where he and his friends hope to get onboard a ship and travel to Italy.

A shuttered and closed down garage and car sales business with a 'to let' sign out the front.

A steel walkway, by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, built for the 2004 Athens Olympics.

People using a swimming pool that was built for the 2004 Athens Olympics.

A disused fountain feature at the site of the 2004 Athens Olympics athlete's village.

A disused children's playground at the site of the 2004 Athens Olympics athlete's village.

A man eating bread and soup at the food distribution point of the City of Athens Homeless Foundation. The foundation provides 1200 meals to destitute and homeless Greeks and foreign nationals on a dai...

People eating soup at the food distribution point of the City of Athens Homeless Foundation. The foundation provides 1200 meals to destitute and homeless Greeks and foreign nationals on a daily basis.

Takis (62), a former employee at a Carrefour supermarket, eating soup at the food distribution point of the City of Athens Homeless Foundation. The foundation provides 1200 meals to destitute and home...

Street arr inspired by the economic crisis.

A man selling counterfeit brands of perfume from a street stall.

Iraqi Kurds selling contreband cigarettes on a street where most of the shops are closed and shuttered.

Shuttered and closed down shops covered in graffiti.

A couple on a motorsycle pass a tree trunk marking a large pot hole and the collapsed edge of the road. Residents of the communities around the salt-rich Songor Lagoon complain that for decades the l...

The closed and shuttered Hotel Pension in Tiergarten.

A closed down derelict garage building.

Lukasz, 19, a student at the London School of Economics, during his online lessons. All lessons have been online since the pandemic began in March 2020. 'I have a strong feeling that every day is th...

A house surrounded by agricultural land on Kinmen's main island. Following many years of economic neglect and decline, the property market on Kinmen is starting to look up with some people from mainla...

A house surrounded by agricultural land on Kinmen's main island. Following many years of economic neglect and decline, the property market on Kinmen is starting to look up with some people from mainla...

A woamn feeds chickens in an empty classroom being used as a barn while the school is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A woamn feeds chickens in an empty classroom being used as a barn while the school is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Chickens in an empty classroom being used as a barn while the school is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Duncan Maina (13) working in the fields of the village chief for two Euros a day. He gives one Euro to his mother, the saves the other Euro so he can buy rabbits. He would like to go back to school wh...

Susan Ndanu (15) sits at home with her parents Eunice and Richard. With schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic Susan got pregnant after starting a relationship with a boy who said he would giv...

Shayann Michere (17) sits at home. With schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic Shayann got into a relationship with a boy and got pregnant. She now sees her future dream of becoming a graduate...

Shayann Michere (17) at home with her mother Elizabeth. With schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic Shayann got into a relationship with a boy and got pregnant. She now sees her future dream o...

Junior with his son Dieudone (3), whose swollen abdomen is a clear sign of malnourishment, at their home in district 7. Junior, however, has no information as to how to spot symptoms of malnutrition a...

Gerry (not pictured) and his children about to eat a meal of cassava with sauce at their home in District 7. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has...

Gerry and his children about to eat a meal of cassava with sauce at their home in District 7. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has rented a canoe...

One of Gerry's (not pictured) children, Johnson, doing their waits for food at their home in District 7. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has ren...

Gerry's (not pictured) children, Johnson and Miguel, doing their school work at their home in District 7. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has re...

Gerry and his children about to eat a meal of cassava with sauce at their home in District 7. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has rented a canoe...

Gerry and his children in District 7. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has rented a canoe and goes fishing with no guarantee of being able to eat...

A women's fitness class at a centre that has opened in defiance of the national coronavirus lockdown rules.

Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has rented a canoe and goes fishing with no guarantee of being able to eat every day.

A women's fitness class at a centre that has opened in defiance of the national coronavirus lockdown rules.

A women's fitness class at a centre that has opened in defiance of the national coronavirus lockdown rules.

A women's fitness class at a centre that has opened in defiance of the national coronavirus lockdown rules.

In District 7, on the Ubangi river, Gerry with one of his sons Miguel are preparing to go fishing. Gerry lost his job as a site guard and since has been struggling to feed his family. He has rented a...

Trucks waiting at the border with Cameroon where COVID-19 testing has resulted in long delays.