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In pictures: nature reclaims quiet public places during the pandemic

Published Apr 25, 2020
A dog and a red fox run around an empty skate park in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, where predatory animals now roam amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions that have closed beaches and emptied sidewalks April 19, 2020. Picture taken on April 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen - RC2L9G9LAQBK
Turf war: a fox and a dog run around an empty skate park in Ashkelon, IsraelImage: REUTERS/ Amir Cohen

With much of the world under lockdown, noisy public places have become quiet, weeds are creeping through the cracks and animals are venturing out onto our streets.

Here are some images captured by Reuters photographers of wildlife during the strange calm of the coronavirus pandemic.

Two's company: Fox cubs under a popular boardwalk at Lake Ontario, CanadaImage: REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Boar walk: a residential street in Haifa, IsraelImage: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Vegetation has quickly sprung up in this abandoned playground in Khiam, LebanonImage: REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Dear friend: a man feeds some visitors in Romford, EnglandImage: REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
A coyote stands by a quiet road by the Golden Gate Bridge in California, USAImage: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A monkey crosses the road near India's Presidential Palace in New DelhiImage: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2TOF9XRO9K
A faithful flock: Goats outside a church in Llandudno, WalesImage: REUTERS/Carl Recine - RC22VF9B0AT7

And finally, police in Australia captured this video of a kangeroo with a spring in its stride on Adeleide's empty streets.

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