Striking photos capture animals venturing into quiet urban landscapes amid coronavirus lockdowns that have lasted weeks.
Animals Explore Cities Silenced By Coronavirus Lockdowns
- By RFE/RL
![Jackals roam a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 15.](https://gdb.rferl.org/fc84ab2f-7aa2-4694-9a1c-eb6420340280_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jackals roam a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 15.
![Peacocks in an empty street in Ronda, Spain, on April 3.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0225c45c-2003-4573-acbe-b8e7b89325a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Peacocks in an empty street in Ronda, Spain, on April 3.
![A fox at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 6. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff7b2dce-fed8-4deb-a8ea-814e26d5302e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fox at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 6.
![A coyote in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on April 7.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6f9c8c59-c5cf-478d-8c94-238ad039637f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A coyote in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on April 7.
![A wild boar catches the attention of a dog in Haifa, Israel, on April 5. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/57280d54-3a7e-49fd-a69e-2eaf613583d4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A wild boar catches the attention of a dog in Haifa, Israel, on April 5.
![A puma runs across a footpath in the center of Santiago, Chile, on March 24. The young female was later captured and released into the wild. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/c67a231e-c63f-48af-b45d-bc03b3095284_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A puma runs across a footpath in the center of Santiago, Chile, on March 24. The young female was later captured and released into the wild.
![A lone kangaroo (lower right) hops down an empty street in Adelaide, Australia, on April 19. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/40babaec-9c1a-4767-8ee2-daf255086d9e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A lone kangaroo (lower right) hops down an empty street in Adelaide, Australia, on April 19.
![Goats in front of a church in Llandudno, Wales, on March 31. The flock caused a minor sensation when their urban exploration was photographed. But local police said their presence was “not that unusual in Llandudno.”](https://gdb.rferl.org/00292f3d-1ba6-4b5c-930a-a1a8b271c5f7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Goats in front of a church in Llandudno, Wales, on March 31. The flock caused a minor sensation when their urban exploration was photographed. But local police said their presence was “not that unusual in Llandudno.”
![A jellyfish swims in the canals of Venice, Italy, on April 12. With little boat traffic in the famous city’s canals, the water has become clear enough to see fish swimming. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/30926666-39a4-43c6-9544-294fb1890cc6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A jellyfish swims in the canals of Venice, Italy, on April 12. With little boat traffic in the famous city’s canals, the water has become clear enough to see fish swimming.
![A raccoon clambers over a fence in a nearly deserted Central Park in New York City on April 16.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6058edb8-0891-47ac-9534-35f4a341931b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A raccoon clambers over a fence in a nearly deserted Central Park in New York City on April 16.
![Ducks waddle through empty streets in Paris on April 14.](https://gdb.rferl.org/fc86d103-0e2f-47b2-9221-fa2be6dd573d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ducks waddle through empty streets in Paris on April 14.
![A red-tailed hawk rips apart a pigeon in Central Park, New York City, on March 25.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8cde7557-6b45-40a7-ad3b-41a7f5a1ea62_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A red-tailed hawk rips apart a pigeon in Central Park, New York City, on March 25.
![A wounded deer outside Kazan International Airport in Russia’s Tatarstan region on April 7. It is not clear how the animal was hurt. The deer reportedly was later taken to a rehabilitation center.](https://gdb.rferl.org/afb6bcc6-e525-43e5-ac51-f5e6636018ce_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A wounded deer outside Kazan International Airport in Russia’s Tatarstan region on April 7. It is not clear how the animal was hurt. The deer reportedly was later taken to a rehabilitation center.
![Lions sleep across an empty road in Kruger National Park, South Africa, on April 15.](https://gdb.rferl.org/903de408-62ab-4f4c-a219-fc64ed9e1a7b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Lions sleep across an empty road in Kruger National Park, South Africa, on April 15.
![Grass sprouts between the cobbles of Rome’s famous Piazza Navona on April 9, weeks into a lockdown that has virtually ended tourist foot traffic.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1e9729f9-8ad7-4052-85d8-22cc66624e1b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Grass sprouts between the cobbles of Rome’s famous Piazza Navona on April 9, weeks into a lockdown that has virtually ended tourist foot traffic.
![Deer wander through a suburb on the south side of Paris on April 12. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/16c67644-2ab4-41ef-9ea4-28b28e9a5881_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Deer wander through a suburb on the south side of Paris on April 12.
![A monkey dashes across empty streets in New Delhi on March 22. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04def813-e791-422c-afaf-245fe5bb9605_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A monkey dashes across empty streets in New Delhi on March 22.
![Jackals cross a footpath in Haifa, Israel, on April 15.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f889750b-d442-408d-a55a-4d4f958f227e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Jackals cross a footpath in Haifa, Israel, on April 15.
![Sea lions lounge on a sun-soaked pavement in the usually bustling harbor of Mar del Plata, Argentina, on April 16.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2ed6d83c-0c4a-43ee-99be-e598b6b33b97_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sea lions lounge on a sun-soaked pavement in the usually bustling harbor of Mar del Plata, Argentina, on April 16.
![An Arabian oryx on the outskirts of Dubai on March 21. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/56ac3cb1-07e4-4ad9-8623-edca6ec466f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An Arabian oryx on the outskirts of Dubai on March 21.
![Black kites perch on unused goalposts on the 28th day of a lockdown in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on April 20.](https://gdb.rferl.org/9734a3e2-13db-45d9-8055-fde08b161298_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Black kites perch on unused goalposts on the 28th day of a lockdown in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on April 20.
![A herd of deer roam the streets of Zakopane, Poland, on April 16.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5d2d8c23-2700-4dd8-9288-80176f3d8ce1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A herd of deer roam the streets of Zakopane, Poland, on April 16.