The country is under bell since Tuesday March 17 at noon. The instructions to stay at home are more and more respected, leaving room in the city for emptiness, silence (sometimes sunny) and birdsong.
Rue de Rivoli in Paris on March 27. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP
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Sainte-Catherine Street, usually very busy, was emptied when the confinement was announced. The many shops located there have, for the most part, lowered the curtain. Nicolas Tucat / AFP
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In Cannes, March 25. VALERY HACHE / AFP
Place de la Comédie in Montpellier on March 23. PASCAL GUYOT / AFP
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In Orleans, the streets were deserted on March 23, 2020. Here, only a delivery man on a bike, mask on his nose, is traveling. Christophe Archambault / AFP
On March 24, 2020, in the city center of Rennes, a bus broke the silence that settled in the streets. Damien MEYER / AFP
Ski resorts, like Val Thorens, in the Alps, have closed, following the announcement of confinement. Here, two people are packing up after the announcement of confinement. PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP
Parisian tourist sites are now deserted. MARTIN BUREAULIONEL BONAVENTUREJOEL SAGET / AFP
The superb Place de la Concorde in Paris, without daily traffic. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS
Avenue de l'Opéra in Paris. In normal times, day and night, the traffic here is always very busy and noisy. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS
In the streets of Montmartre. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
In a Paris Super U, March 14, 3 days before the start of confinement ... Benoit Tessier / REUTERS
In Paris, for example, confinement would have resulted in a 50%, 68% and 80% reduction in noise emissions generated by road traffic over the first three days of confinement.
Also according to Bruit Parif, at night, the reductions can even reach 90% according to certain routes in inner Paris.