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Empty streets: China's infrastructure, built for teeming masses of cars, looks spooky in lockdown.
Photo: AFP
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Two women take a selfie at the Chengdu Motor Show - the international auto show had to be interrupted for the lockdown.
Photo: LiuZhongJun/China News Service/Getty Images
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Residents are lining up for mass testing.
The entire city is to be tested within four days.
Photo: cnsphoto / REUTERS
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A healthcare worker takes a swab from a local resident.
Photo: AFP
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Beijing is pursuing a strict “zero Covid policy”: after 132 new infections were discovered, 21 million people in the metropolis of Chengdu are no longer allowed to leave their homes.
Photo: Chen Yusheng/VCG/Getty Images
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Stock up: Chinese buy essentials at the market before going into isolation.
Photo: Chen Yusheng/VCG/Getty Images
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A courier delivers groceries to a gated community.
Photo: Liu Zhongjun/China News Service/Getty Images
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The urban space is dead: Chengdu from above.
Photo: Liu Zhongjun/China News Service/Getty Images
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A police officer controls a car across the closed Jinjiang Avenue in Chengdu after the lockdown began.
Photo: STRINGER / cnsphoto / REUTERS
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Food supplies are packed for delivery to local residents.
Photo: STRINGER / cnsphoto / REUTERS
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