CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – MARCH 27: A general view of the Green Market Square on Day 1 of the national closure on March 27, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)
While the world is locked up, here is an incomplete but beautiful gallery of animal images from around the world.
SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY – APRIL 16: An eastern gray squirrel eats some seeds and nuts from a picnic bench shaped bird feeder attached to a tree on April 16, 2020 in South Orange, New Jersey. (Photo by Travis Lindquist / Getty Images)A monkey eats bread given by people visiting the Daman-e-Koh hills in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 04, 2020. Due to the confinement situation, people have stopped visiting the hills, which provides food shortages to wildlife in the area. EPA-EFE / SOHAIL SHAHZADSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 24: A tufted cappuccino sits on a food tray hanging from a tree in its enclosure at the Sydney Zoo on February 24, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Sydney Zoo, located in Bungarribee Park in western Sydney, is the first new zoo to be built in Sydney in over 100 years. The zoo opened to the public on December 7, 2019. (Photo by Mark Kolbe / Getty Images)A man wearing a protective mask rides a motorcycle with dogs during a nationwide social estrangement and a stay-at-home order imposed due to the coronavirus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Wednesday April 22, 2020. Photographer: Maika Elan / Bloomberg via fake imagesWUHAN, CHINA – APRIL 17: The owner sprayed the dog with alcohol near the Yangtze River on April 17, 2020 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. (Photo from Getty Images)BEIJING, CHINA – FEBRUARY 7: A Chinese woman holds her dog wearing a protective mask and stands on the street on February 7, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / Getty Images)PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – APRIL 22: Karin Donald with some of the cats at Woodstock Animal Rescue on April 22, 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa. The rescue center educates people about animals, sterilizes animals, rescues, rehabilitates, and re-houses animals. They have lost a large part of their income from animal shelter due to Covid-19, but are still continuing their work and caring for about 300 animals. (Photo by Gallo Images / Alet Pretorius)Jackals roam the Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 15, 2020. Reports claim that wild animals feel safer walking the streets of cities and empty parks, as most citizens They stay home because the Israeli police strictly enforce a general blockade over Easter Holidays to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes Covid-19 disease. EPA-EFE / ABIR SULTANAn informative photo made available by the Kruger National Park shows a pride of lions lying on the tar road outside Orpen Rest Camp, a shelter within the Kruger National Park in northeast South Africa, on April 15, 2020 (issued April 19, 2020), during a national blockade on the coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19). The park, along with other wildlife parks, has been closed since March 25 as part of the country’s coronavirus blockade. EPA-EFE / RICHARD SOWRY / KRUGER NATIONAL PARKLLANDUDNO, WALES – MARCH 31: Mountain goats roam the streets of LLandudno on March 31, 2020 in Llandudno, Wales. Goats normally live in the rocky Great Orme, but are occasional visitors to the seaside town, but a local councilor told the BBC that the herd was attracted this time by the lack of people and tourists due to the COVID-19 outbreak. and quarantine measures. (Photo by Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)WINDSOR, ENGLAND – APRIL 24: An overview as deer cross the road at The Long Walk on April 24, 2020 in Windsor, England. The British government has extended the blockade restrictions first introduced on March 23 that are intended to curb the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Andrew Redington / Getty Images)Peacocks roam the streets after leaving the park where they are normally kept, in Madrid, Spain, on April 1, 2020. Spain is on its 18th consecutive day of national closure imposed by the government in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus amid ongoing COVID -19 pandemic. EPA-EFE / JUANJO MARTINMale (R) and female (L) Mallard ducks roam in front of the Brandenburg Gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin, Germany, on April 14, 2020. With the popular tourist attraction site almost empty of visitors, animals could roam freely in search of food. The German government and local authorities are increasing measures to stop the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. The so-called “social distancing” restrictions should remain in effect until April 19. EPA-EFE / OMER MESSENGER
See the previous edition of The Week in images:
The week in pictures – April 18, 2020
Warm thanks to Kim McCarthy of Gallo Images for her generous assistance in producing this selection of images. DM / ML
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