The coronavirus lockdown has provided a rare opportunity to repaint the world's most famous crosswalk, as immortalized by The Beatles on the cover of Abbey Road
, three billion people are currently under some kind of COVID-19 lockdown, over a third of the world's population. The resulting desertion of tourist destinations, workplaces and high streets has resulted in a new breed of internet meme, showing a familiar built-up area"returning" to its former glory as nature quickly recovers in the absence of humans.
In one such"before and after" meme, London's Kilburn High Road is transformed into a photo of the Maldives, alongside a pithy inspirational slogan about the restorative power of nature.thanks to the lockdown, some pieces of viral internet content stretch that proposition way beyond the limits of reality.
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