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| - Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Twitter: @AFPfeature With the death toll rapidly approaching 100,000, more than half of the planet confined and a globalised sense of fear, the three months since the first suspicions of a new coronavirus in China have plunged the world into turmoil. AFP TV went to meet residents in 16 cities across the world, on the same day, Wednesday, and at the same hour, 16:00 (4:00 pm local time). In these deserted places, from Paris, Lagos and Baghdad, to Hollywood Boulevard and Times Square in New York City and the others, they documented people's feelings, fears and hopes. We are offering the following item: + Experiences of emptiness: postcards from 16 cities across the world Health-virus-cities-emptiness,VIDEOESSAY PARIS Deserted, silent, transformed; from Rome's historic Piazza Navona, to Baghdad's symbolic Tahrir Square. With over half of humanity confined to their homes, AFP TV journalists set up cameras in 16 cities across the world to capture the mood -- some emotional, worried or surprised -- of the rare passers-by they encountered. 750 words by AFP TV journalists across the world afp
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