Chronicling this moment via ‘Corona Diaries’

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For many of us the sounds of the city have all but disappeared. Every now and again, a you can hear a plane. And honking cars have been exchanged for chirping birds. On the other hand, the absence of the usual bustling city sounds is really weird. That’s the subject of this Corona Diaries entry from London.

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