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On April 12, stage two of England’s road map out of Covid lockdown was enacted and a vast chunk of its economy blew off the cobwebs and reopened to an expectant public.
Pubs, restaurants and cafes were allowed to resume outside service and non-essential retail shops and gyms welcomed back patrons, albeit with Covid-secure protocols in place.
Nowhere in England is there a denser concentration of retail, hospitality and leisure establishments than its capital city.
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Back on a Saturday in February, before the road map had begun, and when schoolchildren were still learning from home,
The National sent photographer Rob Greig on to London’s desolate streets to take a snapshot of the city in lockdown.
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A patient wearing an oxygen mask looks on as his wife holds a battery-operated fan as they wait inside an auto-rickshaw to enter a Covid-19 hospital, in western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Reuters
A volunteer wearing a headgear that resembles the new coronavirus goes around a marketplace urging people to follow safety protocols amid the pandemic in north-east Indian city of Siliguri. AFP
A board indicates unavailability of beds at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital in India s capital New Delhi. Bloomberg
Health workers turn away an ambulance at the main entrance of Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital in India s capital New Delhi. Bloomberg
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Deliberately setting off avalanches seems as advisable as skydiving without a parachute or ascending Everest in flip-flops – just don t tell this to scientists from the Norwegian Geotechincal Institute who waited to trigger one for 10 years.
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Obsession comes at a cost and the intrepid NGI avalanche researchers know full well the dangers of getting too close to their icy passion. From a precautionary distance, however, they are devoted to understanding better the conditions that lead to avalanches, as well developing infrastructure to reduce risks.
The scientists showed remarkable forbearance, holding off for a decade until the perfect conditions materialised to set off the snowslide.