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Stefano Mazzola

Workers in Venice disinfected sites (the Rialto Bridge pictured here), a day after Italian Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte announced a nationwide lockdown on March 10, an unprecedented move to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Similar action is now in place across many European cities.

People carry their luggage over their heads to keep it as dry as possible.

A restaurant owner surveys the high water.

Tourists walk in front of a bus stop. Venetian schools and hospitals were closed by the authorities, and citizens were advised against leaving their homes.