A bird's-eye view of the coronavirus pandemic
The pandemic has changed life on the ground as we know it.
As countries implement nationwide lockdowns to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, life on the ground looks drastically different.
In India, the world's second most populated nation, streets were empty of pedestrians and cars on Wednesday, the first day of a 21-day lockdown imposed and enforced by the government. A normally packed freeway in downtown Los Angeles was practically free of traffic under the state's stay-at-home order.
The few areas where people are congregated are mainly confined to hospitals, large spaces that will be turned into makeshift hospitals, and grocery stores.
With life around the globe continuing to change under coronavirus, here are images from above.
Bangkok, Thailand
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/thailand-06-covid19-rt-ps2-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Belgrade, Serbia
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/serbia-03-covid19-rt-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Belvidere, Illinois
![PHOTO: The employee parking lots are nearly empty at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Belvidere Assembly Plant, March 24, 2020 in Belvidere, Illinois.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/illinois-factory-11-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Berlin, Germany
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/berlin-05-covid19-gty-ps-200325jpg_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Bogota, Colombia
![PHOTO: Nearly empty roads in Bogota, Colombia, March 20, 2020.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/colombia-01-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_23x15_992.jpg)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
![PHOTO: Few vehicles on La Plata highway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 24, 2020 during the outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/argentina-07-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_23x15_992.jpg)
Chicago, Illinois
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/chicago-08-covid19-sh-ps-200325_hpEmbed_9x14_992.jpg)
Dubrovnik, Croatia
![PHOTO: Empty streets in the old town of Dubrovnik, Croatia, March 17, 2020, normally an art and clubbing hub and a tourist attraction.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/croatia-18-covid19-ap-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Johannesburg, South Africa
![PHOTO: Customers stand in a queue outside a supermarket in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 24, 2020.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/southafrica-15-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Los Angeles, California
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/losangeles-09-covid19-rt-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Manhattan, New York
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/nyc-13-covid19-rd-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Miami, Florida
![PHOTO: Chairs line a deserted beach resort in Windley Key, some 70 miles south of Miami, on March 22, 2020, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/florida-14-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
New Delhi, India
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/india-04-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/rio-street-19-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_19x12_992.jpg)
![PHOTO: The beach of Leme, empty due to restrictive measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 24, 2020.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/rio-17-covid19-sh-ps-200325_hpEmbed_13x9_992.jpg)
Riverside, California
![PHOTO: The empty UCR Student Recreation Center at the University of California Riverside, March 20, 2020, in Riverside, Calif.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/Riverside-Calif-02-covid19-nc-ps-200325_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg)
San Francisco, California
![PHOTO: An empty schoolyard at Ulloa Elementary School, March 18, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/sanfran-school-12-covid19-gty-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)
Santa Monica, California
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/santamonica-16-covid19-nc-ps-200325_hpEmbed_16x9_992.jpg)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/tulsa-10-covid19-rt-ps-200325_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg)