Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace, leading an animal offensive taking advantage of deserted streets as the country remains under a coronavirus lockdown.
With India's 1.3 billion population and tens of millions of cars conspicuous by their absence, stray domestic animals and wildlife has moved to fill the void, while also suffering from the pandemic fallout.
In this photograph taken on March 26, 2020, stray dogs gather on a deserted road during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Kolkata. — AFP
A group of monkeys sit on a roadside in New Delhi on April 8, 2020. Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around the Indian president's palace leading an animal offensive taking advantage of the deserted cities as the giant country remains in a pandemic lockdown. — AFP
In this photograph taken on March 26, 2020 a social activist feeds street dogs during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Amritsar. — AFP
In this photograph taken on March 26, 2020, a cow and stray dogs stand along a deserted street at a wholesale vegetable market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in New Delhi. — AFP
