City Hall, headquarters of the Greater London Authority, on the south bank of the River Thames in Southwark
Photographer: Giles Price for Bloomberg Markets
Thermographic Images Show Londoners Venturing Out in Lockdown
Photos of human activity during the coronavirus pandemic.
As London emerged from lockdown and took its first steps toward an uncertain future, a pale glimmer of hope competed with frustration and confusion—frustration that the U.K. had racked up the highest death toll in Europe, confusion over what a return to work would look like. The bells of St. Paul’s mingled again with the din of construction machinery in the City. The one constant was the occasional doleful wail of ambulances heading to hospitals across the metropolis.
In June, the lockdown is expected to be eased further, and in stages. On June 1, primary schools that want to will be allowed to begin bringing pupils back into the classroom. From June 15, “non-essential” retail shops, which have been closed since late March, will be reopening.