It is a year since the UK went into lockdown for the first time due to coronavirus.
Here is a series of composite photographs showing locations across the country the day after lockdown was announced in March 2020 and on the one-year anniversary of the announcement.
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Composite of photos of the seafront in Bournemouth taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom), the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK in lockdown (Andrew Matthews/Steve Parsons/PA)
Composite of photos of Old Broad Street with the Bank of England in the distance, in the City of London, taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (Luciana Guerra/Yui Mok/PA)
Composite of photos of Simon Cotterill, head teacher of Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsford, Cheshire, on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Martin Rickett/PA)
Composite of photos of Princes Street, Edinburgh, taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Jane Barlow/PA)
Composite of photos of the seafront in Skegness, Lincolnshire, taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Mike Egerton/PA)
Composite of photos of Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Jane Barlow/PA)
Composite of photos of Buckingham Palace in London taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Jonathan Brady/Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Composite of photos of Tower Bridge in London taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Luciana Guerra/Yui Mok/PA)
Composite of photos of the seafront in Bournemouth taken on 22/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Andrew Matthews/Steve Parsons/PA)
Composite of photos of Bath taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Ben Birchall/PA)
Composite of photos of London Bridge station taken on 23/03/21 (top) and the same view on 24/03/20 (bottom) (Jonathan Brady/Yui Mok/PA)
