In photos: COVID-19 lockdown lifts springing life back to Shanghai streets
Traffic, pedestrians and joggers reappeared on the streets of Shanghai on Wednesday as China's largest city began returning to normalcy amid the easing of a strict two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has drawn unusual protests over its heavy-handed implementation.
Residents wearing masks walk through a retail street in Shanghai.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press
A police patrol vehicle monitors the crowd along the bund in Shanghai.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press
Residents wearing masks walk past a display showing in Shanghai.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press
Peope pose for photos along the bund in Shanghai.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press
Residents line up outside a mall for mass COVID-19 testing, in Shanghai.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press
A child wearing a face mask sits inside a tricycle on a road, after the lockdown was lifted in Shanghai.ALY SONG/Reuters
A worker in a protective suit stands amid commuters at a subway station in Shanghai.ALY SONG/Reuters
Children play outdoors at a riverside park, after the lockdown was lifted, in Shanghai.ALY SONG/Reuters
A Kyowa container ship sails past people spending time at a riverside park in Shanghai.ALY SONG/Reuters
A police officer wearing a face mask keeps watch as people spending time outdoors at a riverside park in Shanghai.ALY SONG/Reuters
A man gets his hair cut at a barber shop in Shanghai.Hu Chengwei/Getty Images
Riders wearing face masks cross a road, after the lockdown was lifted in Shanghai.ALY SONG/Reuters