FILE - In this March 19 2020 file photo, the mostly empty Champs Elysees avenue is pictured in Paris, Thursday, March 19, 2020. The confinement measures in and around Paris have had an impact in reducing the French capital's noise pollution levels. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
March 26, 2020
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Paris falls silent: Sound maps show impact of confinement
PARIS (AP) — What's that sound beneath the Eiffel Tower? It's silence — a rare phenomenon in big cities like Paris, but one that's increasingly common now that tourism is banned and millions of people in and around the French capital are confined at home.