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Curving wooden staircase seen from above, distancing decals on the treads, monochrome

The COVID Era

Printed cafe sign reading "These Are Cafe Syrups Not Hand Sanitizer", with a smaller line beneath noting it has happened twice
The illuminated TORONTO letter sign on a city plaza, a lone figure standing beside it, in black and white
Inside an empty bus, mask-required decals on the doors and windows, a deserted street beyond, in black and white
Transit poster reading "Treat people the way you'd like to be treated", harassment notice
Retail shelf stacked with scratch-off bucket-list posters titled "100 Things To Do After Quarantine" and "100 Things To Do With Family"
Handwashing notice: "You play a lead role in health & safety — wash your hands thoroughly for at least 20 seconds"
Floor decal of two footprints inside hazard stripes, "For your safety stay here" repeated around the edge in several languages
Circular floor decal with footprints reading "Keep Safe — Stand Here" in English and Arabic
Shop door sign: a STOP octagon above the words "Only 2 customers"
Sign hanging above a store aisle reading "Social distancing - please keep 2m (6.5') apart", two figures with shopping carts either side of a double-headed arrow
Petro-Canada door notice: "Please do not enter without wearing a face covering"
Museum wall text in an ornate border, an exhibition statement written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Floor decal reading "Keep a Sparkling Distance — please wait here until next spot is available"
Circular floor decal reading "Keep Social Distance", a moulded sea creature above a double-headed arrow
Floor decal of two flippers reading "Please wait here", pool or leisure centre
Circular floor decal reading "Keep Social Distance", a moulded octopus above a double-headed arrow
Petrol pump display with a face-covering notice taped beside the fuel prices
Dark exhibit panel with a line-drawn cobra above a 2M spacing marker, an Egyptian figure with raised hands drawn below
Museum distancing sign: a line-drawn dinosaur and a visitor two metres apart beneath a 2M arrow, "Please maintain physical distance"
Museum distancing sign in French: an Egyptian coffin and a rhinoceros two metres apart beneath a 2M arrow, "Veuillez respecter la distanciation"
World Health Organization poster reading "Be active at home during the COVID-19 outbreak", with 30 minutes and 1 hour daily targets
World Health Organization poster headed "Minimize crowding by" - four pictograms: staggering arrivals and departures, designated seats a metre apart, numbering entries, marking the floor
Circular floor decal reading "6 Feet Apart — Thank you" with two trolley figures
Bilingual COVID-19 special measures notice on a freestanding board outdoors, a column of pictograms down one side
Gym sign reading "Walking around: mask on / Working out: mask off" with figures
Shop window sign in French: "Bonjour - 1 personne a la fois", with a drawing of a masked sheep
French distancing sign reading "SVP - gardez une distance de 2 metres en tout temps", two masked llamas either side of a 2 metres arrow
French pandemic notice board: "Mesures d'hygiène et de distanciation" on a city street
Bilingual rules panel: mask wearing mandatory, hand sanitization mandatory
Large banner on a fence reading "Obligatoire - desinfection des mains ici", with a hand-sanitizing icon
Gallery poster overlaying "Keep your distances" on a classical painting of robed figures before a colonnade
A painted figure reaching toward a wall-mounted sanitizer dispenser, captioned "Lavage des mains obligatoire"
Gallery portrait of a woman with a face mask added over the painting, captioned "Wearing a face covering is mandatory"
Masked mannequin seated in a boarded-up shop doorway beneath handwritten posters
Floor decal: "Pratiquez l'éloignement social — 2m / 6ft — Practice Social Distancing"
Tim Hortons floor decal reading "Veuillez rester a 46 timbits des autres", hazard tape across the tiles
A customer seated at a cafe counter behind a sign reading "La reglementation locale exige le port d'un couvre-visage"
Floor decal with two footprints and the words "2 metres / 6 feet"
Ride-hailing app screen: two masked figures above "In this together - drivers and riders are now required to wear face coverings"
Ride-hailing app screen headed "Help keep your community safe", listing mask, symptom and hand-washing rules above a "Ready to ride" button
Sanitizer dispenser mounted on a "Bienvenue dans le quartier historique" welcome board, pictogram rules beside it
The "Bienvenue dans le quartier historique" board with its sanitizer dispenser, seen down a stone-built street
Montreal street sign reading "Debut de la file d'attente", a raised black hand below marking the start of the queue
The "Debut de la file d'attente" queue sign on a post in an empty downtown street, a church behind
Starbucks notice reading "Couvre-visage requis" above a large illustrated face mask and paragraphs of French text
French floor sign: "Veuillez attendre ici — merci de respecter la distanciation sociale"
Poster reading "Sneeze like a vampire!", a cartoon vampire raising its cloak, advising coughing into the elbow
Curving wooden staircase seen from above, distancing decals on the treads, monochrome
Bilingual poster in a mall concourse: "Stay safe / Prenez soin de vous" above three figures walking apart among virus particles, "Protect yourself / Protegez-vous" below
Stair riser decal reading "Please stay 6 feet (2m) apart" with an arrow
Large peeling wall panel reading "Stand together by standing apart"
Empty public washroom, a notice card left on the counter beside the sink
Two printed t-shirts displayed in a picture frame like artwork, a price card beneath
Poster for the board game Pandemic - "Can you save humanity?" - with its role icons and publisher mark

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