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Grey sadness in Paris, the city of lights 

Once the city of noise and light, Paris's streets remain silenced and dimmed now. Once bustling restaurants are now subject to frequent shutdowns. This report in the New York Times talks about how a grey sadness has settled over the city like fog. The museums, the tourist-filled riverboats, the Seine, the sidewalk terraces offering their pleasures at dusk, the movie theaters, the casual delights of wandering and the raucous banter have all vanished. Life is monotonous. There’s really nowhere to go... Paris is not the only city enduring such crisis, but each city