Across the street from the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square stands nearly empty on Monday. Photo: IC Photo

A policeman keeps watch Monday outside Dongan Market, a shopping mall on Beijing’s famous Wangfujing pedestrian street. Photo: IC Photo

A resident examines his glove as he waits for the bus. Photo: IC Photo

A sanitation worker checks his phone. Photo: IC Photo

A resident does exercises in Imperial Root Relics Park. Photo: IC Photo

A bicycler rides down Beijing’s infamously congested Chang’an Avenue. Photo: IC Photo

A resident walks up the stairs from an underpass. Photo: IC Photo