deserted

"We found this statistic: half a million people used to walk across Westminster Bridge, take a picture of the Houses of Parliament and then walk back north. The Southbank in 1993-94 was deserted."

"Places were dimly lit and there was no heating, apart from in our hotel rooms," he said, noting a trip to a cold, dark and deserted art gallery.

It is lined with destroyed, almost deserted villages and towns.

But once it gets dark the streets are almost deserted.

On Saturday, the streets of Bukavu were deserted as residents hid in their homes.