Photos of Melbourne Finishing Its 112-Day Lockdown

At 11:59PM on Tuesday, October 27, the Australian city of Melbourne emerged from one of the longest coronavirus lockdowns in the world. A 112-day shutdown of businesses, public gatherings and freedom of movement first came into effect nearly four months ago, in June, as a second wave of COVID-19 rippled across the state of Victoria.

Bars, restaurants and shop fronts were shuttered; citizens were forced to limit their social interactions to a handful of people within a five kilometre radius; and, at the peak of the lockdown, curfews were imposed to prohibit Melburnians from leaving their homes between the hours of 8PM and 5AM.

But on Sunday, Melbourne was finally given the green light to reopen. Premier Daniel Andrews announced over the…