In this Thursday, March 19, 2020 photo, a man from sub-Saharan Africa sleeps in an empty street in downtown Barcelona, Spain. Authorities are scrambling to get as many homeless people off the streets without cramming them into a group shelter, where the risk of getting infected with the virus could be even greater.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
March 25, 2020
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March 25, 2020 3:27 a.m.
AP PHOTOS: Virus accentuates isolation of Spain's homeless
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — While Spanish authorities tell the public that staying home is the best way to beat the coronavirus pandemic, some people are staying out because home has come to mean the streets of Madrid and Barcelona.