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Coronavirus Art

‘Love you, then, well’: London’s National COVID Memorial Wall pays tribute to the country’s 240K lives lost to COVID-19

Sacred Spaces

Recently, in London, a stretch of wall along the River Thames has become a place of pilgrimage for many people.

Jorge Drexler poses in the press room with his Grammys at the 23rd annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Mandalay Bay Michelob Ultra Arena on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Las Vegas. 

Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler wins big at Latin Grammy Awards

Music
Eno Breathe class on Zoom

How opera techniques are helping people with long COVID breathe easier

COVID-19
drawing

For this man in Istanbul, the pandemic renewed a lifelong passion for drawing 

Coronavirus Art
Firebaugh residents perform traditional Aztec dances for the Virgen de Guadalupe celebration.

Las Posadas holiday tradition brings ‘joy to the people’ in California community hit hard by the pandemic

A 1988 polychrome resin sculpture is displayed of the comic character Tintin and his dog snowy

A radio personality drew popular cartoon Tintin into Bangladesh scenes while quarantining — to the delight of fans

Global Cartoons

Several months ago, Bangladeshi radio personality R. J. Apu, who grew up reading the comics throughout the 1990s — and whose actual name is Zahidul Haque Apu — created cover art that shows Tintin in various cities across the country.

White mask with wool straps and green rosettes, with the words Marie Bee Bloom in the top left corner

Graphic designer creates biodegradable masks that bloom flowers when buried

Environment

COVID-19 masks have been contributing to plastic pollution around the world. One graphic designer has created a biodegradable mask that blooms when buried in the soil.

Two hands are shown holding several acorns while the rest of the photograph is dark.

This nature photography project helps London health care workers cope with pandemic stress

COVID-19

For UK photographer and anthropologist Liz Hingley, the COVID-19 crisis brought home the need to rebuild a connection with the natural world. She began the “The Nature of Care” project 10 months ago to help nurses and doctors in London cope with pandemic-induced stress and anxiety by teaching them nature photography skills.

An elderly man is shown wearing a blue jacked with two kids running nearby and an painting of a hand holding a candle on the wall.

How poetry has helped a hospital chaplain in the pandemic

COVID-19

The pandemic has changed so much of our lives. It has robbed so many of loved ones, too quickly, and unexpectedly. It’s changed routines and rituals. For Mark Stobert, the lead chaplain at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge in the UK, poetry has been a way to navigate the challenges. Host Marco Werman speaks with him about his practice and what it means to be one year into the pandemic.

A large crowd of people are shown with arms locked standing opposite a line of police wearing riot gear with black helmets.

Pro-Navalny protesters clash with Russian police; Dutch protests erupt over COVID-19 curfew; Mexican president tests positive for coronavirus

Top of The World

On Saturday, Russian police clashed with thousands of protesters who took to the streets amid freezing temps across the country, demanding the immediate release of opposition figure and prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny.