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Coronavirus-inspired murals and public art from around the globe
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Coronavirus themed street art has sprung everywhere across the world, covering walls, roads, windows of many businesses in different cities temporarily under lockdown due to the pandemic. Take a look at some of the stunning artworks from across the globe.
In pc: Artists paint a graffiti on a wall in Rajasthan's Bikaner to express gratitude to doctors, paramedics, police and other personnel associated with essential services during the nationwide lockdown. (Source: PTI)- 2 / 28
The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
In Pic: People cross over a graffiti, painted to create awareness in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, during the nationwide lockdown, in Chennai. (Source: PTI)- 3 / 28
Banksy's Girl with a Pierced Eardrum mural has been given a face mask in a nod to the coronavirus pandemic as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Bristol, England. The graffiti takes its inspiration from Girl with a Pearl Earring by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. (Source: AP)
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A wall art featuring a doctor with a sign reads "Cancel Plans Not Humanity" in Los Angeles. Murals with themes centered around the coronavirus have been popping up on the walls of businesses in the California city. (Source: AP)
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A man wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus COVID-19 walks past a graffiti with the inscription reading "stay at home and let's take care of each other" in Erd, just south of Budapest, Hungary. (Source: AP)
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Brian Musasia Wanyande, a graffiti artist from the Mathare Roots youth group, works on an informational mural warning people about the risk of the new coronavirus, in the Mathare slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. (Source: AP)
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A woman and two children admire the mural of a nurse in a mask painted on the side of a building on East Colfax Avenue as efforts to contain the new coronavirus continue in Denver. (Source: AP)
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A man takes a photo with his cellphone of a graffiti depicting the character Gollum, center, from "Lord of the Rings," saying "My precious," and Scrat from "Ice Age" holding a roll of toilet paper, which is painted on a wall in the Mauerpark a public park at the district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, Germany. Since the outbreak there has been a severe shortage of toilet paper rolls as many were found hoarding the common item. (Source: AP)
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Artist Sam Bailey puts the finishing touches to a mural acknowledging the work being done by the NHS, emergency services and the fundraising by Captain Tom Moore in Northampton, England. The war veteran raised more than £28m for NHS charities by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. The artwork stands at 9 feet tall and 6 feet wide and has been created using 600 epaulettes from service personnel from around the world. (Source: AP)
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A garage door chalk mural of Albert Einstein wearing a mask by artist Kate Tully is displayed in Prospect Heights, Illinois. The Einstein mural came to Tully when she watched news coverage of the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Tully added the mask to her mural as people try to protect themselves from the coronavirus. (Source: AP)
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A mural near a hospital pays tribute to nurses amid COVID-19 concerns in Dallas, USA. (Source: AP)
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A mural pays tribute to Polish medical professionals during the coronavirus pandemic with the words "Not every hero wears a cape" in Warsaw, Poland. The mural is the creation of Na Temat, a progressive new website, which said it was a gesture of thanks to all the doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health care providers who are offering care and saving lives at this difficult time. (Source: AP)
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A man takes a photograph of mural on the side of Horse Vaults pub in honour of the NHS amid the growing coronavirus outbreak, in Pontefract, England. Artists in the UK have been replacing the S in the acronym with SuperMan logo. (Source: AP)
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A mural by street artist Lionel Stanhope with a face mask reference to coronavirus next to one of his other works, at right, painted on a bridge wall in Ladywell, south east London. (Source: AP)
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A man bikes by a street art mural, depicting a healthcare worker in a face mask by Belgian street artist CAZ, with a hashtag in Dutch that reads 'thank you', during a partial lockdown against the spread of Covid-19 in Wetteren, Belgium. (Source: AP)
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A graffiti of Baby Yoda, the popular character from the Star Wars Disney+ original television series The Mandalorian wearing wearing a face mask, is painted on a wall in Guatemala City. (Source: AP)
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A man walks past a graffiti of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro wearing a protective mask during the new coronavirus outbreak in Rio de Janeiro. (Source: AP)
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Graffiti artists from RBS crew work on their mural to encourage people to protect themselves amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal. (Source: Reuters)
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A man passes a graffiti under a bridge during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria. The artwork reminds people to wash their hands and show a figure wearing gas-mask. (Source: Reuters)
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People pass by a graffiti on a wall showing a woman with a protective mask and a virus, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Berlin, Germany. (Source: Reuters)
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A woman rides her bicycle past a coronavirus awareness mural depicting medical workers in Bangkalan, Madura Island, Indonesia. Writings on the mural read "Fight coronavirus, together we can." (Source: AP)
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Men wearing face masks ride past a mural showing a thank you to country's medical workers tackling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid its spread, at a road in Depok, south of Jakarta, Indonesia. (Source: Reuters)
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Artist David "S.I.D." Perez takes a picture of his graffiti of a cashier to pay tribute to essential workers during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Gland, Switzerland. (Source: Reuters)
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A person walks past a piece of coronavirus themed art by the artist, known as the Rebel Bear after it appeared on a wall on Bath Street in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source: AP)
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A man photographs a mural of Cardi B that was updated by the artist Colton Valentine to include a face mask to reflect the coronavirus pandemic, in San Antonio. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, San Antonio an many other Texas cities are under stay-at-home orders. (Source: AP)
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Pedestrians walk past coronavirus-themed artwork of a person wearing a mask and gloves that was painted by street artists @theydrift and @ksra_ksra on a boarded-up business in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (Source: AP)
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Graffiti artist Jeff Saint works on a mural featuring a crying eye with the icons of the whaling city reflected in its pupil, surrounded by coronavirus spores. He and fellow graffiti artist, Ryan McFee, are painting the piece on a building adjacent to the Custom House Square in New Bedford with the hope of eventually replacing the spores with flowers are the virus is defeated. (Source: AP)
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A local mural of George Washington takes on new meaning as it has been covered with a mask as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Washington. (Source: Reuters)