Photos: Finding joy amid pandemic's anxiety and heartache

Joy is visible during the pandemic, just not with the usual, recognizable cues

Published: April 28, 2020 17:13 Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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A woman waves to a city worker dressed in a hazmat suit as he disinfects the streets in her neighborhood as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, in Santiago, Chile, April 15, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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Residents take a selfie with the firefighter Elielson Silva playing his trumpet, after he performed from the top of a very tall ladder for residents cooped up at home during a lockdown to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 5, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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A medical worker from China's Jilin Province, in red, embraces a colleague from Wuhan as she prepares to return home at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, April 8, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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NHS staff applaud outside the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London during the weekly "Clap for our Carers", April 16, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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Ahmed Khaled Al Kaabi and his bride Ruqaya Rahim celebrate their wedding in Najaf, Iraq, April 9, 2020, the hardest hit town by coronavirus in the country where government banned large public gatherings. Image Credit: AP

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Desmond Peskowitz, 7, of Takoma Park, Md., pours a stream of water on his head from his boot, March 17, 2020, as he plays a game he called "champagne fight," inspired by Formula 1 Racing, with his mother Kathleen Caulfield, and sister Erin Peskowitz, 4, in Rock Creek Park in Washington. Image Credit: AP

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Employees of Vi at La Jolla retirement complex hold signs and wave flags for the residents during an afternoon pep rally, April 8, 2020, in San Diego. Image Credit: AP

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Dr. Rubinstein gets a greeting from a fellow American passenger's dog, named Dumas, as people prepare to board a flight to Miami, Fla., from the Silvio Pettirossi airport in Luque, on the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay, April 23, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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People play instruments as others dance on their balconies in support of the medical staff that are working on the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Barcelona, Spain, April 5, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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A woman smiles after receiving a palm frond from a Cristo Rey brotherhood member during Palm Sunday in Guatemala City, April 5, 2020. Image Credit: AP

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