Mural art: Coronavirus pandemic inspires global graffiti artists

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Mural art: Coronavirus pandemic inspires global graffiti artists

Artists have painted vibrant, outdoor murals that bring colour to public spaces

Published: August 06, 2020 12:32 Agencies and compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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MURAL ART 11 — A man walks past a coronavirus-related mural, in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Street artists all over the world have ventured out into quiet streets and left behind vibrant, thought-provoking art work on the crisis. Image Credit: AP

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MURAL ART 2 — Mural that pays tribute to health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada. Image Credit: AP

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MURAL ART 4 — A mural by Sam Welty is seen on a building thanking medical workers around the world in Virginia Beach. Virginia has rolled out a smartphone app to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus. It's the first U.S. state to use new pandemic technology. Image Credit: AFP

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MURAL ART 7 — Artists across the world are paying tribute to healthcare staff by painting large murals onto the sides of buildings. Above,people walk past in the backdrop of a mural encouraging use of face mask, after NMMC (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation) lifted extended lockdown in non-containment zones, in Mumbai. Image Credit: AFP

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MURAL ART 8 — With the pandemic persistently shaping our daily lives, it is no surprise that street artists are continuing to incorporate Covid-19 themes into their work. Above, a child plays near a mural showing showing gratitude to the country's medical workers tackling the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid its spread, at an alley of a village in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia. Image Credit: REUTERS

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MURAL ART 9 — A city gardener works next to a mural showing a health worker wearing a face mask with the symbol of fictional superhero Superman, signed by urban artist Applez, in Mexico City. Image Credit: AFP

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MURAL ART 66 — Covid-19 murals have been an important way of spreading positivity and information about the pandemic. Above, commuters ride past a mural on COVID-19 coronavirus awareness, painted on a wall along the roadside in New Delhi . Image Credit: AP

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MURAL ART 77 — A man walks past by a mural by artist Cosimo Cheone dedicated to nurses of Sacco hospital, in Milan, Italy. The mural is a homage to the essential workers around the city, aiming to recognise the efforts of those who are doing their part to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Image Credit: AP

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MURAL ART 987 — People walk past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of the new coronavirus and how to prevent transmission, with words in Swahili reading "We are the Cure", painted by youth artists from the Uweza Foundation, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. A dangerous stigma has sprung up around the coronavirus in Africa — fueled, in part, by severe quarantine rules in some countries as well as insufficient information about the virus. Image Credit: AP

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MURAL ART 654 — Mural depicting various cultural dance on display on a street in Beijing. Both mainland China and Hong Kong reported fewer new cases of COVID-19 as strict measures to contain new infections appear to be taking effect. Image Credit: AP

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MURAL ART 6509 — Indonesian children play near a coronavirus-themed mural at a low-income neighborhood in Jakarta. Indonesia's economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time in more than two decades as it was slammed by coronavirus restrictions, with warnings that the recovery could be among the weakest in Southeast Asia. Image Credit: Reuters

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MURAL ART 998 — A cyclist rides past a mural paying salute to the frontline corona warriors, during Unlock 3.0 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. India has recorded the biggest single-day fatalities of 904 in the past 24 hours as fresh coronavirus infections surged by another 56,282 cases to reach nearly 2 million. The Health Ministry says the total fatalities touched 40,699. India has recorded 20,000 deaths in the past 30 days. Image Credit: AFP

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