2020 was the year of the pandemic. The pubs, theatres and museums closed. We started to wear masks and we were not allowed to travel. Too many people got seriously ill or died. This photo encapsulates 2020 for me: Edinburgh on a beautiful day, empty streets, the tourist shops closed and yet full of exuberance.

The Year of the Mask

May 2021

Because of the scarcity of traffic due to the pandemic, lots of runners in Toronto have taken to the streets in order to maintain social distance.

Tokyo, 2021-07-04

Mayhem on the Pavement

I got back from the hospital just two days ago.

I wish you and your families to be safe from this deadly disease

I apologize because I will not be able to reply to you personally (even because I am full of pains and bedsores...) but be sure I LOVE all your nearness and friendly dedications.

Yours faithfully, ciao, Marco

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www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index-sp.html

Foto model. Anna Shvets en Pexels

On 19 January 2021, the United States surpassed 400,000 deaths from the pandemic COVID-19, less than one year after the nation's first confirmed case in February 2020.

Two-hundred thousand Americans had succumbed to the disease by mid-September 2020, and three-hundred thousand only three months later, in mid-December.

— NBC News.

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Over 600,000 American deaths by June 2021; over 3,900,000 worldwide.

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The Year of the Mask

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Syracuse Regional Market

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Austria under Covid19

Sunday March 19, 11 am, no traffic on B1 - normally the busiest road in town

Deserted

The Year of the Mask

Tokyo, 2021-03-14

Stay well

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patrons in the sunshine having a pint taken from a passing bus

Almost empty gas station, Leião

COVID-19

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I hope, this is not my last picture!

Was im Leben uns verdrossen, wird als Bild sehr genossen oder nach J.W.v.Goethe: Was uns im Leben sehr verdrießt, man im Bild gern genießt.

COVID-19

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Permission to take photograph was granted by parent.

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William Park

Canon F-1

Kodak Ektar

financial district - san francisco, california

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Onondaga Lake Park

Canon F-1

Fuji Acros

Bologna ore 12, chi avrebbe mai pensato di rappresentare la città con questa solitudine.

Da oltre tre settimane c'è obbligo di stare chiusi in casa e

non si sa ancora per quanto tempo .............

Bologna 12 noon, who would have thought of representing the city with this solitude.

For over three weeks there has been an obligation to stay indoors and

it is not known yet for how long .............