Wonderbra

A woman goes shopping at a weekly municipal non-food market as the country eases COVID-19 restrictions, in Espinho, Portugal. Photo: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters.

Culture isn’t contagious — ignorance is

Finally, on Sunday, after days of hysteria and a further surge of COVID-19 cases, it was time for the government of Italy to show itself in all its splendour by introducing the most vexatious public health restrictions since the end of the first nationwide lockdown. And thus gyms, swimming pools, cinemas, theatres, and any other social, cultural and recreational institutions are compelled to close for at least a month, while all professional and semi-professional soccer games will continue to be allowed, even though with no public in attendance. Photo: Eleonora Costi.

The Through

The Student Trap. One day, deep in the COVID-19 lockdown, a girl looks out from the crack in the door. Photo: 武术 (Wǔshù) Master 弹棉花 (Tán Miánhuā).

Between Scylla and Charybdis

A woman in a mask walks past a mural of a hand on the side of a building in New York City, United States. The photo was taken on April 22, during the citywide COVID-19 lockdown, and is on display in the exhibition The Pandemic as a part of the 2nd International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France. Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP.