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.

The Drowned World

A lone swimmer lockdowned in Trat province, Koh Chang island, Thailand. Photo: Jorge Silva/Reuters.

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.

Pulp Fiction

“We must worry about what’s happening in Russia and China, as well as in Hungary. It’s been weeks since authoritarian regimes, even through the pervasive and unscrupulous use of the Internet and fake news, flooded the West with messages questioning the effectiveness of democratic systems in tackling the pandemic. The mantra is always the same: ‘Democratic systems are not able to protect you. Take example from China. Only a strong government can guarantee protection and safety’. This false narrative is as much — if not even more — a threat to Western democracies than the pandemic itself”, 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kimovich Kasparov said in an interview to Gianni Vernetti for La Stampa of April 14, 2020. Photo: La Stampa.

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others

A woman of 60 years old taking her turtle outside in Rome, Italy was fined €400 by a patrolling squad for breaking strict coronavirus lockdown. Had it been a dog instead of a turtle, there would have been no infringement on her part.

劉勃麟 (Liú Bólín), Woman, 2019. Courtesy of Magda Danysz Gallery Paris, 上海 (Shànghǎi)/Artsy.

Edna, you better take the train if you can, as he has not yet applied for his full driving licence

Kampen, Netherlands: A lorry trailer blown over by strong winds. A code red weather warning was issued in the Netherlands. Photo: Ginopress B.v./EPA.

Broadcast delay

The aftermath of the landslide on Lungarno Torrigiani in Florence, Italy. Mayor Dario Nardella — Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s “Dauphin” — estimated the damages to approximately $5 millions €uros. Florence’s Prosecutor’s Office immediately started an investigation into the cause of the six hours delay between the S.O.S. flood call and the intervention. Meanwhile, there is no supply of water to most urban districts, and not even to Prato. Photo: Maurizio degl’Innocenti/AP.

Multi-storey car park

The aftermath of the landslide on Lungarno Torrigiani
Photo © Maurizio degl’Innocenti/EPA

A 200 metres long swallow hole opened up in a street running next to the Arno River downtown Florence early on Wednesday. “No one is injured, there’s just damage – huge damage”, said Mayor Dario Nardella – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s “Dauphin” – after arriving at the site on Lungarno Torrigiani, between Ponte Vecchio and Ponte alle Grazie bridges. About 20 cars parked alongside the street got lowered into the hole. Apparently, the hole would have been caused by a burst water pipe.