This article and pictures and all the trauma it reflects have tragically only increased since its publication in December 2020. These are vivid and heartbreaking images reminding us of why we all must act individually and collectively in every way humanly possible to protect ourselves and each other from the devastation of Covid-19. May we all move from the "I" of "personal liberty" to the consciousness of "WE" ― as in we are all connected, all family, all in this together, all responsible for caring for our fellow humans and other beings. May we intentionally allow our hearts to be broken open again and again by the suffering all around and within us and, through this courageous process, strengthen our hearts and our resolve and commitment to truth, to love, and to standing in the strongest possible protection of one another. We all matter. And how we are carrying ourselves in these pandemic times matters. Deeply. Our world yearns for and deeply needs us to be fully embodied human beings with our eyes and hearts open. And this is where we need each other. It is too hard to sustain and grow in consciousness without the support of others. We truly and deeply need each other. May we unite in ever growing numbers in truth, courage, caring, compassion, and love. This is my deep prayer. 🙏― Molly
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| A physiotherapist holds the hand of a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the intensive-care unit at a hospital in Vannes, France, on November 12, 2020. |
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| A patient suffering from COVID-19 is treated in the ICU of the Maggiore di Lodi hospital, in Lodi, Italy, on November 13, 2020. |
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Health-care personnel treat Daniel Benewiat, a patient who is on a ventilator, inside a room for patients with COVID-19 at a hospital in Hutchinson, Kansas, on November 20, 2020. In the previous photo, his wife Tammy peers at him through a window.
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El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office staff help move bodies that are in bags labeled "Covid" from refrigerated trailers into the morgue amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in El Paso, Texas, on November 23, 2020.
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| Municipality workers carry a coffin from an ambulance to the burial area provided by the government for victims of COVID-19, at Pondok Ranggon Cemetery, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 25, 2020. |
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| Refrigerated trailers store the bodies of the deceased at a temporary morgue, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on November 23, 2020. |
As the number of cases of COVID-19 worldwide nears 65 million, and the number of deaths attributed to the disease approaches 1.5 million, many countries are enduring a crushing surge in numbers. The toll on health-care workers, families, and the victims of the disease has been enormous. Gathered below are photographs from around the world of the current battle against COVID-19, taken over the past few weeks.
For the original article in The Atlantic and all 31 images, please go here: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/12/photos-reality-current-coronavirus-surge/617277/
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