Thanking coronavirus frontline workers
Health workers wearing protective face masks react during a tribute for their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease, amid the outbreak, outside the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Susana...more
Healthcare workers are given flowers and thank you notes outside Gregorio Maranon hospital in Madrid, Spain, April 12. REUTERS/Susana Vera
A woman wearing a face mask rides a boat as the Peninsula hotel lights up in tribute to the healthcare workers and people staying home in Bangkok, Thailand, April 14. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
A wife and son of Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease, react during a tribute for him outside the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain, April 13. REUTERS/Susana Vera
A girl draws a thank you message on the pavement as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Broadway, Britain, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
A woman holds a flag to thank medical workers outside NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan, New York, April 12. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Antonio, a retired doctor, applauds with his wife in support of healthcare workers at the entrance of their house in Ronda, southern Spain, April 13. REUTERS/Jon Nazca
A woman exits Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan past messages of thanks written on the sidewalk in New York, April 7. REUTERS/Mike Segar
The statue of Christ the Redeemer is lit up with the image of a doctor's coat and the word "thank you" in different languages during an Easter Sunday event amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 12. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes...more
People applaud from the balcony of their house in support of healthcare workers in front of the Dos de Maig Hospital in Barcelona, Spain April 11. The placard reads: "Thank you". REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Members of the public applaud medical workers in Manhattan, New York, April 10. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Medical staff from the Fundacion Jimenez Diaz Hospital gesture as neighbors applaud from their balconies in support of healthcare workers in Madrid, Spain April 13. REUTERS/Juan Medina
People react during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 9. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
An exterior view of The 101 Hotel shows rooms illuminated to form a heart as a thank you and to show support to people, especially the country's medical workers in Bogor, Indonesia, April 6. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Claire Hedges, her father David and mother Ann outside their house in Sydenham, Oxfordshire, applaud during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS in Sydenham, Britain, April 9. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
Firefighters applaud outside a Fire Station in Watford during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS in Watford, Britain, April 9. REUTERS/Matthew Childs
People playing instruments and singing “Somewhere over the rainbow” during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS in Harpenden, Britain April 9. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
People applaud from their homes in support of healthcare workers during lockdown in Madrid, Spain April 9. REUTERS/Susana Vera
A woman applauds in Hemel Hempstead during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS in Hemel Hempstead, Britain, April 9. REUTERS/Paul Childs
A woman cheers from her balcony in support of healthcare workers in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium April 4. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Luca, 5, bangs on a saucepan as people applaud during the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS in Cheshunt, Britain, April 9. REUTERS/Mark Hartnell
People confined in their homes applaud from their balconies in support of healthcare workers outside La Princess hospital in Madrid, Spain, April 5. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
A dog walker walks past some Art on a wall in Hilly Fields park in support of the NHS in London, Britain, April 5. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
A child at Westlands Primary School paints a poster in support of the NHS in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Britain, April 2. REUTERS/Carl Recine
Scott LoBaido, 55, from Staten Island posts a large "Thank You" note dedicated to the health workers of the nearby Elmhurst Hospital Center who are treating and testing people for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Queens, New York City, March 27,...more
The words "Solidarity, Empathy, Collectivity, Affection" and the phrase "Thank You Nurses, Garbage Collectors, Doctors" are projected on a building after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda...more
The Chain Bridge is lit in white to show appreciation for healthcare workers during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, before Earth Hour in Budapest, Hungary, March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Workers and a resident wave at passing cars honking their horns in support for Pinecrest Nursing Home after several residents died and dozens of staff were sickened by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada March 30, 2020....more
People walk past a banner reading "Thank you key workers", as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, Manchester, Britain, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
A local medical worker embraces and bids farewell to a medical worker from Jiangsu at the Wuhan Railway Station as the medical team from Jiangsu leaves Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Hubei province, China March 19, 2020....more
Residents clap and bang utensils to cheer for emergency personnel and sanitation workers who are on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus, in Ahmedabad, India, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave
A girl writes a message in support of key workers, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, High Wycombe, Britain, March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
People clap and bang utensils from their balconies to cheer for emergency personnel and sanitation workers who are on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus, in Mumbai, India, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
A man passes a sign on a boarded-up business thanking those still working amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Seattle, Washington, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
A banner that reads "Thanks to the caregivers" is seen on a balcony in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease spread in France, March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A message thanking healthcare workers during the coronavirus outbreak is seen on an electronic billboard in a nearly empty Times Square in Manhattan in New York City, New York, March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Health workers from Clinic hospital applaud citizens who show them gratitude from their balconies and windows, during the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Barcelona, Spain March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
First responders line up outside Huntington Hospital to thank health workers during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pasadena, California, U.S., April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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