In the last few days all the leaves have fully come out transforming the view from my apartment. The copper beech tree glistening in the morning sun is a special delight. The arrival of Spring always brings hope. Quite a contrast to what I could see from my window towards the end of March when I started this blog.
A lot has also changed in the course of the pandemic since my first blog post. Then many countries around the world were near the start of their drastic lockdown measures. Now many of them are talking about gently easing restrictions, though of course the crisis is far from over.
On 28 March there were around global 664,000 official cases of the virus. Now there are more than 3.5 million. Many people have died since then but many more have recovered. Hopefully we are now five weeks closer to finding a vaccine too.
Before today I had written 20 posts for this blog. So time to take stock. My aim was always to give a global perspective, including from individual primary sources. Hopefully I am on track. You can see from the thumbnails below that I have mentioned people, organisations and developments from all over the world.
Many people apart from me have been posting photos of the view from their windows during lockdown. If you have a few minutes to spare, I can recommend scrolling through some of these great photos from across the globe. You can find some of them on Instagram and on Facebook
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What a difference a few weeks make in how much of the city has disappeared but replaced by beautiful spring growth.
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