Thanking coronavirus
frontline workers

Medical staff from Gregorio Maranon
hospital react as neighbours applaud
from their homes in support for
healthcare workers, amid the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, April 6,
2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera

People join citywide applause from
their balconies and windows to show
appreciation and support for the
health workers as the spread of the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
continues, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 1. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

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 tackling
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid
its spread in Bogor, Indonesia, April
6.

A sign thanking frontline workers
towers over a downtown freeway
after California issued a
stay-at-home order in Los Angeles,
California, April 3. REUTERS/Lucy
Nicholson

A sign in a window thanks "Essential
Heroes" in Boston, Massachusetts,
April 2. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

People join citywide applause from
their balconies and windows to show
appreciation and support for the
health workers in Buenos Aires,
Argentina April 1. REUTERS/Agustin
Marcarian

Medical staff react as they heard a
helicopter flying over, while people
applaud in support for healthcare
workers in Madrid, Spain, April 6.
REUTERS/Susana Vera

Residents create hearts with their
mobile phones in support of
healthcare workers as they stand on
the balcony of their apartment block
in Ruisbroek near Brussels, Belgium
April 5. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

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 woman cheers from her balcony in
support of healthcare workers in
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium April 4.
REUTERS/Yves Herman

NHS workers applaud on the streets
outside Chelsea and Westminster
Hospital during the Clap for our
Carers campaign in support of the
NHS in London, Britain, April 2.
REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

Members of the Ladder 22 and
Engine 76 fire crews of the New York
Fire Department clap for health and
medical workers from the Mount
Sinai Morningside hospital at 7:00PM
in Manhattan, New York City, April 2.
REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Members of the cleaning personnel
applaud in honor of the cleaning
staff at the Gregorio Maranon
hospital in Madrid, Spain, April 1.
REUTERS/Susana Vera

Firefighters are seen applauding at
Cadogan Fire Station during the Clap
for our Carers campaign in support
of the NHS in Belfast, Britain, April 2.
REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

The message "Merci" in tribute of
those on the frontline to fight the
coronavirus outbreak, on the facade
of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France,
March 27. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

People clap from their windows and
roof during a social media campaign
to show solidarity for the bravery of
all the doctors, nurses and police in
Kathmandu, Nepal, March 31.
REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Health workers applaud people who
show them gratitude from their
balconies and windows as part of an
event organized through social
media in Barcelona, Spain, March 20.
REUTERS/Nacho Doce

NHS workers applaud on the streets
outside Royal Liverpool University
Hospital during the Clap for our
Carers campaign in Liverpool,
Britain, April 2. REUTERS/Phil Noble

Children applaud during the Clap for
our Carers campaign in East
Grinstead, Britain, April 2.
REUTERS/Adam Oliver

A sign thanking key workers in Herne
Hill, London, Britain, March 30.
REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Medical staff of Severo Ochoa
hospital applaud in support for
healthcare workers in Leganes, near
Madrid, Spain, April 1. REUTERS/Juan
Medina

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,

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.

A thank you sign for the NHS is seen
outside a pub as the spread of the
coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
continues, Broxbourne, Britain,
March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew
Couldridge

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

Medical staff from Fundacion Jimenez
Diaz hospital hold a banner reading
"Thank you all" as neighbours
applaud from their balconies in
support for healthcare workers, amid
the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, March 30,
2020.

A woman joins citywide applause as
people clap from their balconies and
windows to show appreciation and
support for the health workers as the
spread of the coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) continues, in Buenos
Aires, Argentina March 29, 2020.

Health workers collect food from
Delivery 4 Heroes on stretchers at
Clinic hospital, during the outbreak
of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as
near two hundred dinners are being
delivered per day to Medical Staff as
a gesture of thanks from the City s

First responders outside of hard-hit
Brooklyn Hospital Center take a bow
as dozens of people in and around
the New York City borough of
Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park cheer
and applaud them in a spontaneous
social media-encouraged
#ClapBecauseWeCare

The One World Trade Center is
illuminated in red, white and blue in
recognition of the ongoing
nationwide effort to combat
coronavirus during the outbreak of
the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
in New York City, as it is seen from
Exchange Place, New

NHS staff during a photocall as they
pose with "Thank You" messages at
St Thomas' hospital as the spread of
the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
continues, London, Britain, March 31,
2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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.

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.

An NHS worker applauds from a
window at Chelsea and Westminster
Hospital during the Clap for our
Carers campaign in support of the
NHS in London, Britain, March 26,
2020. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs

The London Eye is pictured lit blue in
support of the NHS in London,
Britain, March 26, 2020.
REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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

People applaud outside their homes
in Calbourne Road during the Clap
For Our Carers campaign in support
of the NHS, in Balham, London,
Britain, March 26, 2020.
REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

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

Chef Danny Conkling of The London
Plane restaurant serves hundreds of
free meals to healthcare workers on
the front lines of the coronavirus
disease outbreak at Harborview
Medical Center in Seattle,
Washington, March 21, 2020.
REUTERS/David Ryder

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 family applaud from their balcony
during a call on social media to
thank Spanish medical staff fighting
against coronavirus as they remain
confined inside their homes due to
the coronavirus outbreak, in
downtown Ronda, southern Spain
March 14,

Residents 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 health worker from the Clinic
hospital takes a picture of his mates
as police officers and citizens show
them gratitude from their balconies
and windows, during the coronavirus
disease outbreak, in Barcelona,
Spain March 24, 2020.

UW Medical Center Volunteer
Program Manager Cynnie Foss, left,
accepts food donations from local
science writer and former UW
employee Ellen Kuwana, who is
running an ongoing fundraiser on
social media to donate food to
healthcare workers during the

Family members applaud from their
balconies during a call on social
media to thank Spanish medical staff
fighting against coronavirus as they
remain confined inside their homes
due to the coronavirus outbreak, in
downtown Ronda, southern Spain
March

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

Belgians applaud and make noise to
celebrate medical personnel dealing
with coronavirus disease in Brussels,
Belgium March 18, 2020.
REUTERS/Yves Herman

A woman claps as she takes part in
an initiative to hold a Swiss-wide
applause for medical teams fighting
the coronavirus outbreak in Zurich,
Switzerland March 20, 2020.
REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Medical workers applaud to pay
tribute to all the medical workers
who are dealing with the coronavirus
disease outbreak, at La Princesa
hospital in Madrid, Spain March 25,
2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera

A message reading "Thank you NHS"
is displayed on the outside of
Wembley Stadium as the spread of
the coronavirus disease continues.
London, Britain March 20, 2020.
REUTERS/Matthew Childs

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

People stand on their balconies and
clap as they take part in Swiss-wide
applause for medical teams fighting
the coronavirus outbreak in Zurich,
Switzerland March 20, 2020.
REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

A woman and children stand on their
balcony and clap as they take part in
an initiative to hold mass applause
for medical teams fighting the
coronavirus outbreak in Ashkelon,
Israel March 19, 2020.
REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Belgians applaud and make noise to
celebrate medical personnel dealing
with coronavirus disease in Brussels,
Belgium March 18, 2020.
REUTERS/Yves Herman

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