Covid-19 murals emerge around the world: from Mexico to India

Building facades and walls have been painted with works that aim to spread positivity as well as information

The mural of Frida Kahlo wearing a face mask is seen on a building wall in Mexico City, Mexico. Reuters

A construction worker walks past a mural in Miami, Florida. AFP

A man wearing a face mask walks past a coronavirus awareness mural depicting children of various faiths praying while wearing face masks in Depok, Indonesia, AP

A street artist paints a mural about Covid-19 and corruption, in the surroundings of the Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. AFP

People walk past an informational mural with messages in English and Swahili warning about the dangers of the new coronavirus and how to prevent transmission, painted by youth artists from the Uweza Foundation, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. AP

A woman carries a baby past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of the new coronavirus and how to prevent transmission, with words in Swahili reading, 'We are the Cure', painted by youth artists in Nairobi, Kenya. AP

A man walks past a coronavirus-related mural, in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico. AFP

A mural in Rio de Janeiro depicting the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro putting on a face mask as he is surrounded by coronaviruses. AFP

A mural of frontline workers in New Delhi. AFP

A woman walks past a mural called 'Frida in pandemic times' painted by the urban artist Julio Aferra. AFP

A woman walks past a coronavirus-related mural painted by urban artist Alejandro Bautista Torres, aka Kato, in Mexico City. AFP

A mural of six masked front-line workers decorates the wall of a rubbish dump in New Delhi. One of the figures wears a surgical gown. He is all smiles, raising two fingers in the universal gesture of peace. The other five are all wearing masks and different items that identify their vocations: a construction helmet, hooded plastic overalls, a beret.

The mural is a homage to the essential workers around the city, aiming to recognise the efforts of those who are doing their part to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

With the pandemic persistently shaping our daily lives, it is no surprise that street artists are continuing to incorporate Covid-19 themes into their work.

From Mexico’s beach town of Acapulco to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, building facades and street walls have been adorned with beautiful works that have raised healthcare personnel and other essential workers to the status of superheroes.

In Mexico City, urban artist Julio Aferra has recently revealed a mural of painter Frida Kahlo donning a mask. On Sunday, Mexico became the country with the fourth-highest death toll from Covid-19, according to data from the John Hopkins University.

In Rio de Janeiro, a mural of the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seen wearing a mask as he is surrounded by coronavirus particles. The populist leader repeatedly refused to wear a mask in public, and downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic until the country became the second-worst affected in the world, after the US, and he himself contracted the virus.

Splashed on boarded-up storefronts and on street walls, Covid-19 murals have been an important way of spreading positivity and information about the pandemic. Check out the gallery to see some of the latest Covid-19 murals from around the world.