Messages exchanged from balconies and windows during global lockdown
Paris, France
A woman waters plants at her balcony near a banner with a play on words combining the words "time" and "tenderness" to read "Less work, more time/tenderness" in French capital Paris which is currently under lockdown to curb Covid-19.
West Yorkshire, England
Seventy seven year-old Tom Arundell poses alongside home-made signs displayed in his front garden in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire England.
The British government extended a nationwide lockdown for another three weeks, while the country's coronavirus death toll continued to spike.
Beirut, Lebanon
This handout picture provided by ABAAD show residents hanging a banner from their balcony, carrying messages against domestic violence, in the Lebanese capital Beirut, during a campaign dubbed #LockdownNotLockup, launched by the local association ABAAD,(a resource centre for gender equality), to raise awareness and to inform women about their hotline.
The number of abuse cases has reportedly risen in Lebanon during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis, that obliges women to confine themselves under lockdown with their abusers.
Madrid, Spain
A man sits on a balcony as he checks his smartphone near a banner reading "Thanks to your effort, everything will go well. United, stronger" in Madrid on April 8, 2020 during a national lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.
Spain has recorded the third largest number of deaths due to coronavirus pandemic.
Rome, Italy
A view shows a banner on the facade of Palazzo Cardinal Cesi on Via della Conciliazione in Rome on reading "A big thank you to the doctors and nurses, all will go well, the Salvadorans", during the country's lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19.
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