Installation of monumental skulls in Santa Cecilia Tlahuac, Mexico City, representing the beginning and end of COVID-19, created by artist Raymundo Jaen in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 29, 2020. The sample is called Cocoliztli-Covidiztli, composed of 4 skulls: the first has a dragon on its head, highlighting that this virus originated in China and then spread throughout the world including Mexico, the second represents those infected by coronavirus that are debate between life and death, the third are those people who unfortunately lost the battle against the virus in which they disintegrat

Installation of monumental skulls in Santa Cecilia Tlahuac, Mexico City, representing the beginning and end of COVID-19, created by artist Raymundo Jaen in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 29, 2020. The sample is called Cocoliztli-Covidiztli, composed of 4 skulls: the first has a dragon on its head, highlighting that this virus originated in China and then spread throughout the world including Mexico, the second represents those infected by coronavirus that are debate between life and death, the third are those people who unfortunately lost the battle against the virus in which they disintegrat Stock Photo
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NurPhoto SRL / Alamy Stock Photo

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6000 x 4000 px | 50.8 x 33.9 cm | 20 x 13.3 inches | 300dpi

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29 October 2020

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Gerardo Vieyra

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Installation of monumental skulls in Santa Cecilia Tlahuac, Mexico City, representing the beginning and end of COVID-19, created by artist Raymundo Jaen in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 29, 2020. The sample is called Cocoliztli-Covidiztli, composed of 4 skulls: the first has a dragon on its head, highlighting that this virus originated in China and then spread throughout the world including Mexico, the second represents those infected by coronavirus that are debate between life and death, the third are those people who unfortunately lost the battle against the virus in which they disintegrate for their way to the Mictlan or underworld, and the last shows the pre-Hispanic god Mictlantecutli who receives the deceased in the place of the dead. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)

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