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Stay healthy and stick to the rules. But let's talk about other things. We live surrounded by news and information. These are difficult times and we want to show you news that makes us escape for a moment.

 

When the Mundane Becomes Heroic

Stories about some of the heroes of this pandemic, street workers in Manhathan. Damon Winter walked one block in Manhattan, on 72nd Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue, to conduct an informal photographic census of businesses that were still open and of people who worked in the hours leading up to the effective order of the Governor Cuomo.

Himalayan Mountaintops Visible for the First Time in 30 Years as Air Pollution Continues to Plummet in India

For the last 30 years, the tops of the Himalayan mountains have been obscured by air pollution and smog. Now as the city streets are emptied of traffic and gas-guzzling vehicles, the mountaintops were clearly visible to the millions of local communities in quarantine.

After 13 Years of Social Distancing, Giant Pandas Finally Mate During Peaceful COVID-19 Zoo Closures

Conservationists are rejoicing over a newly-reported silver lining to the COVID-19 shutdowns—after 13 years of playing hard to get, these two giant pandas have finally mated.
Although Le Le and Ying Ying have been roommates at the Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong since 2007, the two pandas have never felt compelled to answer the call of the wild even though their resulting reproduction would help to preserve their vulnerable species.

A Grateful Grandfather Sheltering with His Family

A story for people who have suddenly changed their lives, who have returned to houses they had left behind, to other moments in their lives, or who are living new ones.

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