'Corona town': Cuban graffiti depicts anguish, urges courage

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'Corona town': Cuban graffiti depicts anguish, urges courage
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A skeleton reaches up from the ground to clutch at a fantastical winged creature. A hunched figure wearing a face mask drags behind it an entangled mass of stricken faces and lanky limbs. A butterfly flutters out of the mouth of a body laid to rest.

Cuban artist"Mr Myl" paints a mural which reads in Spanish:"Courage", amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease outbreak, in downtown Havana, Cuba, May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Cuba has reported 1,947 coronavirus cases and 82 deaths so far. Official data shows the Caribbean island registered fewer than 20 new cases per day over the last week compared to the 50 to 60 that were occurring daily in mid-April. For some artists, Cuba’s many abandoned or dilapidated buildings made for the perfect canvas. The flipside is that public spaces are tightly controlled, so artists have to be careful with either their message or their identity.

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