In Pictures: Statues being masked up around the world

In a sign of the times, people are also putting masks on public statues reflecting the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

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April 24, 2020 at 9:22 AM

A bronze statue depicting cartoon character Titeuf, the 8-year-old boy with a blonde cowlick created by Swiss cartoonist Zep, wearing a protective mask in in the closed school yard of Carouge, near Geneva, on March 18, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

The statue of the dog Greyfriars Bobby with a face mask in Edinburgh, on March 23, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

The statue of Queen's late singer Freddie Mercury wearing a face mask and adorned with a placard with a message raising awareness against the spread of the coronavirus, on the shore of the Lake Geneva. PHOTO: AFP

A surfer statue along the beach is decorated with a mask and gloves during the global outbreak of the coronavirus in Encinitas, California, US, on March 24, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

The Manneken-Pis statue wearing a protective mask in support of medical workers in Brussels, Belgium. PHOTO: AFP

A man wears a face mask as he looks at a statue of Coloso also wearing one in Guatemala City, on April 9, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A face mask is seen on the statue of the father of the Mexican Independence, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), which was placed by members of the Federation of University Students, on April 9, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A statue of traditional Sri Lankan drummer with a protective face mask in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 11, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A man puts a face mask on a statue of Polish writer Alexander Fredro at the market square in Wroclaw, Poland, on April 15, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The historic Neptune's Fountain statue is adorned with a face mask in Gdansk, northern Poland, on April 16, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A volunteer disinfects the statue of US singer Michael Jackson, at the Santa Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A protective mask is displayed on a statue of singer Tony Bennett in San Francisco, California. PHOTO: AFP

The statue of Mahatma Gandhi with a face mask in the first day of mandatory use of masks in the city of Rio de Janeiro, on April 23, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

The statue of Sri Chinmoy wearing face mask on bank of Vltava river at sunset in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 23, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The "Fearless Girl" statue wears a face mask with American Flags outside the New York Stock Exchange, on April 23, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

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