21 photos of people around the world cheering from their balconies
Monica Humphries
People from all around the world have found community and hope on their balconies.Manish Swarup/AP Photo/Nacho Doce/REUTERS/Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo/Jon Nazca/REUTERS
- While a majority of the world remains under some form of lockdown, balconies have become a place of community.
- People have taken to their balconies every night to thank the individuals on the front line of the pandemic.
- From Madrid to New York City, applause can be heard across cities thanking medical staff for their hard work.
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In these unprecedented times, balconies have become a place of community.
They've sparked love. They've hosted concerts and dance performances.
But balconies have also become the epicenter of hope and thankfulness.
Across the world, people have taken to their balconies every night to thank the medical workers on the front line of the pandemic.
Here are photographs of family, friends, and individuals cheering from their balconies and windows.
Read the original article on InsiderA bird's-eye view shows a man cheering in Pamplona, Spain.
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In Mumbai, India, people clap, cheer, and bang pans together for medical workers.
Cheers in Malaga, Spain, were coordinated through social media.
A family squeezes onto their balcony in Brussels, Belgium.
A family in Madrid, Spain, cheers, claps, and plays the ukulele to celebrate medical workers.
During the 21-day lockdown in Johannesburg, South Africa, residents wave and cheer to each other.
People light candles in New Delhi, India, to represent hope in the fight against the coronavirus.
Source: Reuters
Retirement homes have launched pep rallies for its residents in California, US.
In another city in Spain, medical workers thank the community for their support.
A little boy in Barcelona, Spain, cheers from his family's balcony.
The sun has set in Modiin, Israel, when people step out onto their balconies to cheer for medical staff.
New Yorkers cheer and clap from their balconies every day at 7 p.m.
Women lean out of their home in Rome, Italy, to cheer.
India's 1.3 billion people were ordered to stay home, so many found comfort from their balconies and windows.
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium, has also picked up the trend.
People swing their legs outside of a balcony in Frankfurt, Germany.
With over 170,000 cases in Spain, balconies have become a place of hope.
Source: Johns Hopkins University
A family rings bells, hits pots and pans, and cheers together from a balcony in New Delhi, India.
Source: NPR
A single medical worker joins in on the applause in Madrid, Spain.
Dancing, cheering, and singing can be heard and seen from balconies across California, US.
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