What else is left to say about the past year? 12 months that passed like in a second but stretched like an eternity. A period of time in human history that seems like a bad psychedelic trip, which refuses to end and whose signs we will feel for years to come.
If 2016 was a year that caused quite a bit of frustration – especially following the departure from the world of cultural legends like David Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen – 2020 is considered even more hated. She placed us in situations we could never imagine ourselves in, brought into the arena of battle different views, opinions and worldviews, and especially confronted an entire world with itself in a way he had not known before.
And if all that has to be said about it has already been said, this is an opportunity to say goodbye to this strange and terrifying period of time with the images that have defined and will define it many more later on.
Australia is on fire
While they may today appear to have occurred from a time span of 9,750 years, the fires in Australia (which began in June 2019) made headlines in early 2020. A wave of fires that began in the forested areas of Land Down Ender also spread to cities and habitats. Australia has already known fires on a seasonal basis, but this time it was about new dimensions of fire and constant threats.
A whole world shed a tear as it watched images of fields and trees burning, and a host of miserable forest animals experiencing the flesh and hell on their flesh. About half a billion of them died in fires. At the beginning of 2020 we still thought it would be the biggest disaster we would know this year. How naive we were.
Times Square and other gathering centers – empty
The memorabilia and film buffs among us will surely remember the opening scene of the 2001 film Vanilla Sky. Tom Cruise is seen running through the streets of New York, almost empty of people in a chilling way. As he runs, he arrives at the crowded Times Square when he lives and realizes that there is no one there either.
Back then it was a nightmare dream scene from a feature film, but by 2020 our lives have all become a kind of futuristic apocalyptic horror / thriller. One of the creepy side effects of the Corona crisis has been the depletion of tourist sites and sites, which are routinely bustling with life and happenings. The Champs Elysees, the Eiffel Tower and the Vatican are among the orphaned tourist sites this year. And so are the streets of New York, including the same Times Square from Tom Cruise’s nightmare nearly two decades ago. Sometimes dreams come true.
The coffins of Italy
At the height of the first corona wave, some European countries that had not yet managed to take control of the scale of the disaster served as a warning sign to the whole world. The new editions talked about unimaginable amounts of dead, especially adults. Many have found their deaths tragically, while those in charge of their country do not internalize the magnitude of the horror.
The most famous of these countries was Italy, which in March counted when its corona crossed the 8,000 mark. More than 700 people died in one day. Authorities called on residents to stay indoors, but the photos spoke for themselves and served as an effective source of intimidation.
The caravans of the dead from Bergamo and the military vehicles clearing coffins are among the most horrific and harsh images of the Corona crisis. A moment in the history of Italy, and in fact of the whole world, that will be hard to forget in many years to come.
The singing of the balconies
At the beginning of the crisis, the network was hit by a wave of viral videos, showing isolated Italian citizens singing from the balconies of their homes. It was a legitimate way to communicate and release tension, given the madness they found themselves living in. But this is a global crisis, and just like the virus – countries tended to infect each other with unique and strange phenomena. One of them was of course the singing of the balconies, along with the mass applause and applause for the medical staff, who earned the heroic nickname – “The Angels in White”.
In the bath with Madonna
In March, when the whole world shut itself in houses and tried to figure out what the hell was happening to him, Madonna also found herself in a situation similar to this. That is, assuming exactly the same – we all have some huge estates and a lot of money in the bank account that denies the possibility of significant economic harm following the crisis. This did not stop her from uploading a bizarre video and photo to social media, in which she is seen immersed naked in a luxury bath full of flowers and talking about the mysteries of the virus. He, she claims, is considered no less than the “great equator.”
“What’s wonderful about him is that he made us all equal, in many ways,” she said. She ended her bath manifesto with the sentence: “If the boat sinks, we all drown together.” Well, not exactly.
The reactions on the net, as is happening in 2020, were not long in coming. “Sorry Queen, love you a lot but we are not equal. Do not romanticize this disaster,” a fan wrote to her. Others, slightly less refined, responded with a selection of curses. “Bullshit!” Another wrote to her. “I have to go to work while you do foam baths.” Another response read: “Things outside your estate are different from what you think.”
