Coronavirus heroes part five: images and stories of unity and fun

As the horrors of coronavirus continue to sweep the globe, some countries are starting to see the other side. China has reduced a lot of the limitations on its citizens and several European countries are starting to slowly open back up. Key workers are now seen as heroes, and so are the people who are trying to keep our spirits up and spread cheer amidst the darkness.

Here are our favourites from the past week:

I'm not crying you are.

A taxi driver in Spain who has taken patients to the hospital, free of charge, got a call to pickup a patient from the hospital.

When he arrived, doctors and nurses surprised him with a standing ovation, plus an envelope of money. pic.twitter.com/lOdCele0G3

— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) April 19, 2020

Actual #bestofnextdoor 💚 pic.twitter.com/SfQlVIBtHt

— Best of Nextdoor 🏡 (@bestofnextdoor) April 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/OxfordDiplomat/status/1250513128531677191

I found this hard to watch on many levels, as a BAME NHS doctor, and the son of a Windrush immigrant.

Disproportionately my colleagues on the #NHS that have lost their lives in this pandemic were immigrants.

Never forget. https://t.co/X6pA6IsNHN

— Dr Dominic Pimenta MD (@DrDomPimenta) April 15, 2020

When they said try working from home I didn’t realise they’d expect me to do the music too @BBCNews @BBCNWT #BBCNewsTheme 🥁 #workingfromhome pic.twitter.com/DVXjDw0l8F

— Owain Wyn Evans (@OwainWynEvans) April 15, 2020

JUST IN: 93-year-old Olive Veronesi of Seminole, PA, who held up a sign at her window asking for more beer, has received a delivery from @CoorsLight. The brand tells me 150 cans arrived at her house today. pic.twitter.com/c2lfGFBBTS

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 13, 2020

https://twitter.com/ANDREW1ALBERTT/status/1249476550384332804

Wind the clock! E. B. White’s stirring reply to a gloomy fan. A contribution to ⁦@letterslive⁩ and their #ReadALetter initiative pic.twitter.com/nZWfFE2zHG

— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) April 13, 2020

If anything here has made you smile, why not share the cheer and send it to your friends?

Image credit: Martin Höst