Social media heroes part twenty: images, videos and stories of unity and fun

They make us laugh, they make us cry, and they keep on coming. Social media posts from geniuses, musicians, comedians and that bloke round the corner.

We’ve chosen our favourite social media updates from the last week for your enjoyment:

‘𝘛𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥'@TimMinchin opens the #VirginMediaBAFTAs with an epic anthem for the times! pic.twitter.com/ktRBljNfgH

— BAFTA (@BAFTA) July 31, 2020

https://twitter.com/tiatortillaxo/status/1288933602345078792

https://twitter.com/NHSBfdCraven/status/1289168940283748352

How??? https://t.co/QMBltM41ze

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 31, 2020

#COVID-19: Cesar Azpilicueta, the captain on English Premier League side and FA Cup finalists Chelsea, has sent a message to Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, who has been undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at a Mumbai hospital https://t.co/7rCi6e1vyy

— Gulf News (@gulf_news) August 1, 2020

How lovely is this? pic.twitter.com/B3cfS6WN37

— Jane Bee (@JaneBea5) July 31, 2020

Hidden camera shows cat turning off dad’s alarm 😹 pic.twitter.com/S16QRZyOg2

— The Dodo (@dodo) July 29, 2020

Eli Lilly starts late-stage study of COVID-19 drug in nursing homes https://t.co/Ks5A8bXdfC pic.twitter.com/PooVqlVbfb

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 3, 2020

We have just had our patio done and my 6yo has loved going out and helping the builder, so it made his day to receive this. What an example of kindness 😊 pic.twitter.com/Wq39TU4uwL

— Steph Kemp (@steph_heathcote) July 27, 2020

“It's time to just tell everybody”

At the age of 90, Kenneth has come out as gay after opening up to his daughter in lockdown. He says he has never felt so freehttps://t.co/0jNwz5IGDI pic.twitter.com/K0ZQ3x3oMy

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 27, 2020

#SheikhMohammed paid tribute to Dr Mohammed Al Mashali, nicknamed the “doctor of the poor” who died on Tuesday in Egypt https://t.co/GGTQNTgG5d

— Gulf News (@gulf_news) July 28, 2020

i’m obsessed with this guy on tiktok who calls cats in different languages to find out where the cat is from pic.twitter.com/r0BYVUjE6g

— space glam (@btchrising) July 27, 2020

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