Murals from Canada to Indonesia honour front-line workers, pandemic victims

Nurses, grocery clerks and otherfront-line workers have been celebrated as heroes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Here's a look at the street artthey have inspired here and abroad as we approachthe deadly disease's second anniversary.

A shopperin Toronto's Chinatown walks by a muralbyartists Rowell Soller,Flips andKreechaon Saturday. The artworkispart of StreetARToronto's front-line heroes art project showcasinga series of street, mural and graffiti art that celebrates health-care workers, volunteers and others.

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A pedestrianwalks by a muralon Rideau Street a few blocks fromParliament Hill in Ottawa on April 1, 2021.

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This mural, pictured April 2020, by artist Dom Laporte is a tribute to Ottawa health-care workers and was commissioned by the Bank Street BIA and the City of Ottawa.

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A man walks his dog past a mural depicting a front-line workerin Dublin onJan.12.

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A man wearing aface mask strolls bya mural on a streetin Mumbai onJan.10.

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A man checks his cellphone as he takes a break near a coronavirus-themed mural in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 29, 2021.

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A pedestrian passesa mural along a road in Hyderabad, India, on July 28, 2021,that offers"a big salute to COVID warriors."

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A cyclist passesa wall mural depicting front-lineworkersin New Delhi on June 29, 2021.

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A boy jumpsacross a flooded area next to an informational mural with words in Swahili advising people to protect themselves from the coronavirus and get vaccinated, in the Kibera neighbourhood of Nairobi onJune 12, 2021.

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Street artists paint a mural featuring front-line workers in the fight against COVID-19in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 10, 2021.

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A woman walks past a mural by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobrathat'sdedicated to all victims of the pandemicon May 22, 2021, in So Paulo, Brazil.

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On April 8, 2021, volunteers completed amural made up of roughly 150,000 red-and-pink hand-drawn hearts on thememorial wall by theRiver Thames in London to remember the victims of the pandemic.

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A man wearing a face mask rides his bike past a mural dedicated to Cuban doctors on March 17, 2021, in Parco Dora in Turin, Italy, during another lockdown following new government restrictions.

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An artist paints a pandemic-themedmural, erected by the Municipal Mayor's Office of the Central District, in front of the Hospital Escuela Universitarioin Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 11, 2021.

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A woman on a mobility scooter drives past a mural praising the National Health Service (NHS) inLondon on March 5, 2021.

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A man in Madrid talkson his smartphonewhile walking near a mural showinga young woman wearing a face maskon Feb.24, 2021.

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A woman with an umbrella stops in front of amural by Portuguese artistAlexandre Farto, also known as Vhils,on Feb.11, 2021, in Porto, Portugal.The muraldepictsthe masked faces of health-care workers on a wall of Hospital Universitario de So Joo.

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A woman and her dog are pictured in front of a mural honouringhealth workersin Mexico City onNov.7, 2020.

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A cat is pictured near a mural promoting awareness of the coronavirus in a village in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakartaon July 28, 2020.

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