EVERYDAY HEROES

Playing Classical Music For South Korea Hospital Patients

Music is often the love that illuminates dark times and the serenity during great times, when words aren't enough. Here is a violinist who played for a family of three (including a three-month-old baby) outside their quarantined hospital room. Read Full Story.

INSPIRATION

Ireland's Prime Minister Re-Registers As A Doctor To Help Fight Coronavirus

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has re-registered as a doctor and is offering to work once a week to help care for Covid-19 patients. Varadkar signed back up to the medical register last month at the start of the coronavirus outbreak in Ireland. Read Full Story.

ARTS

Museum Asks People To Recreate Paintings With Things From Home

Although sheltering-at-home means we can't go out to the museum, it doesn't mean we can't appreciate historical works of art. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles challenged art fans to post photos of themselves recreating their favorite works of art from the safety of their homes and the results are in! They are not to be missed! Submissions spanned artfully elegant to wildly humorous to downright whoda-thunk-it. Read Full Story.

NEWS

UN Chief Calls For Global Cease-Fire. More Than A Dozen Countries Have Already Agreed.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for a global cease-fire, calling on warring parties to stop fighting amid the pandemic that is having devastating effects worldwide. Fighters in Afghanistan, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Myanmar, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen have all "expressed their acceptance for the call," Guterres said, CBS News reports. "We need to do everything possible to find the peace and unity our world so desperately needs to battle Covid-19," Guterres added. Read Full Story.

PLANET

As Pollution Clears, Himalayan Mountain Range Appears More Than 200km Away

After nearly 30 years, residents of the Punjabi province of Jalandhar, India, now wake up to the majestic sight of the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas, the Hindustan Times reports. Improved air quality and decreased pollution levels are results of the nationwide lockdown in India, along with the welcome surprise of an impressive view of the mountains. Senior citizens say almost an entire generation has passed since the mountain range was last visible to the city, 213 kilometers from the range. Read Full Story.

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