QNA Participates in Global Press Photo Exhibition Illustrating Life During COVID-19

Seoul, November 19 (QNA) - Qatar News Agency (QNA), alongside 46 news agencies from all over the world, will participate in an exhibition of press photos illustrating life under the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in South Korea's National Museum of Korean Contemporary History on Tuesday. The exhibition, entitled "At the Scenes of the Pandemic," includes 120 photos taken by photographers in 47 news agencies around the world, expressing four themes: A Beginning Without an End; Control vs. Freedom; World in Standstill, Contact-free is New Norm; and Cooperation, Togetherness. The photos, taken in 70 cities around the world, will portray how people live their lives and engage in acts of care despite the risks of infection and death. One of the photos, taken in the city of Daegu in central South Korea, shows an exhausted health worker taking a rest, while another photo at a nursing home in Valencia, Spain, shows an elderly mother and son embracing through a plastic curtain. Acting Director of the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History Choi Jang-heon said in a release, "the exhibited photos confirm that humanity is in the same boat despite differences like country, region, ethnicity and religion. (We hope) this photo exhibition can help provide comfort and hope to everyone who is struggling through this difficult time." According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, the exhibition will continue until March 1. (QNA)