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Evening Standard
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Gareth Richman, Rebecca Speare-Cole

Incredible street art springs up around UK and Ireland amid coronavirus lockdown

Incredible street art and graffiti has been popping up across the UK and Ireland over the last few weeks as the coronavirus pandemic grips the world.

From London's street art epicentre of Shoreditch, to the small West Yorkshire town of Pontefract, the graffiti scene is flourishing with coronavirus-themed masterpieces.

Rainbows and NHS logos have been incorporated into murals to pay tribute to frontline healthcare workers battling the pandemic in cities such as Liverpool, Glasgow and Dublin.

Meanwhile, other artists have commented on the tense situation by depicting people in face masks - a now-iconic image of the global crisis.

The artist, known only as The Rebel Bear has finished several murals, including one of a couple kissing through blue face masks.

Street art depicting the badge of a superhero under a nurse and doctor uniform in Pontefract, northern England (AFP via Getty Images)

More than 40 versions of Rainbow Boy, by Chris Shea, aka State of the Art, have been painted across the country from Croydon to Biggins Hill.

His work has helped raise £7,000 towards the NHS in their battle against the virus.

Other murals have also paid tribute to healthcare workers with many using superhero symbols to hail the NHS.

It comes as the death toll continues to rise in the UK and Ireland.

Both countries are still enforcing nationwide lockdowns and strict distancing rules as they battle the pandemic.

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