Swine flu: custom face masks take to Mexico's streets

A man wears a decorated mask as he talks on his mobile phone in central Mexico City Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

Cristina Trejo, who works at the Mexicana airlines counter, wears a surgical mask with a butterfly painted on it at Mexico City's international airport Benito Juárez Photograph: Reuters

A man bares his 'teeth' in Mexico City Photograph: Jose Mendez/EPA

A woman goes the skulls look, in León, Mexico Photograph: Leopoldo Smith/EPA

A woman wears a surgical mask indicating a frustration with affairs in Mexico City Photograph: Claudia Daut/Reuters

A customised mask in Mexico City Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Mexico City: Tropical subject matter Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images

A statue-still street performer wears a surgical mask, painted in requisite silver in Mexico City Photograph: Eliana Aponte/Reuters

Passengers on the Metro in Mexico City Photograph: Ricardo Castelan/EPA

A man, wearing a face mask decorated with a skull in Mexico City Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

A shop assistant in Mexico City Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images

A street performer wears a mask painted with teeth in Mexico City Photograph: Eliana Aponte/Reuters

Residents wearing customised surgical masks, next to a sign offering two masks for $5 in Mexico City Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

A man wears a painted face mask in Mexico City Photograph: Eliana Aponte/Reuters