Large murals and street art from across the world is a glimpse into pop culture. This is what’s on the minds of the ‘real people’. These are voices that want to be heard.
Two of the biggest topics are, of course, the coronavirus, but also graduation.
Here are some pictures from around the world:
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Members of the public walk past a new mural of a mask wearing couple kissing on March 21, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread to at least 182 countries, claiming over 10,000 lives and infecting more than 250,000 people. There have now been 3,269 diagnosed cases in the UK and 144 deaths. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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A mural dedicated to all Italian medical workers depicting a nurse cradling Italy and reading 'To All Of You... Thank You!', on a wall of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital on March 25, 2020 in Bergamo, near Milan, Italy. Bergamo is the epicenter of Italy’s hardest-hit region, Lombardy, the site of hundreds of coronavirus deaths. The Italian government continues to enforce the nationwide lockdown measures to control the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)
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A member of the public walks past a coronavirus mural on a building in Bath Street on April 4, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to many countries across the world, claiming over 60,000 lives and infecting over 1 million people. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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A man walks past a mural celebrating NHS workers by artist Lionel Stanhope at Hilly Fields, South London on April 11, 2020 in London, England. Public Easter events have been cancelled across the country, with the government urging the public to respect lockdown measures by celebrating the holiday in their homes. Over 1.5 million people across the world have been infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus, with over 7,000 fatalities recorded in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)
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Indian men ride their bicycles in front of a mural depicting the globe covered in a mask, as India remains under an unprecedented lockdown over the highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19) on April 13, 2020 in New Delhi, India. India's Prime Minister Narendara Modi will make an announcement on Tuesday morning regarding extension of the 21-day lockdown that was imposed in the country on March 25 to curb the spread of coronavirus. Seven states have already extended the lockdown, which has severely affected the country's poor, till April 30 as death toll in India due to the global pandemic rose to 308 and the number of confirmed cases to over 9,000 on Monday. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)
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A mural depicting a medical worker with a mask covering her mouth and nose, wearing boxing gloves and angel-like wings on her back is seen on April 14, 2020 in downtown Denver, United States. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. Denver county has had the most COVID-19 cases in the state at 1,346 to date. (Photo by Rick T. Wilking/Getty Images)
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Two people wearing protective masks walk in front of a mural during the coronavirus pandemic on April 19, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 165,000 lives with over 2.4 million infections reported. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
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A Banksy mural is modified to depict the current COVID-19 pandemic on April 21, 2020 in Southampton, England. The British government has extended the lockdown restrictions first introduced on March 23 that are meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
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A mural painted by artist Amanda Newman of Ai Fen, one of the first doctors to raise the alarm on COVID-19 is seen on April 22, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. All non-essential business are closed and strict social distancing rules are in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while public gatherings are limited to two people. New South Wales and Victoria have enacted additional lockdown measures to allow police the power to fine people who breach the two-person outdoor gathering limit or leave their homes without a reasonable excuse. Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have all closed their borders to non-essential travelers and international arrivals into Australia are being sent to mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
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A mural to honor the medics currently helping to fight COVID-19 is seen on April 22, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. All non-essential business are closed and strict social distancing rules are in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while public gatherings are limited to two people. New South Wales and Victoria have enacted additional lockdown measures to allow police the power to fine people who breach the two-person outdoor gathering limit or leave their homes without a reasonable excuse. Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have all closed their borders to non-essential travellers and international arrivals into Australia are being sent to mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
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A graffiti mural of Louis Armstrong wearing blue gloves and a face mask on the bell of the trumpet is displayed on Frenchmen Street on April 24, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. An artist has been painting plywood panels on shops and restaurants that remain closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
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ShareA mural of two people with face masks facing each other adorns a wall on April 30, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. Since April 27 children under 12 are allowed to come and go from their homes more freely. Spain has had more than 213,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 24,500 reported deaths, although the rate has declined after weeks of lockdown measures. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
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A mural is displayed outside of The Castro Theatre during the coronavirus pandemic on May 02, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Pressure grows in California to ease stay-at-home restrictions while around the world COVID-19 has spread claiming over 248,000 lives with over 3.5 million cases. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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A recently painted mural is on display on May 02, 2020 in San Francisco, California. As restaurants and businesses have temporarily closed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, artists around the city have taken to creating artwork on many of the boarded businesses. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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A recently painted mural of a world and a mask is displayed on a board during the coronavirus pandemic on May 03, 2020 in San Francisco, California. As restaurants and businesses have temporarily closed during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, artists around the city have taken to creating artwork on many of the boarded businesses. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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People walk a dog near a mural during the coronavirus pandemic on May 03, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Pressure grows in California to ease stay-at-home restrictions while around the world COVID-19 has spread claiming over 248,000 lives with over 3.5 million cases. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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A mural on a Northwell Healthcare building features first responders and healthcare workers who are on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic on May 05, 2020 in New Hyde Park, New York. The World Health Organization declared coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic on March 11th. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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A "Vegas Strong" mural covers plywood boards at the shuttered Corduroy bar in the Fremont East Entertainment District amid the continuing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on May 11, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some restaurants opened over the weekend as part of a Phase One reopening plan that allows dine-in restaurants, hair and nail salons, some retail stores, and other nonessential businesses to reopen with strict social-distancing guidelines and occupancy restrictions in place. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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A "Kill the Virus" mural covers plywood boards at the shuttered Evel Knievel-themed Evel Pie restaurant in the Fremont East Entertainment District amid the continuing spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on May 11, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some restaurants opened over the weekend as part of a Phase One reopening plan that allows dine-in restaurants, hair and nail salons, some retail stores, and other nonessential businesses to reopen with strict social-distancing guidelines and occupancy restrictions in place. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Members of the public walks past a NHS mural at Battlefield Road on May 13, 2020 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The prime minister announced the general contours of a phased exit from the current lockdown, adopted nearly two months ago in an effort curb the spread of Covid-19. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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People paint a mural on the boarded up windows of a GAP store on May 15, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Malls and other businesses shutdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus causing the U.S. retail sales to fall by a record 16.4% from March to April. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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In this screengrab, Bmike works on a mural during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 on May 16, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ)
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In this screengrab, Bmike's mural is seen during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 on May 16, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ)
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In this screengrab, Bmike works on a mural during Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 on May 16, 2020. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images for EIF & XQ)
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A mural on the side of the Majestic Repertory Theater depicts Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (L) and her husband, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, with masks added over their faces in the downtown Arts District amid the spread of the coronavirus on May 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The masks were added over the weekend as an apparent rebuke to comments by Carolyn Goodman, who received national criticism after an April 22 interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper. During the interview, Goodman mentioned that she had suggested that the city's residents could be offered as "a control group" by reopening the economy without social distancing measures, including at the hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, to test the effects of COVID-19. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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A mural on the side of the Majestic Repertory Theater depicts Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (L) and her husband, former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, with masks added over their faces in the downtown Arts District amid the spread of the coronavirus on May 17, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The masks were added over the weekend as an apparent rebuke to comments by Carolyn Goodman, who received national criticism after an April 22 interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper. During the interview, Goodman mentioned that she had suggested that the city's residents could be offered as "a control group" by reopening the economy without social distancing measures, including at the hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, to test the effects of COVID-19. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Filipino artists from the group "Art Attack" paint a mural depicting Darna, a fictional Filipino comics superhero, wearing a scrub suit and protective mask on the side of a building to honour health workers fighting against COVID-19, on May 18, 2020 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Philippine government began easing quarantine measures in many areas of the country, but has extended the lockdowns in Manila and a few other cities until May 31. Manila's lockdown, one of the worlds strictest, will extend to 80 days longer than the 76-day lockdown of Wuhan, the Chinese city that was the early epicenter of COVID-19. The Philippines' Department of Health has so far reported 12,513 cases of the coronavirus in the country, with at least 824 recorded fatalities. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
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A mural expressing support for the NHS can be seen on the peace line wall separating the catholic and protestant communities on May 18, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Murals in the province traditionally express support for either loyalist or republican causes. Now during the Covid-19 pandemic new murals on both sides of the community divide have been painted in support of the NHS and in some cases have replaced or sit alongside the traditional murals. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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The International Wall of murals on the Falls road shows support for NHS frontline workers alongside republican murals on May 18, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Murals in the province traditionally express support for either loyalist or republican causes. Now during the Covid-19 pandemic new murals on both sides of the community divide have been painted in support of the NHS and in some cases have replaced or sit alongside the traditional murals. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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A mural depicting 100 year old army veteran and NHS fund raiser Captain Tom Moore can be seen in a loyalist housing estate on May 18, 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Murals in the province traditionally express support for either loyalist or republican causes. Now during the Covid-19 pandemic new murals on both sides of the community divide have been painted in support of the NHS and in some cases have replaced or sit alongside the traditional murals. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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A mural depicting frontline NHS workers battling against the corona virus can be seen on the gable wall of a loyalist housing estate on May 18, 2020 in Larne, Northern Ireland. Murals in the province traditionally express support for either loyalist or republican causes. Now during the Covid-19 pandemic new murals on both sides of the community divide have been painted in support of the NHS and in some cases have replaced or sit alongside the traditional murals. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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MAY 18: A repurposed former loyalist mural expresses support for the NHS in the Waterside on May 18, 2020 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Murals in the province traditionally express support for either loyalist or republican causes. Now during the Covid-19 pandemic new murals on both sides of the community divide have been painted in support of the NHS and in some cases have replaced or sit alongside the traditional murals. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
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A mural expressing support for the NHS can be seen on a loyalist estate on May 18, 2020 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Murals in the province traditionally express support for either loyalist or republican causes. Now during the Covid-19 pandemic new murals on both sides of the community divide have been painted in support of the NHS and in some cases have replaced or sit alongside the traditional murals. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
