In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen working on large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, 10 April 2020.
New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country’s largest public burial ground.
The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients
epa08356111 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen working on large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country’s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epaselect epa08355254 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355255 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355256 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355253 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355252 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
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epa08355252 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355253 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355256 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08355255 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epaselect epa08355254 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen next to large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, on 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country?s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epa08356111 In an aerial photograph, a backhoe is seen working on large burial trenches and abandoned buildings on Hart Island, located in the Long Island sound, off the coast of the Bronx, New York, USA, 10 April 2020. New York City has used the island for many years to bury unclaimed bodies and officials have suggested the idea of temporary burials of victims of COVID-19 on the island, which is the country’s largest public burial ground. The island was once a Civil War prison camp, a tuberculosis patient colony, and a burial site for unclaimed victims of HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. New York City is still the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and there are continuing concerns that the health care system, and morgues, will be inundated with COVID-19 patients. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE
epaselect epa08354397 View of a statue adorned with a facial mask in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, 09 April 2020. Members of the Student Federation of the University of Guadalajara (FEU), put face masks on different monuments as part of a campaign to educate citizens to wear face masks amid the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease pandemic. EPA-EFE/Francisco Guasco
epaselect epa08354702 A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a sculpture at Qianmen commercial street in Beijing, China, 10 April 2020. China issued coupons to stimulate consumption as the tourism industry and household consumption were hit by the coronavirus pandemic. According to media reports, as many as about 50 cities from 16 provinces and regions have issued coupons with cumulative value ranging from millions to hundreds of millions of yuan. EPA-EFE/WU HONG
