October 18, 2020
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Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic through the lenses of SCMP photographers

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Light boxes outside a renminbi (yuan) currency exchange counter in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Journalists at a press conference at The Univeristy of Hong Kong, where chairs are marked to maintain social distancing. Photo: Winson Wong
Javier Calleja‘s “Thinking Boy” sculpture exhibited at K11 Musea in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong to celebrate the shopping mall’s first anniversary. Photo: Sam Tsang
A pipe playground at the Fung Mat Road Promenade in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
A man fishes while another sunbathes at the Central and Western District Promenade amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Nora Tam
A man photographs pigeons in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
A man fishing at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
Street art near Sai Ying Pun MTR station in Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse
A man wearing a face mask on his back outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
People resting on a bench amid the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A strip of sunshine light up a footbridge in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
A woman wearing a face shield exercising at a park in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A worker collecting expanded polystyrene container boxes in Hong Kong’s Western District to be recycled. Photo: Nora Tam
A woman walking beneath the iconic arches of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Light boxes outside a renminbi (yuan) currency exchange counter in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo:...Light boxes outside a renminbi (yuan) currency exchange counter in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
October 18, 2020
Photos

Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic through the lenses of SCMP photographers

A selection of views of Hong Kong amid the coronavirus pandemic, as seen through the camera lenses of some of...

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Light boxes outside a renminbi (yuan) currency exchange counter in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Journalists at a press conference at The Univeristy of Hong Kong, where chairs are marked to maintain social distancing. Photo: Winson Wong
Javier Calleja‘s “Thinking Boy” sculpture exhibited at K11 Musea in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong to celebrate the shopping mall’s first anniversary. Photo: Sam Tsang
A pipe playground at the Fung Mat Road Promenade in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
A man fishes while another sunbathes at the Central and Western District Promenade amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Nora Tam
A man photographs pigeons in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
A man fishing at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
Street art near Sai Ying Pun MTR station in Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse
A man wearing a face mask on his back outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
People resting on a bench amid the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A strip of sunshine light up a footbridge in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
A woman wearing a face shield exercising at a park in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A worker collecting expanded polystyrene container boxes in Hong Kong’s Western District to be recycled. Photo: Nora Tam
A woman walking beneath the iconic arches of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Light boxes outside a renminbi (yuan) currency exchange counter in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Journalists at a press conference at The Univeristy of Hong Kong, where chairs are marked to maintain social distancing. Photo: Winson Wong
Javier Calleja‘s “Thinking Boy” sculpture exhibited at K11 Musea in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong to celebrate the shopping mall’s first anniversary. Photo: Sam Tsang
A pipe playground at the Fung Mat Road Promenade in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. Photo: Felix Wong
A man fishes while another sunbathes at the Central and Western District Promenade amid the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Nora Tam
A man photographs pigeons in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
A man fishing at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang
Street art near Sai Ying Pun MTR station in Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse
A man wearing a face mask on his back outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Nora Tam
People resting on a bench amid the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A strip of sunshine light up a footbridge in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
A woman wearing a face shield exercising at a park in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
A worker collecting expanded polystyrene container boxes in Hong Kong’s Western District to be recycled. Photo: Nora Tam
A woman walking beneath the iconic arches of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Sam Tsang
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