A glance at coronavirus pandemic in teardrops

Running down the cheeks of hundreds of thousands every day is the most visible daily testimony to the human cost of the rampant coronavirus pandemic that has taken more than 160,000 lives worldwide. 

(All photos via AP)

Sita Adhikari, 44, a cancer patient, cries while she waits for a vehicle to go back to her village, during lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 20, 2020.

Sita Adhikari, 44, a cancer patient, cries while she waits for a vehicle to go back to her village, during lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Bhaktapur, Nepal, April 20, 2020.

Varinia Chavez cries after doctor Leslei Montoro took a blood sample for a new coronavirus fast test during a visit to her house in Lima, Peru, April 14, 2020.

Varinia Chavez cries after doctor Leslei Montoro took a blood sample for a new coronavirus fast test during a visit to her house in Lima, Peru, April 14, 2020.

She cries during her granddaughter Lucia's 12th birthday celebration while her parents are working during the lockdown amid coronavirus in Grinon, Spain, April 17, 2020.

She cries during her granddaughter Lucia's 12th birthday celebration while her parents are working during the lockdown amid coronavirus in Grinon, Spain, April 17, 2020.

Jason Boxer wipes away tears while observing from the car the burial of his father, Allen Boxer, at Mount Richmond Cemetery in the Staten Island borough of New York, April 12, 2020.

Jason Boxer wipes away tears while observing from the car the burial of his father, Allen Boxer, at Mount Richmond Cemetery in the Staten Island borough of New York, April 12, 2020.

FDNY paramedic Elizabeth Bonilla cries after an emergency call, April 15, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. "I'm just drained right now," she said. "I'm emotionally drained and physically drained and definitely mentally drained."

FDNY paramedic Elizabeth Bonilla cries after an emergency call, April 15, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. "I'm just drained right now," she said. "I'm emotionally drained and physically drained and definitely mentally drained."

A memorial for their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease at the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes in Leganes, Spain, April 10, 2020.

A memorial for their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease at the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes in Leganes, Spain, April 10, 2020.