Children confined to their homes under lockdown are drawing what they miss most – friends at school, grandparents, football and green open spaces. Regardless of where they are, the themes are often the same. From Tokyo to Buenos Aires, and New York to Kathmandu, youngsters have taken to their balconies or front lawns to display and explain the drawings they have made to Reuters photographers.
Reku, 8, and Yaya Matsui, 12, stand on the balcony of their home in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters A combination picture shows Ivan Posta, 8, Vince Posta, 11, and Vilma Posta, 10, standing on the balcony at their home in Budapest, Hungary. Picture: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters "I miss playing football with my friends before the lockdown ... I feel sad about the lockdown," he said.
Jane Hassebroek, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, said: "I chose to draw my local park because it's a place me and my friends can hang out with each other away from school and home and just have fun.""This lockdown has made me feel pretty trapped because I live in New York City so it is hard to social distance when there are so many people around," the 13-year-old added.