Greetings from London, where a big COVID memorial holds vigil over the halls of power
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Britain's 1,640-foot COVID memorial wall displays over 250,000 hand-painted hearts across from Parliament.
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Britain's National Covid Memorial Wall, a 1,640-foot-long structure along the River Thames across from Parliament, displays over a quarter million hand-painted hearts commemorating pandemic deaths. The wall serves as a persistent visual reminder of the country's COVID toll positioned directly opposite the nation's legislative chambers. The memorial's placement and scale make it impossible for lawmakers to ignore the human cost of the pandemic during their daily work.
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