More than 1,000 candles form cross to remember COVID-19 victims in Brazil
By Catherine Park
A candlelight vigil was held in Mutuipe, Brazil, for coronavirus casualties on March 6.
MUTUIPE, Brazil - More than 1,000 candles were lit to form the shape of a cross to remember the lives lost to COVID-19 in Mutuipe, Brazil.
Drone video captured the stunning and sobering sight on March 6.
Cristiano Cardoso Pereira flew a drone over the candlelight cross comprised of 1,910 candles to represent the record-breaking number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in Brazil on March 3 alone.
"The idea was to sensitize the population to hygiene care, social distance and preventive measures, emphasizing the pain and grief, with the utmost respect, to families that had their loved ones lost in this serious health crisis," Pereira said of the candlelight vigil.