Tristin Hopper

Source: Library and Archives Canada

Photo illustration by Tristan Pratt

Photo illustration by Tristan Pratt. On the left is George Pickett, the commander of US forces sent to defend San Juan Island. On the right is founding British Columbia governor James Douglas.

That US plate likely doesn't signal a carrier of disease (Roman Pohorecki)

English photographer Lee Haywood holds the hand of his dying grandmother in this 2010 photo (Flickr.com/LeeHaywood)

A socially distanced lineup outside the Hillside Mall Canadian Tire (James MacDonald for The Capital)

In just the last two months, BC has drunk several million of these (Matt Watson/Flickr).

Detail from a report by Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, showing the movement of microdroplets in an enclosed space.

Image from European Union guidelines for healthcare workers on how to properly don and doff personal protective equipment for COVID-19 (Source:ecdc.europa.eu)

US Surgeon General Jerome Adams demonstrates a face mask made in less than a minute from an old t-shirt and two rubber bands (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention)

HMCS Regina photographed in October in its Second World War-era "dazzle" paint scheme, intended to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (Source: Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges)

A COVID-19 testing laboratory photographed on March 12 in Leeds, UK.

Nothing says "social distancing" like a few meters of ocean (Anne Catherine for The Capital)

A Centres for Disease Control illustration of COVID-19. The coronavirus' crown-like shape gives it its name.

Empty shelves at a Seattle-area grocery store. A COVID-19 outbreak in the Washington State city has led to residents stocking up on food and supplies (Source: Twitter.com/NatronJones)

A freighter anchored near Valdes and Thetis Islands in 2019 (Photo courtesy of Chris Straw)

Demonstrators surround the BC Parliament Buildings on February 11, blocking access to the building for MLAs and press (Photo by Evan O'Gorman).

Colourized image of the novel coronavirus (Source: Centres for Disease Control)

Three social media images showing cleared bike lanes next to apparently unplowed city streets.

St. Andrew's Cathedral at Blanshard and View, site of a grisly Christmas Eve murder in 1890.