Love reigns eternal in the age of COVID-19

Philippines Graphic
By Philippines Graphic

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Photo by Bernard Testa

Donning face masks, lovers pose under a roar of clouds in Barangay Paenan, Boso-Boso in Antipolo City. With their mobile phones, they record this moment of physical closeness, defying the pandemic as the sun rises in the distance.

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