They will see the names and a peek into the lives of the people who died in the U.S. as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The nearly one thousand obituaries, which fill the entire front page, represent only an estimated 1% of the death toll. When readers across the country pick up a copy of the New York Times on Sunday, they will be confronted with an extraordinarily grim sight. The front page of The New York Times for May 24, 2020 pic.twitter.com/d14JhFp4CPThe victims’ stories were pulled from obituaries published in newspapers across the country. “We knew we were approaching this milestone,” Landon told the Times.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2020 02:15 UTC