New York Times conveys 'vastness and variety of lives lost' to Covid-19 with front page

Coronavirus has infected 5.3 million people and killed more than 342,000.

The New York Times has devoted its entire front page today to a long list of names of people who have died in the pandemic.

The names and brief descriptions culled from obituaries from around the country fill six columns under the headline “US Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss”.