New year brings rays of hope for families of disappeared
On the brink of despair, humanity must be convinced that losing hope is a blunder
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Vendors wearing face masks amid concerns about Covid-19 sit near a bucket for donations on Christmas Eve in Manila. (Photo: Ted Aljibe/AFP)
The year 2020 ended with humankind on bended knees in supplication for the long-awaited end of the coronavirus that continues to plague the world.
The official number of deaths worldwide had reached 1,824,716 at the end of the year. The number of spouses widowed, children orphaned, companies closed and jobs lost demonstrates the enormity of human suffering.