Pandemic Productions: Coronavirus-Inspired Creations
Master confectioner Torsten Roth created his so-called Corona Antibody Pralines at the Roth Bakery in Erfurt, Germany. The idea came to him during a regional trade fair when visitors failed to appear at his stall because of the coronavirus crisis. His answer was humor.
Amid the spread of the coronavirus, a baker in Dortmund, Germany, created biscuits featuring a face mask.
A coronavirus-shaped pendant was produced by the Dr.Vorobev jewelry company in Kostroma, Russia. Sold online for around $20, the sterling silver pendant replicates the shape of the virus -- a circular shell topped with club-shaped spikes.
Vietnamese chef Dang Van Khu makes coronavirus-themed burger buns in Hanoi on March 26.
A burger shaped as the coronavirus at a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam.
An Indian traffic cop in Bangalore on April 2 wears a helmet looking like the coronavirus as part of an effort to urge people to stay home during the ninth day of a nationwide lockdown. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a 21-day lockdown starting on midnight March 24 to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
A pastry chef making desserts in the shape of toilet paper rolls in Minsk, Belarus, on April 1. As the coronavirus spread around the world, there were scenes of panic buying and toilet paper shortages in several shops.
Tim Kortuem prepares toilet-paper-shaped cakes at his bakery in Dortmund, Germany.
Macaroons with COVID-19 signs manufactured at the Bon Genie confectionery factory in Minsk, Belarus.
Police Inspector Rajesh Babu wears a coronavirus-themed helmet while he speaks to a family on a motorbike at a checkpoint in Chennai, India, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown.
Chocolate Easter bunnies wearing protective masks on display at the Baeckerei Bohnenblust bakery in Bern, Switzerland.
A Moscow barman prepares the newly invented Coronavirus Cocktail. The bartender refused to disclose the ingredients of the cocktail, which was named after the rapidly spreading virus that causes COVID-19.
A Bolivian police officer in La Paz on duty next to two people in coronavirus costumes. Bolivia's interim president, Jeanine Anez, announced a national quarantine on March 23.
The pandemic pinata. A Mexican demonstrator carries a pinata in the shape of the coronavirus at a housing protest in Mexico City on March 31. Popular at children's birthday parties in Latin America, pinatas are made from papier-mache, filled with candies, and hung up to be broken with sticks by a blindfolded person.
A Palestinian baker displays a cake that portrays a woman wearing a face mask at his shop in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 30.
A policeman points a coronavirus-themed baton toward a market vendor in Chennai, India, to raise awareness about physical distancing.
French chocolate maker Jean-François Pre shows an Easter egg shaped like the coronavirus in his shop in Landivisiau. It's made using white chocolate with black and red-colored almonds.
A candy store in Tijuana, Mexico, displaying hanging pinatas in the shape of the coronavirus.
Figures depicting the coronavirus versus the "carnival virus" are pictured during the Rosenmontag parade in Duesseldorf, Germany.