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"Early on in the pandemic, the Danish photographer Joakim Eskildsen captured an image of his son tilting his head toward the evening sky in the German countryside, where the family lives."

- By Clint Smith. Photography by Joakim Eskildsen

The photo is moving in its simplicity and haunting in its loneliness. Dancing flames cast an orange glow on the side of the boy’s face; silhouettes of bare trees ornament the distance.