Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:52:26 +0200Czechs mourn their dead, personalizing a sea of crosses on Old Town Square https://english.radio.cz/czechs-mourn-their-dead-personalizing-a-sea-crosses-old-town-square-8713086© 2026 Radio Prague International A year after the Covid pandemic hit the country, the Czech Republic has the highest number of Covid deaths per capita in the world. On the sad anniversary of the first Covid death-on March 22-  bells tolled around the country and close to 25, 000 crosses drawn in chalk appeared on Prague’s Old Town Square –one for each victim of the pandemic. Since then the square has become a place of mourning where people come to say a prayer and pay tribute to loved ones.  encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/34d8a4287914c9197779e96321d15d96.jpg?timestamp=1742811517 Czechs mourn their dead, personalizing a sea of crosses on Old Town Square https://english.radio.cz/czechs-mourn-their-dead-personalizing-a-sea-crosses-old-town-square-8713086 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9