Peruvian artist's sketches capture the grim reality of his country's pandemic surge

Jimenez compiled in a book his interpretation of the sufferings that Peruvians have endured during the pandemic that has caused a deepening economic crisis and has killed more than 66,000 people in the Andean country. Photo: AP

With a pencil and a notebook, artist Edilberto Jiménez walks the streets of Lima and cities in the Andes mountains collecting stories and images about the coronavirus health crisis that has devastated Peru.

Later, in his workshop, he completes the scenes while reading newspapers or watching television news about the pandemic that has killed tens of thousands of people in his South American homeland.