Life and death in COVID units around the world

Medical staff members work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for COVID-19 patients at La Timone hospital in Marmore

A man is treated in the ICU for COVID-19 patients at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021more

A man suffering from the coronavirus is treated in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, Februarmore

A hospital staff member treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus, in the ICU at the Hospital Clinic in more

A medical staff member assists a patient in the ICU for COVID-19 at a hospital in Le Mans, France, January 18,more

A man suffering from the coronavirus is treated in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, Februarmore

A nurse passes through a curtain to assist a patient in the ICU at Milton Keynes University Hospital in Miltonmore

Hospital staff members treat a patient suffering from the coronavirus in the ICU at the Hospital Clinic in Barmore

A medical staff member wearing gloves works in the ICU at a hospital in Le Mans, France, January 18, 2021. REUmore

Medical staff members work in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021.  REUTERS/Emore

A nurse takes a break in the Inte ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021.  REUTERS/Emore

Medical staff members work in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021.  REUTERS/Emore

A medical staff member works in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021.  REUTERSmore

Medical staff members attend to a COVID-19 patient inside the ICU ward at Nurse Isabel Zendal new pandemic hosmore

A patient is carried to the COVID-19 ICU of Cascais Hospital in Cascais, Portugal, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Pmore

A medical staff member works in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021.  REUTERSmore

Medical staff members attend to a COVID-19 patient inside the ICU ward at Nurse Isabel Zendal new pandemic hosmore

Medical staff attend to a COVID-19 patient inside the ICU ward at Nurse Isabel Zendal new pandemic hospital inmore

A medical staff member works in the ICU at La Timone hospital in Marseille, France, February 8, 2021.  REUTERSmore

A hospital staff member prepares to treat a patient suffering from the coronavirus, in the CU at the Hospital more

A hospital staff member works at the ICU of the Hospital de Sant Pau, in Barcelona, Spain, January 21, 2021. Rmore

Drawings with thankful messages are seen on a wall in the ICU at a hospital in Le Mans, France, January 18, 20more