New Words and New Ideas

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Coved rona has found its way into children's play. One nine year old australian boy called griffin told a research group that he had created a new game, which he called corona tip. Another danish researcher said that they had started to sing songs about covid. There was another group which saw children playingat a variant of tag, but this time they consider free other children from being tagged by touching them with stones.

After failing to take Ukraine’s second city, Russian forces continue to pummel it with air, artillery and missile strikes. We speak again with an increasingly despondent Kharkiv native. Many schoolyard games have deep histories, conveying culture down the generations; these days they are adapting to the pandemic era. And the revival of Mexico’s murals with a purpose. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer