COVID-19 pandemic

=== Arts and cultural heritage ===
{{Main|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage}}
The performing arts and [[cultural heritage sector]]s were profoundly affected by the pandemic. Both organisations' and individuals' operations have been impacted globally. By March 2020, across the world and to varying degrees, museums, libraries, performance venues, and other cultural institutions had been indefinitely closed with their exhibitions, events and performances cancelled or postponed.<ref name="v5Qlx">{{#invoke:cite web ||last1=MCGIVERN|first1=HANNAH|last2=KENNEY|first2=NANCY|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/here-are-the-museums-that-have-closed-due-to-coronavirus |title=Here are the museums that have closed (so far) due to coronavirus |website=theartnewspaper.com |date=14 March 2020 |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=29 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329062120/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/here-are-the-museums-that-have-closed-due-to-coronavirus |url-status=dead }}</ref> A 2021 [[UNESCO]] report estimated ten million job losses worldwide in the culture and creative industries.<ref name="Ottone">{{#invoke:cite book ||last=Ottone |first=Ernesto |title=UNESCO The Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity: Marking the 20th Anniversary |publisher=[[Khalili Foundation]] |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-3999-1149-8 |location=London |pages=13–15 |chapter=Foreword |author-link=Ernesto Ottone}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite news ||title=UNESCO: 10 million creative jobs lost in Covid crisis |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/unesco-10-million-creative-jobs-lost-in-covid-crisis |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=The Stage }}</ref> Some services continued through digital platforms,<ref name="ZljIY">{{#invoke:cite web || url=https://mcn.edu/a-guide-to-virtual-museum-resources/ |title=The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources |date=15 March 2020 |website=MCN |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Burke2020" /><ref name="SxIEK" /> such as live streaming concerts<ref name="SZ5Mc" /> or web-based arts festivals.<ref name="mYlLn" />