When financial markets collapsed and the world faced its last great crisis in 2008, major powers worked together to restore the global economy, but the COVID-19 pandemic has been striking for the opposite response: no leader, no united action to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, which has killed over 200,000 people.
Associated Press: Unlike 2008 crisis, pandemic has no leader, no global plan
A view from the rooftop of Palermo Cathedral, on Nov. 7, Palermo, Italy.
