Spain: Parted couple overcome pain of pandemic through glass

Javier Anto, 90, prays in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Javier Anto, 90, and his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, blow one another kisses through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Javier Anto, 90, shows photos of their grandchildren to his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, to combat the ravages of Alzheimer's through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Javier Anto, 90, and his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, touch hands through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Javier Anto, 90, reacts in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Javier Anto, 90, speaks to his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)