Ethics, COVID-19 and nursing vulnerability: analysis of photographs released by the media.

Objectives: to analyze nursing vulnerability through photos released by the media amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: a documentary study, with a qualitative approach. The object of analysis were photographic images selected between January 2020 and March 2021, published by the main news portals in countries such as Brazil, the United States, France, Spain, England and Germany.