In Pictures: Round-the-clock mass cremations as Covid-19 crisis grips India

Crematoriums in Delhi and other parts of India have buckled under a record surge in Covid-19 deaths. Gravediggers have been working around the clock to bury victims, while hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots.

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April 30, 2021 at 11:44 AM
People cremate their relatives, who died due to Covid-19, at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, on April 28, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
Relatives perform the last rites for Covid-19 victims during their funeral at a cremation ground in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A family member waits to perform the last rites for a Covid-19 victim at a cremation ground in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A man stands after cremating his mother, who died due to Covid-19, at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, on April 28, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
A family member performs the last rites for a Covid-19 victim at a cremation ground in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A body being taken out from an ambulance at the Hindon Cremation Ground in Ghaziabad, India, on April 22, 2021. ST PHOTO: DEBARSHI DASGUPTA
People stand near bodies of Covid-19 victims lined up before cremation at a cremation ground in New Delhi, on April 28, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
A mass cremation of Covid-19 victims is seen at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, on April 28, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
Grieving family members of Covid-19 victims at a cremation ground in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Family members of Covid-19 victims react outside the hospital mortuary in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A patient breathes with the help of oxygen under a tent installed along the roadside in Ghaziabad, India, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
Covid-19 patients receive treatment inside the emergency ward at Holy Family hospital in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
A Covid-19 patient receives treatment inside the emergency ward at Holy Family hospital in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
Indian health care workers take a rest outside the hospital mortuary in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
A medical worker takes a swab sample of a child for Covid-19 testing at a testing centre in Hyderabad, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
An Indian health worker takes a swab sample for Covid-19 testing in New Delhi, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
People in a waiting area at a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Mumbai, on April 27, 2021. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
Workers assemble beds inside the Chennai trade centre which is being converted into an isolation ward for Covid-19 patients in Chennai, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
A worker assembles wall dividers inside the Chennai trade centre which is being converted into an isolation ward for Covid-19 patients in Chennai, on April 29, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
Health workers attending to Covid-19 patients inside a banquet hall temporarily converted into a Covid-19 care centre in New Delhi, on April 28, 2021. PHOTO: AFP
An indoor stadium being converted into a Covid-19 centre in Kashmir, on April 27, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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