Grief and pain as COVID sweeps India

Scenes of grief as loved ones mourn 258,000 coronavirus victims in India. Photo by REUTERS.

15 PHOTOS

1. Family members of Vijaya Raju, who died due to COVID-19, mourn him before cremation in a crematorium in the village of Giddenahalli on the outskirts of Bangalore,

2. A woman grieves after her husband died due to COVID-19.

3. Relatives mourn as they sit next to the body of a man who died from COVID-19 during a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi.

4. A family member in PPE stands next to the body of a woman who died from COVID-19.

5. Anchal Sharma cries over the body of her husband, who died of COVID-19, in an ambulance at a crematorium in New Delhi.

6. A woman cries during the cremation of her husband, who died of COVID-19, in a crematorium in New Delhi.

7. A man grieves after his father died of COVID-19.

8. Family members of a person who died from COVID-19 mourn next to a coffin before being buried in a cemetery in New Delhi.

9. A woman mourns the body of her son, who died due to coronavirus, near the morgue of the COVID-19 hospital in New Delhi.

10. Relatives in PPE mourn a man who died from COVID-19 at a crematorium in New Delhi.

11. Relatives mourn the body of a woman who has died of coronavirus outside Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP), one of India's largest COVID-19-only medical facilities, in New Delhi.

12. Relatives in PPE mourn a man who died of COVID-19 during his funeral at a crematorium in New Delhi.

13. A relative mourns as she stands next to the coffin of a man who died from COVID-19 before he is buried in a cemetery in New Delhi.

14. A family member in PPE prepares the grave of a man who died from COVID-19 during his funeral at a cemetery in New Delhi.

15. Women mourn the death of a family member who died from COVID-19 near a crematorium in New Delhi.