India is in the midst of its second wave of COVID-19, which has seen record numbers of new daily cases and daily deaths due to the viral disease. The Wire's Yaqut Ali reports from the Nigambodh crematorium in Delhi, where the true scale of this tragic crisis is evident. Ambulances carrying dead bodies line up as far as the eye can see and people lament that no hospital was able to provide access to oxygen, leading to the death of their relatives and friends.

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