May 2021. Covid in India

Kolkata, one of the most densely-populated cities in India, hasn't escaped the country's second Covid-19 wave. Stories of the surge have dominated global news - people gasping to stay alive as they wait for critical care beds and treatment; desperate families scrambling for everything, from oxygen cylinders to a doctor's appointment; mass funeral pyres and parking lots turning into crematoriums to accommodate the rising number of dead. Controlling the spread is more difficult for one of the world's most populated countries.