A devastating second wave of coronavirus in India has seen hospitals and crematoriums overwhelmed and widespread shortages of oxygen and medicines.
Here's a visual guide to what is happening and what the authorities are doing about it.
There have been record numbers of cases and deaths
Case numbers and deaths in India are continuing to rise fast, fuelled by a new variant.
The country hit a record number of cases on Monday - the fifth time in a row - as well as its highest daily number of deaths.
But the true numbers of cases and deaths are likely to be higher than the numbers provided by authorities, with many people avoiding testing or struggling to access it. Many deaths in rural areas also go unregistered.
Doctors in India's capital Delhi have described how people are dying on the streets outside hospitals as the country struggles to cope.
In total, India has confirmed nearly 17 million infections and 192,000 deaths. Virologists say they expect the rate of infections to continue to increase for another two to three weeks.
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There are very few critical care beds
The country has a chronic shortage of space on its intensive care wards, with many patients' families forced to drive for miles to try to find a bed for their loved one.
In Delhi - a region of about 20 million people - hospitals are full and are turning away new patients.
Some streets outside medical facilities have become crowded with the seriously ill, their loved ones trying to arrange stretchers and oxygen supplies for them as they plead with hospital authorities for a place inside.
"We have been roaming around for three days searching for a bed," one man told Reuters news agency as his wife sat immobile on the pavement.
On Monday, the government announced military medical infrastructure would be made available to civilians and retired medical military personnel would be helping out in Covid health facilities.
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