India’s official coronavirus death toll has topped 200,000 as its devastating second wave continues to grip the nation. Three hundred sixty thousand new cases were reported over the past day — yet another record. Researchers say the true number of cases and deaths is likely much higher. As international assistance starts to trickle in, medical supplies remain dangerously low, and hospitals and cremation sites are overwhelmed. This is an ambulance driver in New Delhi.

Joginder: “New makeshift cremation platforms are being constructed because there’s no space for cremation inside the crematorium. A few platforms are being constructed here, and a few are being constructed on the other side.”

One group estimates at least 100 journalists in India have died of COVID, close to half of those within the past two weeks. Press freedom groups warn journalists are also facing increasing obstruction and censorship by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.