People infected with coronavirus are dying in the streets, bodies are piling up at crematoriums and hospitals are running out of oxygen and beds as India's crisis spirals out of control.
During a second wave described as a "tsunami", infected people have been wandering the streets looking for hospitals with open beds, morgues have run out of stretchers and trees from parks were to be used to burn bodies.
There is a frantic hunt for oxygen, which is being sold on the black market, to keep seriously ill relatives alive, and people hoarding supplies have sparked panic and shortages in hospitals.
Grim stories have emerged as the world's worst Covid-19 outbreak worsened on Monday, with infections hitting a world record peak (352,991) for the