A ‘Naga Sadhu,’ or Hindu holy man, places a mask across his face before entering the Ganges river during the traditional Shahi Snan, or royal dip, at the Kumany patients suffocated. (Danish Siddiqui)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgFour Reuters photographers - Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and the late Danish Siddiqui - have bagged the Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for coverage of the coronavirus pandemic toll in India.
The celebrated photojournalist, Siddiqui was killed last July while on assignment covering the war in Afghanistan.
The Reuters photographers were chosen “for images of Covid’s toll in India that balanced intimacy and devastation while offering viewers a heightened sense of place”, Pulitzer Prize administrator Marjorie Miller said.
A man sits next to his wife, who was suffering from a high fever, as she intravenously receives rehydration fluid at a makeshift clinic during a surge of the coronavirus disease in Parsaul village located in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 22, 2021. (Adnan Abidi)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgA healthcare worker administers a dose of CoviShield, a coronavirus disease vaccine, to a shepherd during a vaccination drive in Lidderwat, located in India Kashmir's Anantnag district, June 10, 2021. (Sanna Irshad Mattoo)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgA healthcare worker checks the temperature of a woman inside her hut during a coronavirus disease vaccination drive for workers at a brick kiln in Kavitha village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, April 8, 2021. (Amit Dave)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgManoj Kumar waves a handkerchief from the back seat of his vehicle at his mother Vidhya Devi as she receives oxygen in the parking lot of a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease in Ghaziabad, India, April 24, 2021. (Danish Siddiqui)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgManisha Bashu presses the chest of her father, who was having difficulty breathing, after he felt unconscious while receiving oxygen support at a Gurudwara (Sikh temple) amidst the spread of coronavirus disease in Ghaziabad, India, April 30, 2021. (Adnan Abidi)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgA man grieves as his family member is declared dead outside the coronavirus disease casualty ward at the Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in New Delhi, India, April 23, 2021. (Danish Siddiqui)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgFamily members embrace while wearing personal protective equipment as they mourn a male relative, who died from the coronavirus disease, during his cremation ceremony in New Delhi, India April 21, 2021. (Adnan Abidi)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgA female patient suffering from the coronavirus disease is attended to by hospital staff inside the emergency ward of the Holy Family hospital in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2021. (Danish Siddiqui)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgPranav Mishra, 19, kneels toward the body of his mother Mamta Mishra, 45, who died from the coronavirus disease, ahead of her cremation, in New Delhi, India, May 4, 2021. (Danish Siddiqui)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgThe body of a person, who died from the coronavirus disease, lies on a funeral pyre during a mass cremation at a crematorium in New Delhi, India May 1, 2021. (Adnan Abidi)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgResidences surround the grounds of a crematorium during a mass cremation for victims of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. (Danish Siddiqui)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgAshish Kashyap and Naman Sharma, volunteers at a non-profit organization, carry a bag containing unclaimed ashes of victims who died from the coronavirus disease at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 9, 2021. (Adnan Abidi)
Picture Courtesy: pulitzer.orgUrns containing ashes after final rites of people, including those who died from the coronavirus disease, await immersion due to a national lockdown, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, May 6, 2021. (Danish Siddiqui)
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