NEW DELHI: In this photograph, relatives prepare the cremation pyre for a person who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi. —AFP NEW DELHI: Traditional funeral pyres have been drafted in to burn the bodies of coronavirus victims in the Indian capita»»»

Traditional funeral pyres have been set up in New Delhi after crematorium furnaces struggle to keep up with Covid-19 deaths as India records nearly 10,000 new cases in 24 hours - while global infections hit 6.5 million and deaths reach 387,000. Smoke from the open-air blazes stings the eyes of wait»»»