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In this Thursday, April 16, 2020, photo, a government hearse van arrives at a cemetery carrying the body of a 52-year-old woman who died of COVID-19 in New Delhi, India. Of all the devastating consequences the coronavirus pandemic has brought to the world, the most painful may well be the lonely burials. It has forced a change in the way those left behind are mourning their dead, upending rituals carried out from generations. The deceased are not allowed a final hug from their loved ones to say farewell. And sometimes, they don’t even get a proper burial. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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