The photographers who shot the most striking images of the year – capturing everything from the terrifying power of nature to the human cost of war and Covid – recall how they were taken and what they tell us
A funeral for Covid victims, Mumbai
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23 April I was staying on the outskirts of Mumbai when news broke that there was a fire in one of the hospitals dealing with Covid patients. I rushed over to find them shifting patients to other hospitals; they said more than 10 people had died already as a result.
