In Pics: India This Week

People receive food distributed by volunteers during the nationwide lockdown, imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus pandemic, in Chennai, Monday, April 27, 2020.  

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Amid the nationwide lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India from 27 April to 1 May.

A man with his wife on a cart rides past a mural, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Mathura, Friday, May 01, 2020.     

Labourers are seen working at a brick factory on Labour Day, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Prayagraj, Friday, May 01, 2020.     

Dark clouds hover over the sky on Ganga River, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Patna, Friday, May 01, 2020.   

A view of the sarovar at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib wearing a deserted look, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in New Delhi, Thursday, April 30, 2020.   

A labourer dries vermicelli during the holy month Ramzan, amid the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of novel coronavirus, in Prayagraj, Thursday, April 30, 2020.   

Self-styled godman Computer Baba aka Namdev Das Tyagi keeps an ember-filled earthen pot on his head during a protest against the killing of sadhus in Uttar Pradeshs Bulandshahar and Maharashtras Palghar last week, in Indore, Wednesday, April 29, 2020.   

23-year-old Abhijit Sadhukhan dressed as Yamaraj, the lord of death, visits markets in Bon Hooghly area issuing dire warnings to lockdown violators and those not following the social distancing norm, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Kolkata, Wednesday, April 29, 2020.   

Children wearing face masks read Quran during the holy month of Ramzan at Al Muzamil Welfare Trust Yateem Khana, amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in Srinagar, Wednesday, April 29, 2020.   

An artist gives a final touch to a model based on coronavirus placed alongside a road to raise awareness, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown, in Chennai, Wednesday, April 29, 2020.   

Artist Baldev Singh dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu god of death, during an awareness drive stressing the importance of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic, in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 28, 2020.   

A parakeet feeds her chick at a zoo, in Bathinda, Tuesday, April 28, 2020.   

A man holding a baby arrives to collect food items distributed by volunteers at Ghazipur during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi, Monday, April 27, 2020.   

People receive food distributed by volunteers during the nationwide lockdown, imposed as a preventive measure against the coronavirus pandemic, in Chennai, Monday, April 27, 2020.   

A woman carries a LPG cylinder on her back as another woman walks past her, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Kullu, Monday, April 27, 2020.     

Phoolu (45), a full-time worker shows his hands after cleaning a manhole, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ghaziabad, Friday, May 01, 2020. Phoolu has a daughter and has been working since he was 10 years of age. He continues choicelessly to work inside sewer lines to earn a living amid this pandemic, exposing his body to added risk.