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Capturing the horror and hope of India’s COVID-19 surge

COVID-19 has torn across India with a deadly ferocity. While infection numbers have dropped from their horrific peaks last month, more than 120,000 new cases were reported on Monday. All the while, Indians living in the U.S. have raced to help friends and family contending with the outbreak. Here are some of their stories, in their own words.

Capturing the horror and hope of India’s COVID-19 surge

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