Covid five years on: How BBC journalists covered the crisis in India

Five years ago, on 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown to try and control a pandemic that would go on to take millions of lives across the world.

Here is a look back at how three BBC journalists - Salman Ravi, Yogita Limaye and Vikas Pandey - covered the first and second waves of infections.

25 March 2025

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4 Apr 2025

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The constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold president Yoon's impeachment following his short-lived declaration of martial law.

4 Apr 2025

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31 Mar 2025

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Dozens of workers were trapped when the building collapsed after a huge earthquake hit neighbouring Myanmar.

30 Mar 2025

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Rescuers in Myanmar were cheered as they carried 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing away on a stretcher.

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A close-up of a woman crying as she waits for news at the site of a building collapse in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Dozens remain uned for after the 33-storey building, which was under construction, gave way on Friday when a powerful earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar.

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