INDIA-HEALTH-VIRUS-RELIGION

This picture taken on April 10, 2020, shows a view of Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Ganges river during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Varanasi. - The stench of smouldering funeral pyres usually hangs heavy by the Ganges river in Varanasi, the mystical Indian city where Hindus believe being cremated will free them from the cycle of rebirth. But because of a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the 200 to 300 bodies from all over India and beyond that are typically cremated here daily cannot be transported to the city. (Photo by Anand SINGH / AFP) / TO GO WITH India-health-virus-religion-Varanasi, FOCUS by Anand Singh and Bhuvan Bagga (Photo by ANAND SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)