A municipal worker operates a customized tractor to spray disinfectants at a police housing colony, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
A man is helped after he was rescued by the fire brigade personnel during a fire in a building, in Ahmedabad.
Border Security Force personnel disinfect themselves on their return after patrolling, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrant workers from other states trying to return to their homes wait for transportation at Vastral metro rail station in Ahmedabad. India sees no respite from the coronavirus caseload at a time when the two-month-old lockdown across the country is set to end on Sunday.
A man poses with face-masks showing an image of the customer's face printed on it, at a photo studio in Gandhinagar.
Migrants keep their luggage to reserve their spot in a queue, while they sit under shade, before boarding a bus to the railway station, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Surat.
An employee sorts diamonds using a magnifying glass at a diamond factory, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Surat.
A passenger's luggage is sanitized at the airport as domestic flights resume operations after nearly two-month lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ahmedabad.
Crew members of an airline arrive at the airport as domestic flights resume operations after nearly two-month lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ahmedabad.
A homeless man eats Kheer, a sweet dish distributed by a Muslim man on Eid al-Fitr in Ahmedabad.
A man distribute Kheer, a sweet dish to homeless people on Eid al-Fitr in Ahmedabad. The holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a usually joyous three-day celebration has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar.
Migrants wait to board buses to reach a railway station for their onward journey by trains to their native places, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Surat.
Airport staff disinfect Sardar Patel International Airport, during the fourth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad. India is set to resume its domestic civil aviation operations from May 25.
Migrants wait to board buses to a railway station as they travel to their native places, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Surat.
Migrant workers along with their families wait in queues to board buses to reach a railway station for their onward journey by a special train to their home state Bihar, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
A barber in protective gear attends to a customer at his shop after some ease in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Surat.
A worker looks at a diamond piece as works resume at the manufacturing unit of Dharmanandan Diamonds after announcement of some relaxations during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Surat.
Diamond workers start their work at the manufacturing unit of Dharmanandan Diamonds after announcement of some relaxations during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Surat.
Police detain migrants following a clash with security personnel, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrants being detained following a clash with security personnel, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrant workers from other states desperate to return to their homes stand in queue as they wait for transportation to a train station in Ahmedabad. Tens of thousands of migrant workers have been returning from big cities to their villages after losing jobs because of a countrywide lockdown imposed in late March to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
A migrant woman from another state trying to return to her home holds her children as she waits for transportation to a train station in Ahmedabad.
Migrants damage a truck demanding means of transport to travel to their native places, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Rajkot.
Neha Kumari Yadav weighs fodder as her father looks on at their shop, in Ahmedabad. Yadav secured 98.76% (science stream) in the Gujarat Higher Secondary examinations.
A policeman wields his baton to disperse protesting migrant workers, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad. The migrants were demanding a means of transport to travel to their native places in Bihar.
People throng on road for shopping during relaxation in lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
Pradeep, 35, a physically challenged migrant waits for a means of transportation to travel to his native place in Rajasthan, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrants, not adhering to social distancing norms, stand in a queue waiting for transportation to reach railway station, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrants wait for their turn to get tokens to board buses that will take them to their native place Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrants, not adhering to social distancing norms, stand in queues to get tokens before boarding buses to Uttar Pradesh during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrants wait for a means of transport to reach a railway station and board a special train to their native place in Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) buses ferry passengers to Saurashtra, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Surat.
Migrant workers from other states desperate to return to their homes wait for transportation to a train station in Ahmedabad.
Migrant workers from other states desperate to return to their homes wait for transportation to a train station in Ahmedabad.
Lunch boxes are placed in queue to receive food as people rest in shade during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus in Ahmedabad. The lockdown that began March 25 sent an exodus of workers from its huge informal sector fleeing the cities to their ancestral homes in the countryside. Economists say unemployment reached 24.7% this week.
Migrant workers from other states desperate to return to their homes walk through rail tracks towards a train station in Ahmedabad.
Migrant workers from other states desperate to return to their homes wait for transportation to a train station in Ahmedabad.
Firefighters use a hydraulic platform to sanitize an area during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
A woman carries a cooking gas cylinder on her head as she walks on a bridge during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
Migrants, stranded in different parts of Gujarat, arrive to board a special train to Odisha during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, at a railway station in Ahmedabad.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria (C) and Dr Manish Sureja visit Civil hospital to meet doctors and give them advice on COVID-19 treatment, in Ahmedabad. Gujarat is the second most affected state due to COVID-19 after Maharashtra.
Migrant workers wait for transport vehicles to reach the railway station for returning to their homes in UP and Bihar, amid ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Ahmedabad.
Security personnel wearing protective gear patrol a street, during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
Vegetable vendors, who tested positive for COVID-19, are taken to a hospital, during ongoing lockdown in Ahmedabad.
A medical team while shifting COVID-19 positive vegetable vendors to a hospital, during ongoing lockdown in Ahmedabad.
Heavy traffic on road during morning rush hour after some private and government offices resumed work during the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, in Ahmedabad.
Hira Ali carries his physically disabled brother Muslim Ali on his back as they wait to board a special train to return to Agra in Uttar Pradesh state, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus, at a railway station in Ahmedabad.
Migrant workers wait to board a special train to return to Agra in Uttar Pradesh state, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus, at a railway station in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Medics and family members perform burial of a person who died of COVID-19, during the nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
A team of medics collect swab sample of a resident for COVID-19 test after many positive coronavirus cases were detected in the area, during the nationwide lockdown, in Ahmedabad.
People line up for free food distributed during lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
Police officials appeal to protesting migrant workers to maintain calm at Diamond Bourse construction site, during the nationwide lockdown in Surat. Hundreds of stranded migrant workers in Gujarat’s Surat city stage a protest demanding that they should be allowed to return their native states.
Workers clean parts of chariots, ahead of the annual 'Rath Yatra' of Lord Jagannath, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
People visit a market to buy essential commodities ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramzan, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
Locals shower flower petals on a bus carrying patients who recovered from COVID-19, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Vadodara.
Policemen patrol a street during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
Policemen wearing personal protective equipment use hand sanitizer during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad. India is one of the most crowded places on Earth, a nation where social distancing is impossible for millions.
People stand in a queue ignoring social distancing to collect ration during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spreading of coronavirus, in Surat.
Firefighters sanitize a locality during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Surat.
Stranded UK citizens stand in a queue to catch a flight to their home country, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at the airport in Ahmedabad.
Firefighters use hydraulic platform to sanitize an area during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
Women stand in painted circles and maintain social distancing to collect face masks, gloves and hand sanitizers, distributed by Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel during a nationwide lockdown to control the spreading of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
A medical team member conducts a swab test at an urban health centre during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
A medical team conducts a swab test at an urban health centre during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
A health worker checks the temperature of a woman during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
A health worker checks the temperature of a woman during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
A health worker checks the temperature of a man during lockdown to prevent the spread of new coronavirus in Ahmedabad.
Fire brigade personnel spray disinfectants as precautionary measures against the Covid-19 pandemic in Ahmedabad.
A family watches PM Narendra Modi's address to the nation on COVID 19 during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, in Surat.
A worker loads cartons of milk powder in a parcel train during lockdown as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 in Ahmedabad.
Workers fumigate near a residential complex during a nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
Medic staff wears protective suits and moves a dead body of coronavirus-affected outside an isolation ward in Vadodara.
People clap and clang utensils as a gesture to show gratitude to the helpers and medical practitioners who are working relentlessly to fight coronavirus during Janta curfew, in Ahmedabad.
A worker sanitizes trolleys at a store as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Surat.
Officials distribute sanitizers to bus passengers in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, at a bus station in Surat.
Residents wearing facemasks participate in a prayer for speedy recovery of people affected by COVID-19 coronavirus, in Ahmedabad.
Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them by a priest during celebrations marking Holi at the Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad.
Ivanka Trump, the daughter and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump greets the crowd during the 'Namaste Trump' event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the visitor's book as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and First Lady Melania Trump looks on, at Sabarmati Ashram, in Ahmedabad.
A view of the Sabarmati Ashram’s visitor’s book signed by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during their visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a laugh with First Lady Melania Trump as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave to the crowd at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave after a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania Trump listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hug at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump applaud during the "Namaste Trump" event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
US President Donald Trump applauds and Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves after a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave after a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium, in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
A view of the crowd-packed Motera Stadium during the 'Namaste Trump' event, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave during a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stand during a "Namaste Trump," event at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad.
