A year and a half since it began racing across the globe with exponential efficiency, the pandemic is on the rise again in vast stretches of the world, driven largely by the new variants, particularly the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India
Funeral taking place with COVID-19 protocol at Rorotan TPU, Cilincing, North Jakarta, Indonesia. Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Image: Aslam Iqbal/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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