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The surge in infections, growing at the fastest pace in the world, has left families and patients pleading for oxygen.
Scandal marks latest escalation of war of words between Johnson and his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings.
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![A man in a protective suit digs a grave for the body of a person who died of COVID-19 in the northeastern city of Guwahati. [Anupam Nath/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP21115597220746.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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![A man sits on a log while waiting for the funeral of his relative who died of COVID-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi. The city has been cremating so many bodies of coronavirus victims that authorities are getting requests to start cutting down trees in city parks. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP21115597507751.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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![A woman is consoled by a relative at a crematorium during the mass cremation of COVID-19 victims in New Delhi. The nation of nearly 1.4 billion people set a global record of new daily infections for a fifth straight day on Monday. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP21115597626073.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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![Relatives perform the last rites for COVID-19 victims in Bhopal. [Sanjeev Gupta/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/h_56829082.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Family members place flowers as they perform the last rites for a COVID-19 victim at a crematorium in Jammu, Indian-administered Kashmir. [Channi Anand/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP21115597673924.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
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Hijab-wearing Sarah Gamal will be the first Arab and African woman to referee 3-on-3 basketball games at the Olympics.
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Chloe Zhao made history as she became only the second woman to win Best Director at the Oscars. Who else won?