Migrants collect food packets after arriving by a special train at Prayagraj Junction, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, in Prayagraj. India partly relaxed its lockdown this week.
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Migrants undergo thermal screening before boarding a special train for Azamgarh at a railway station, in Jalandhar. India is running train service for thousands of migrant workers desperate to return home since it imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus.
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Migrant workers being screened before they board a special train for Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Amritsar.
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Migrants from Bhuj undergo thermal screening after arriving by a special train at Prayagraj Railway junction.
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A medic puts a mark on a girl's arm as migrants wait to board busses for Rajasthan at Jhakarkati Bus stand, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Kanpur.
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Migrant laborers and their family members, who arrived from Gujarat state on a train, wave from inside a bus as they prepare to leave for their native villages in their home state of Uttar Pradesh in Prayagraj.
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Stranded migrant workers wait to get their names and medical certificates verified to board a train for Madhaya Pradesh at a camp in New Delhi.
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Migrant laborers, who arrived from Gujarat state on a train, rest before processding for their native villages in their home state of Uttar Pradesh in Prayagraj.
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An Indian health worker checks the temperature of a man who had been stranded for weeks due to the lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus before allowing him to board a bus, in Bangalore. India partly relaxed its lockdown this week.
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Migrant laborers from Gujarat state step out of a train after arriving in their home state in Prayagraj.
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