With shopping malls, places of worship, restaurants and state borders reopening Monday, some of the last vestiges of India's 10-week-long coronavirus lockdown disappeared even as the country reported its highest single-day death toll and experts said things would get worse.
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2/19
Rickshaw drivers wait for customers along a road as places of religious worship, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls are allowed to operate again after more than two months of lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kolkata.
AFP
3/19
Bikers drive through a busy street in Mumbai.
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4/19
Commuters are seen inside a public transport bus after some restrictions were lifted during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai.
Reuters
5/19
India's lockdown - one of the world's most stringent - was considered mostly effective in staunching the spread of the virus. Most industry shut down, and a stay-at-home order was imposed for all but a handful of essential activities.
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6/19
Traffic is seen on the road in Mumbai.
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7/19
Devotees wait in a queue to pray at the Jhandewala temple in New Delhi.
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8/19
People wait in a queue to board a public bus in Mumbai.
Reuters
9/19
Indians wearing masks take a stroll outside a public park in Bengaluru.
AP
10/19
Visitors wearing facemasks use the escalators at the Ambience mall.
AFP
11/19
Government employee are seen working in writers building in Kolkata.
ANI
12/19
A roadside vendor try to sell umbrella to a customer in Mumbai, India.
AP
13/19
People wait for a bus at a bus stop in Mumbai.
AP
14/19
People having lunch at a restaurant in New Delhi.
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15/19
A salesman mop a shop in Mumbai, India.
AP
16/19
A customer gets manicure done at the Ambience mall.
AFP
17/19
Beauticians wearing protective gear tend to their customers inside a parlor at a shopping mall in Ahmedabad.
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18/19
A security staff member (top C) wearing a protective mask checks the temperature of customers before entering in a shopping mall.
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19/19
A shoe seller looks on as he waits for customer in Mumbai.