Stringent lockdown measures after the outbreak began in early March left the city's 25 million people struggling with the loss of income, irregular food supplies, family separations and poor conditions in quarantine.
Once a prosperous port of 400,000 people, Mariupol has been reduced to a blasted wasteland with corpses in the streets and residents confined to cellars. Ukrainian officials say tens of thousands of civilians have died there.
Recent communal clashes in several parts of India, including New Delhi, have been followed by demolition drives, which critics say are an attempt by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP to intimidate India's 200 million Muslims.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars, Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak, and more top photos from March 2022. Produced by David Lucas
