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What It Takes To Get To Tokyo To Cover The Olympics
July 18, 2021 • NPR's team of journalists has arrived in Tokyo. Their journey shows the challenges of just getting to the largest event in sports in the middle of a global pandemic.
Pooja Sharma, center, and her two daughters, Lata, 14, and Yukti, 12. They sit in front of a portrait of Sharma's late husband and the girls' father, Manmohan. He died from COVID in April, leaving Sharma to fend for her family herself. Pooja Sharma hide caption
Pooja Sharma
'He Left Me All Alone In The World': India's COVID Widows Struggle To Survive
July 18, 2021 • These are women who have lost a spouse — often the sole breadwinner of the family — during the pandemic. Now they are faced with hospitals bills and daily living expenses. Who will help them?