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image captionFuneral pyres are lit by the Ganges in Allahabad - bodies have been washing up downstream for days
Dozens more bodies have washed up on the banks of the Ganges in northern India as the country struggles with a second Covid wave.
More than 50 bodies have been discovered in Gahmar, Uttar Pradesh over the past few days.
How the bodies got there is unclear, but it is thought they are Covid-19 victims. Their identities are unknown.
On Tuesday, a local journalist told BBC Online that bodies have been washing up on embankments in the village of Gahmar for several days.