Reporting on Covid-19 horrors: Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave, the late Danish Siddiqui awarded the Pulitzer

Urns containing the ashes after the final rites of people, including those who died from Covid-19, await immersion due to lockdown, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on May 6, 2021.

A 'Naga Sadhu,' or Hindu holy man, places a mask across his face before entering the Ganges river during the traditional Shahi Snan, or royal dip, at the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India.

Family members mourn after Shayam Narayan is declared dead outside the Covid-19 casualty ward, at Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, amidst the spread of the disease in New Delhi, India, on April 23, 2021.

Manisha Bashu presses her father's chest, who is suffering from breathing problems, after he fell unconscious while receiving oxygen support for free at a Gurudwara (Sikh temple), amidst the spread of Covid-19, in Ghaziabad, India, on April 30, 2021.

Abidi started his career in 1977 as a darkroom assistant. An Indian Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, he has previously worked at the Pan-Asia News Agency (PANA), Indo Photo News, and Press Trust of India. Abidi has been part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning packages for photography, the Rohingya exodus in 2018 and the Hong Kong protests in 2020. 

Relatives wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) mourn a man, who died from Covie-19, during his funeral at a crematorium in New Delhi, India.

Ashish Kashyap and Naman Sharma, volunteers of Shri Devouthan Sewa Samiti, a non-profit organisation, carry a bag containing unclaimed ashes of the victims who died from Covid-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on May 9, 2021.

The body of a person, who died from Covid-19, lies on a funeral pyre during a mass cremation, at a crematorium in New Delhi, India, on May 1, 2021.

A healthcare worker checks the temperature of a woman inside her hut during a Covid-19 vaccination drive, at a brick kiln at Kavitha village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on April 8, 2021.

Dave's career started as a photographer with the state’s magazine and at a local newspaper before he joined the Indian Express. A photojournalist with three decades of experience, Dave joined Reuters in 2002. He has extensively covered riots, the aftermath of the earthquake in Gujarat, droughts, and the Indian Ocean tsunami in South India.

A healthcare worker administers a dose of Covishield, a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, to a shepherd man during a vaccination drive at Lidderwat near Pahalgam in South Kashmir's Anantnag district, on June 10, 2021.

Mattoo works with Reuters as a multimedia journalist. A photojournalist and a documentary photographer based in Kashmir, her work focuses on depicting the realities of a menacing militarised milieu of Kashmir. Her work has been published in newspapers and magazines including the Al Jazeera, TIME and TRT World, and the Caravan. In 2021, Mattoo also became Magnum Foundation’s 'Photography and Social Justice Fellows'.