In pictures | Pan-India lockdown enters day 23

A replica of an elephant with a face mask is driven on trailer, by way of creating awareness among people about the importance of wearing masks. The event was organised by Virugambakkam Traders federation. (Source: The Hindu)

Globally, as of April 15 2020, there have been 19,18,138 confirmed cases, including 1,23,126 deaths, reported to WHO.

Migrant workers in Ambattur industrial estate were distributed with provisions by inspectorate of factories. (Source: The Hindu)

Migrant workers in Ambattur industrial estate were distributed with provisions by inspectorate of factories. (Source: The Hindu)

Family members look an as police patrol at Saradhi Nagar in Khammam. (Source: The Hindu)

Agriculture activity is going on in full swing in Nilgiris. Farmers are spraying fertilizer and pesticides at Mpalada village near Udhagamandalam. (Source: The Hindu)

Pune police detain citizens violating lockdown orders at Jedhe chowk, Swargate in Pune. Around 150 citizens were booked walking and travelling on bikes. (Source: The Hindu)

A medical staff wearing protective gear, getting ready at a hospital in Srinagar. (Source: The Hindu)

A fisherman trying his luck near Thoothukudi new harbour beach as the mechanised boats abstain from fishing. (Source: The Hindu)

Patients being discharged from the COVID-19 ward at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi. (Source: The Hindu)

A mother offering rice soup to her child on the National Highway. They were on the way to Anakapalle from Chennai on foot due to lockdown. Many labourers were seen carrying luggages on one shoulder and a child on the other shoulder, travelling along the highways. (Source: The Hindu)

A young boy takes a dive into the clean Yamuna river with the backdrop of Signature Bridge in New Delhi. (Source: The Hindu)

Deserted look at a fruit and vegetable market at Vijayanagar in Bengaluru. (Source: The Hindu)

A flock of cattle out on a deserted road in front of district court in Khammam. (Source: The Hindu)

Bulls fighting head to head while business goes on as usual at Ghazipur mandi, in New Delhi. (Source: The Hindu)

Conservancy workers spraying bleaching powder on a road in Erode. (Source: The Hindu)

Motorists move freely, violating lockdown rules and social-distancing norms at old city of Hyderabad. Telangana Minister for IT and Industries K.T. Rama Rao inspected the COVID-19 containment zones in Khairatabad, Asifnagar and Mallepally areas. (Source: The Hindu)

At New Delhi’s Ghazipur mandi, both sellers and customers try to follow social-distancing norms. Delhi Lt. Governor Anil Baijal took stock of various helps by the Indian Red Cross Society to the administration in managing containment zones identified by authorities. (Source: The Hindu)

A group of migrant labourers at work in a bricklin near Kelapudi, Pichatur Mandal, in Andra Pradesh. Nine new coronavirus positive cases were added overnight, taking the total in Andhra Pradesh to 534 on April 16. (Source: The Hindu)

With roads wearing a deserted look in the wake of lockdown, it was a cattle’s day out at Kittur Chennamma Circle in Hubballi. (Source: The Hindu)

Folk artists, attired as mythological characters, create awareness about COVID -19 lockdown rules, under Malkipuram police station limits in East Godavari district. (Source: The Hindu)

With the complete lockdown imposed, the daily wage earners who survive on camel rides struggle to see both ends meet, at Gudimalkapur near Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad. (Source: The Hindu)