what secrets lie behind these walls. discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating boreholes heritage sites. w world heritage 360 get the map now. you're watching a show coming up in our program a country completely overwhelmed by the pandemic india faces another day of crisis as more people turn up at hospitals only to be turned down with even the dead waiting their turn for cremation and burial. will also examine the mental health toll this national tragedy is taking on many indians as they struggle with the present all facing a bleak and uncertain future. and with international aid trickling in we take a look at how the indian diaspora is responding to what's happening back home as

they follow developments from afar. i'm melissa chan welcome to the program the big story out of asia continues to be exponential growth in coping 1000 cases and deaths in india officially the country has had 18000000 infections and more than 200000 deaths with medical experts there saying the actual numbers are likely much much higher everything from the health care system to the mortuary have been overwhelmed. the fires burn day and night. but morticians are barely able to keep up these makeshift crematoriums have become a symbol of india's coated 1000 catastrophe. if you will have

a good lead is perfectly good to out of boredom this was a parking lot but we got permission to set up an extra $24.00 crematorium sides with javascript and now there are so many corpses were running out of firewood aboard the provable you know what is. the coded 1000 has taken an enormous toll on india many die. because there was no one to take care of them. for days there have been lines of patients in front of hospitals no one lets the men because there aren't enough beds or oxygen tanks people feel abandoned. and therefore very very very good to going to them getting nor any number were given there but nobody's responding numbers or not really believe me. my brother it is going to go on board and there are laws yesterday law. my father my mother.

my father beg me to help him but i couldn't do you know how that feels when your own father cries and all you can do is put him in an auto rickshaw without an oxygen tank. for the 1st 3 days i've been walking from one hospital to the next i've never seen anything like this in my life. the doctors are aware of these catastrophic circumstances but they can't do anything about it one hospital director told d.w. news the situation is out of control. used to making decisions then getting them implemented by i feel so helpless now i get more than 500. beds asking but oxygen asking for help. many people are scared and want to get back to needed but there isn't enough vaccine to go around even though india is the world's largest vaccine producer there is not enough for its own citizens.

we don't have any more vaccines please leave please cooperate with the police. prime minister narendra modi has promised help to overburden hospitals. but many say he is to blame. he held election rallies despite rising infection numbers. and he allowed huge religious festivals like the cool miller to go ahead this is now seen as a super spreader event on a. message that it does not matter whether you mean the be or. where all of that. has backfired the consequences are catastrophic india urgently needs help.

international assistance effort is underway but for many it's already too late. such an overwhelming crisis in the country has not only impacted those who've directly contract it covidien are struggling at home and at hospitals scenes of death plus a government that many believe is failing the people have caused massive mental distress. has the story. breakdowns feel anxiety these other words 29 year old uses when asked about how she's coping with the 2nd week of school with 90. water parents are called positive and her father has been in the hospital 4 days a person who leaves when an emotionally happens in this 2nd wave my dad became a victim and a very serious one and it just made me realize how crazy things are at them.

around an online mental health platform mind. which connects people to terrorists. and the statistics are enough to tell her that she is not. about from depression and grief that many are already experiencing she says a lot of young people who may end up suffering with p.t.s.d. post-traumatic stress disorder last year there were about 50 to 60 penalties that were coming in in one day and right now from the last 3 to 4 weeks at least that has started to 50 or be the 2nd wave has been catastrophic images of people gasping for breath and collapsing in front of hospitals when no beds or oxygen are available have impacted the mental wellbeing of many some experts are convinced this we've had a mental health epidemic of its own. therapist in us and says many young people who come to her feel hopeless and anxious over an uncertain future we're all. going

through a trauma. now. on. anxiety. we all know where and which means that none of us has to handle and asked for american power as difficult business on a. sheet of us and adds that being constantly connected with the world online and accessing new information why healthful is also impacting the country's youth by the sec in. part because they make a recording and of these very very generating very distressing and regions. people were sick and dead and leaving some nice and. i don't think it's an experience that any of us will ever recover from yes we need help people recover from this yes he or more. rigorous their idea. of living

increase conversations or both. have been doing what they can to help my absolute favorite quest for emergency aid on social media they say that while there is an overpowering feeling of helplessness there is also some optimism in the way young people have been mobilizing help in these times. it is a work at mine because that has been helping her cope plan i come back from the hospital in the evening i'm just working because i know if i'm not going to distract myself and is crying as she struggles to maintain a positive mindset. she's doing everything she can to bring her father back home soon. minear chador who filed that report joins us from there for health care system already struggling under the weight of the pandemic how much of a priority has mental health ben from medical providers when it comes to care. well

you talk about gravity of the situation which is unfolding right now they're dying in large numbers every day because the health care system has to be the early collapse the gravity like not to somehow so why the pandemic and again we need to remember that it is a country where mental health is still not very openly spoken about but yes young people especially those who are living in urban areas who are connected with each other on social media they have been going well that we have been talking about how the band and it has impacted their mental health people are often the supporters didn't get fixed but are seeing that after the dust settles on slander me me me have mentioned have i live in clothing that is especially dramatic stress disorder people and of course put this in context your report mainly focused on the stress people feel now given this deadly wave of kovac about of course there's been a lockdown social distancing on and off for more than a year so talk about the other issues feeling this anxiety for a lot of people. it's interesting that i use the word not my own station the turbos

they have been saying that the number of cases of anxiety disorders and attacks have increased in the past when you're especially since the 2nd it's argued in the one month more than what people have the government but in the last while you know you have so many of us well the ins i do have what to do with lockdown being confined in their own homes setting or jobs any of this year that is 83 actually if you like and some starts a while as i saw arranging that it's a deal like oxygen and medical supplies for themselves or their loved ones that is a lie at ya be able to type or still are young people are going to as i guess there was again becoming very high google it they add weight to help things like this to those who are living with all of generation people who own with their parents that their lives and these health things they did are also to sickly manifesting themselves into their bodies which is leading to more concerns terribly sad story that they have been people getting seen that say the depression being very law and

on and on what division of young people just in the beginning of their career why just added with oil there are actually actions that looks like them the future looks very uncertain mayor cadre thank you so much for joining us. more humanitarian aid has been arriving in india as international assistance efforts gather pace of planes from the u.s. including military transporters have landed in delhi with much needed oxygen equipment thailand and the united arab emirates have also sent medical supplies meanwhile people of india's global diaspora are also organizing and contributing what they can but many express a feeling that whatever they do it's not enough but what about this we are distressed and we all feel helpless because we can do much sitting 10 meters away and i called the hospital in charge the principal of the hospital is a medical college and i called her the north of me and he said i will try to help

but nor bad in i.c.u. and half an hour later you can survive with 80 percent of his them he died. this is . i knew her personally. generally what we used to do was financially contribute and we used to think our work is done but this is something you know unprecedented kind of a situation it's not going before campaigns there you can do is contribute somebody on the ground or dick get off and do that you know you could call your parents call your loved ones to see how they're doing but there's only so much you can do right now to. go to hospital go this and that but if so if they get sick and have beds are not available of actually it is not available what can you do right now so that's always on the back of your mind right now that's it for the show there's always more on our website d.w. dot com for it slash asia we leave you with more pictures out of india and the devastation of the pandemic as always thank you for watching and see you next week

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what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus up to the special monday to friday on w. in what's being called a historic milestone germany has committed to begin returning the famous binion bronzes held by german museums to nigeria as early as next year. welcome to arts and culture will have more on what this means for the debate around the restitution of art looted during the colonial era and also coming up. spring has sprung with the opening of germany's biannual federal horticultural show

for short taking place this year in the eastern city of elephant. and paris based for trickster the truman burbank is an online sensation with a tongue in cheek take on how to make your playground. on thursday germany's ministry of culture announce the planned return of the binion bronzes from german newseum is in 2022 and most of the artifacts were looted by british forces during a military attack on the kingdom of binion in what is now nigeria back in 8097 and they're now scattered between as many as 160 museums and institutions worldwide well it's a trailblazing move and certainly ramps up the pressure on other european former colonial powers to follow suit. some of africa's most prized treasures for decades demands for their restitution have grown . now cultural and political leaders have agreed to begin returning to artifacts

held in german museums by next yeah. i must admit i cannot believe it but there was also a very positive result when everybody agreed to eat steps being grown so used to being in. our has to go back to nigeria so this is really great really great news and a significant change of heart the bronzes were due to be showcased at new forum just a few weeks ago the foundation which currently holds the bronzers was reticent about the possibility of returning them. many museums around the world. so when they came to europe they highlighted a completely new image of africa as a continent states in history and culture the bronzes are of course part of the

cultural history of nigeria and by name but they have also become global good ones . the 4000 artifacts were planted from the bin mean empire and now parts of nigeria after foreign and british radio 897 they were later sold to museums in europe and north america now nigeria will regain sovereignty over some of these sacred ark work so central to the nation's cultural heritage nigerian part. how restitution we'll see how this repatriation will take place and. there will be looted art which will remain in germany will be there is it doesn't because it gave. nigeria plans to build a museum in. the looted after fire and. we

. can come to you can't visit european. jews though you will be able to. physically see. creations if they were in major. one leading european historian says her research shows that for decades museums deliberately track their feet on the issue of restitution and museum directors try to buy time they actually formulated it in writing as a strategy they left the problem to the next generation that's now it's clear we can't we mustn't continue to push it off. for the next generation we have to act like. 106 not just about ownership but about whole new way

of thinking really think you have to to deal with. and how burps become it please so there it is a very very long we and very complicated but we could write so it could be it was in could also be occurring to even in europe. germany's decision to act marks a paradigm shift in the handling of looted artifacts. well during these long months of pandemic induced long downs gardens have also become places of healing and for a spice and germany's federal horticultural show which opened last week hopes to capitalize on people's need for outdoor pursuits and interestingly this year's host city of our force has a very long tradition of garden shows that dates back to 865 and so just prior to

opening we went to see how it's reconnecting with that heritage. flower power in power for more than 600000 francs on a site nearly the size of 60 football pictures germany's federal horticultural show is held every 2 years this time around. state capital is the host. city petersburg with its 17th century since it is one of the show's main sites. architect. has been in charge of transforming the former fortress and military site into a paradise. fever there are goal was to make this somewhat forgotten place an experience for the visitors we wanted to breathe a new life into. this fantastic fortress. this is

a military site that was off limits to locals and visitors for a long time. to do this. a lot of work went into transforming the neglected site buildings have fallen into disrepair. the transformation is quite amazing together whether cim top a network of paths that link the historic buildings with flower beds. when we create open spaces we're always paying attention to what is already there and kiss it away so to speak like in sleeping beauty we want to make it visible again and accentuate the atmosphere. for example in the monks which can be accessed by a giant slide also mix things up my planting old for our choose the vegetables and herb between the flowers the spinach garlic and meant. the 1st ever international garden show i was hosted in force in

19553961 when i was in the former communist east germany it began staging regular international horticultural shows with the new park at the heart. of park remains the main attraction 60 years later the huge garden complex is one of the state's top tourist attractions and will remain in bloom untold years show in. is relieved at this year's show is able to open with covert restrictions in place she spent 3 years working to get the petersburg in shape. we really hope that visitors to the pater's bag will see the fortress in a new light. noise. the new space is made with the many delicate flowers different colors and sense. and few fitting for do so it will give them fresh

input and joy. especially in this corona virus pandemic. joy and at the federal horticultural show in a city famous for its floral tradition. and after its success in 10 other cities around the world an exhibition devoted to dutch artist and see opens this week in barcelona as one of the world's most widely admired graphic artists famously united arts with mathematics to create impossible worlds and impressive optical illusions the show features over 200 works that have influenced advertising fashion and even cinema. and deprived of an audience the artists of the past he decided to play to the statues at the famous

music city which is also devoid of visitors due to covert 19 shutdowns a record a concert will be broadcast on may 1st fulfilling conductor pablo had asked casado his mission to bring music and the museum into people's homes. and finally once upon a time in grade school he was a class clown and today he attracts attention as one of the quirkiest skaters on the french scene and 3 young also known as the truman burbank makes parents his playground with an take on how to enjoy the urban landscape. is a skateboarder with a sense of humor he's been posting his one of a kind videos online for 5 years an internet sensation we're also known as the truman burbank has turned. every day environment film set for his. stunts. i used to play the clown in the classroom

i love to fool around home i don't plan anything i just improvise once i arrive on the scene. to use the. entertaining clips all right with. people not just skateboarding friends. somewhat unconventional i want to entertain i don't have to be the best they're great thing about my sketches. so anyone iranian american or portuguese can understand them. at the age at 16 he was practicing hours every day. tricks like this one require preparation. the great has been treated with wax at

35 is one of the more senior skaters around. magine along here it's easier just racing around in their boards but in reality forming tricks is physically demanding especially when you're doing 2 or 3 in a row. and it's mentally taxing too there's a real risk of getting hurt. i never try to take myself seriously i always see we're just. having fun with a board under our feet nothing more there's no reason to get arrogant or think you're better than anyone else it's just about having fun. one thing travelling. right by the eiffel tower. well that's all for this edition but we'll leave you with some more images of the famous binion bronzes held in various museums across the globe germany will be

returning the examples in its museums to nigeria in 2022 was that all the best from us and offered us. from. the from. me.

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