A year of COVID crisis: Bollywood actress turns front-line nurse

Two days after India went into lockdown in March 2020, Shikha Malhotra, who has a nursing degree, started volunteering.

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen death, economic hardships and anxiety on an unprecedented scale. But this tapestry of suffering is threaded with self-sacrifice, courage and a gritty determination to persevere. Around the globe, people are reinventing themselves, helping others and even going back to square one in their careers, while never giving up.