A young boy selling watermelon during lockdown in Chetrapati, Nepal. The 4 million people who have died so far in the pandemic have left behind parents, friends, and spouses - but also young children, in a trauma that is playing out in big cities and small villages across the globe.

First published in the July 10, 2021, 6:44 a.m. edition

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