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In this Monday, March 30, 2020, file photo, an injured foot of a daily wage laborer is seen as he rests on way to his village following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India. Over the past week, India’s migrant workers - the mainstay of the country’s labor force - spilled out of big cities that have been shuttered due to the coronavirus and returned to their villages, sparking fears that the virus could spread to the countryside. It was an exodus unlike anything seen in India since the 1947 Partition, when British colothe subcontinent, with the 21-day lockdown leaving millions of migrants with no choice but to return to their home villages. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

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AP PHOTOS: Indian migrants walk hundreds of miles to go home
March 31, 2020 10:22 p.m.

AP PHOTOS: Indian migrants walk hundreds of miles to go home

NEW DELHI (AP) — They were hungry. Some had not eaten for days. Others survived on water and biscuits.