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Indian paramilitary soldiers performed neck exercises after rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday.
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Indian paramilitary soldiers performed neck exercises after rehearsals for the upcoming Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, Wednesday.
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Elderly villagers were taken home in an ambulance Thursday after undergoing surgery for cataracts in Varanasi, India.
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A man displayed a footprint taken from the feet of legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika during the musician’s cremation in Gauhati, India, Wednesday. Mr. Hazarika, who composed music for hundreds of films, died over the weekend in Mumbai. He was in his 80s.
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People cried inside a police van as they were taken to prison outside a courthouse in Mehsana, India, Wednesday. The court sentenced 31 Hindus to life imprisonment for killing dozens of Muslims by setting a building on fire nine years ago.
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Indian schoolgirls ride on a bicycle rickshaw during a break in the monsoon rains near the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
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Commuters leave after days work as monsoon clouds gathered over New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 8, 2011.
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A boy cooled off on a hot summer day in the waters of Dal Lake in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir Thursday. Many parts of northern India are facing severe hot weather conditions with temperatures hitting 111 degrees Fahrenheit in many places, the media reported.
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Laborers worked at the construction site for a commercial complex in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar Thursday.
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Schoolchildren ran for cover as protesters threw stones at Indian police officers in Srinagar, Kashmir. Demonstrations erupted after the police arrested a top separatist leader who was protesting the arrest of a young man the day before, police said.
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A family sits around a bonfire outside their house in the village of Bahir Jonai, Assam, India. A vast and heavily populated region of Asia that depends on water from Tibetan rivers is feeling the effects of China’s ambitious efforts to redraw its water map. Some even worry about future water wars; others say there’s still time for diplomacy to keep the peace.
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A customer read a newspaper while a barber gave him a shave at a sugarcane market in Kolkata Tuesday.
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The police tried to disperse protesters with water as they demonstrated outside the office of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or R.S.S., in New Delhi. The protest was against a former R.S.S. chief, K. Sudarshan, who recently accused the Congress Party president in India, Sonia Gandhi, of being an American C.I.A. agent.
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A Hindu woman stepped over a baby in a ritual seeking blessings for the child from the Sun god Surya during the Chatt Puja festival in Kolkata, India, Friday. Women fast for the whole day for the betterment of their family and the society during the festival.
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An Indian soldier stood guard during curfew in Srinagar, India, Thursday. Unrest against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months, resulting in at least 94 deaths — including 22 from police fire this week.
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A child dressed as Hindu God Krishna looks on during festivities to mark Janmashtami at a school in Mumbai, India, Sept. 1, 2010. Janmashtami is the festival that marks the birth of Krishna.
