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Children cheer as they celebrate Janmashtami festival, marking the birth anniversary of Hindu Lord Krishna, at a school in Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters -
Workers carry bamboo at the bank of the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati. Harish Tyagi / EPA -
Kashmiri fisherman on Dal Lake in Sringar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP -
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier sits inside a truck upon arrival with others in Srinagar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP -
Devotees dance after breaking a clay pot containing curd during celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters -
A pedestrian walks through a flooded street at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP -
A school teacher places a coconut as she offers prayers at a statue of Hindu god Lord Krishna on the occasion of Janamashthami, in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP -
A Buddhist monk looks on as he sits on a rooftop at The Thikse Monastery at Thikse in Ladakh. Chandan Khanna / AFP -
People look at an effigy of Putna, a female demon who according to Hindu epics tried to feed Hindu Lord Krishna poisoned milk, when the Lord was still a baby, at a temple during the Janmashtami festival marking the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna in Chandigarh. Ajay Verma / Reuters -
Kashmiri Muslims gather with their boats laden with vegetables at the floating vegetable market on Dal Lake at dawn in Srinagar. Sajjad Hussain / AFP -
An Indian devotee dressed as Lord Krishna rides on a motor bike in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA -
People wait for relief supplies being distributed by helicopter, near Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo -
A model displays creations by Manish Malhotra during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. Rajanish Kakade / AP Photo -
Inside India: August 25, 2016
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