• Aman feeds peanuts to monkeys along a busy street in Ahmedabad. Feeding animals is sacred in Hindu society. Sam Panthaky / AFP
    Aman feeds peanuts to monkeys along a busy street in Ahmedabad. Feeding animals is sacred in Hindu society. Sam Panthaky / AFP
  • Women react as they stand at the windows of a house watching Kashmiri Muslims carry the body of 20-year-old Riyaz Ahmed Shah during his funeral in downtown Srinagar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
    Women react as they stand at the windows of a house watching Kashmiri Muslims carry the body of 20-year-old Riyaz Ahmed Shah during his funeral in downtown Srinagar. Tauseef Mustafa / AFP
  • Demonstrators shout slogans during the funeral of Riyaz Ahmad Shah, who according to local media was killed on Tuesday night by pellets fired by Indian police in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    Demonstrators shout slogans during the funeral of Riyaz Ahmad Shah, who according to local media was killed on Tuesday night by pellets fired by Indian police in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • A flood affected family moves on a banana raft past a fishing net in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern Assam state, India. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
    A flood affected family moves on a banana raft past a fishing net in Morigaon district, east of Gauhati, northeastern Assam state, India. Anupam Nath / AP Photo
  • A boy wearing a plastic mask walks in an industrial area in Mumbai, India. Shailesh Andrade / Reuters
    A boy wearing a plastic mask walks in an industrial area in Mumbai, India. Shailesh Andrade / Reuters
  • A masked Kashmiri Muslim taunts Indian police during a protest after the funeral of Riyaz Ahmad Shah, a civilian killed by government forces in Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
    A masked Kashmiri Muslim taunts Indian police during a protest after the funeral of Riyaz Ahmad Shah, a civilian killed by government forces in Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
  • A devotee of the Hindu Lord Shiva arrives to fill his pots with holy water from the river Ganges, in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
    A devotee of the Hindu Lord Shiva arrives to fill his pots with holy water from the river Ganges, in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
  • A labourer tears up a cloth as he works near a billboard used during a promotional event at the India Gate monument in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    A labourer tears up a cloth as he works near a billboard used during a promotional event at the India Gate monument in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • A laborer takes a nap on a tricycle at a market in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
    A laborer takes a nap on a tricycle at a market in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
  • Artists perform during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP
    Artists perform during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Akkanna Madanna Mahankali Temple in Hyderabad. Noah Seelam / AFP
  • A Hindu woman carrying religious offerings walks past a Kalpavriksha tree, believed to be a divine wishing tree, during a festival on the outskirts of Ajmer. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters
    A Hindu woman carrying religious offerings walks past a Kalpavriksha tree, believed to be a divine wishing tree, during a festival on the outskirts of Ajmer. Himanshu Sharma / Reuters
  • A policemen tries to extinguish a burning poster bearing the image of Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh during a demonstration by activists from the right-wing Hindu Sena organisation in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
    A policemen tries to extinguish a burning poster bearing the image of Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh during a demonstration by activists from the right-wing Hindu Sena organisation in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP

Inside India: August 4, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

August 04, 2016

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