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Pigeons fly past the dome of India’s Supreme Court building in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
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Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani in Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
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A vintage car participates in a Classic Car Rally in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
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Kashmiri men row their boat in the waters of Nigeen Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
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An army soldier stands guard as children have their photographs taken at the Red Fort grounds, in New Delhi. Manish Swarup / AP Photo
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Students cheer as they take part in “One Billion Rising” campaign in a street in Chandigarh, India. Ajay Verma / Reuters
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A vendor sits with her dog in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
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A worker operates a lathe as he makes iron plates at an iron utensils manufacturing unit in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
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Pigeons fly past the dome of India’s Supreme Court building in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
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Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani in Srinagar. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
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A vintage car participates in a Classic Car Rally in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
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Kashmiri men row their boat in the waters of Nigeen Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, Kashmir. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
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An army soldier stands guard as children have their photographs taken at the Red Fort grounds, in New Delhi. Manish Swarup / AP Photo
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Students cheer as they take part in “One Billion Rising” campaign in a street in Chandigarh, India. Ajay Verma / Reuters
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A vendor sits with her dog in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
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A worker operates a lathe as he makes iron plates at an iron utensils manufacturing unit in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
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Inside India: February 4, 2016
Fatima Al Marzouqi
04 February, 2016
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