• An Indian girl waits by a roadside eatery in a neighborhood in New Delhi, India. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    An Indian girl waits by a roadside eatery in a neighborhood in New Delhi, India. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • A female Hindu pilgrim dries a saree after taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A female Hindu pilgrim dries a saree after taking a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • An Indian Border Security Force woman commando runs from thick smoke during an excercise at the Kharkan Training Camp at Hoshiarpur, India. Shammi Mehra / AFP
    An Indian Border Security Force woman commando runs from thick smoke during an excercise at the Kharkan Training Camp at Hoshiarpur, India. Shammi Mehra / AFP
  • Indian devotees perform rituals at the Bay of Bengal as they visit Sagar Island during the Gangasagar Fair, Eastern India. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    Indian devotees perform rituals at the Bay of Bengal as they visit Sagar Island during the Gangasagar Fair, Eastern India. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • Indian Hindu devotees arrive during a cold and foggy morning to take a holy dip for the Makar Sankranti festival at Sangam in Allahabad, India. Saniay Kanoiia / AFP
    Indian Hindu devotees arrive during a cold and foggy morning to take a holy dip for the Makar Sankranti festival at Sangam in Allahabad, India. Saniay Kanoiia / AFP
  • Hindu pilgrims prepare to take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    Hindu pilgrims prepare to take a dip at the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A Hindu man cools off in the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal, ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A Hindu man cools off in the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal, ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Indian school girls in traditional punjabi dress toss puffed rice, peanuts and popcorn into a bonfire on the eve of the Lohri festival in Amritsar, India. Narinder Nanu / AFP
    Indian school girls in traditional punjabi dress toss puffed rice, peanuts and popcorn into a bonfire on the eve of the Lohri festival in Amritsar, India. Narinder Nanu / AFP
  • Hindu pilgrims pray behind burning oil lamps ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    Hindu pilgrims pray behind burning oil lamps ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Women labourers work at the construction site of a road in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    Women labourers work at the construction site of a road in Kolkata, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • Boys tie their boats as fog covers the banks of the Yamuna river on a cold evening in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, India. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
    Boys tie their boats as fog covers the banks of the Yamuna river on a cold evening in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, India. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
  • A Hindu devotee offers prayers after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, during the Makar Sankranti festival in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    A Hindu devotee offers prayers after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, during the Makar Sankranti festival in Allahabad, India. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A Hindu pilgrim jumps over a water stream on a beach along the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    A Hindu pilgrim jumps over a water stream on a beach along the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal on the occasion of Makar Sankranti festival at Sagar Island, India. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters

Inside India: January 15, 2015


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