• A woman with her pet monkey asks for alms from a couple sitting on the seafront in Mumbai. Punit Paranjpe / AFP
    A woman with her pet monkey asks for alms from a couple sitting on the seafront in Mumbai. Punit Paranjpe / AFP
  • Thousands of Hindu devotees gather to perform rituals at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on new moon day, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Thousands of Hindu devotees gather to perform rituals at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on new moon day, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A villager rides a bicycle on a cold and foggy afternoon in a village near Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
    A villager rides a bicycle on a cold and foggy afternoon in a village near Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • Members of a wedding band warm themselves around a fire on a cold and rain day in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
    Members of a wedding band warm themselves around a fire on a cold and rain day in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP
  • Farmers burn off their rice paddy fields to prepare for the next cycle of crops in Disangmukh, Sivasagar. AFP
    Farmers burn off their rice paddy fields to prepare for the next cycle of crops in Disangmukh, Sivasagar. AFP
  • A policeman directs traffic in front of the Central Secretariat and Parliament buildings in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
    A policeman directs traffic in front of the Central Secretariat and Parliament buildings in New Delhi. Chandan Khanna / AFP
  • State government workers clean a huge statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ahead on his 119th birthday celebrations in the eastern city of Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
    State government workers clean a huge statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ahead on his 119th birthday celebrations in the eastern city of Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA
  • Hindu devotees walk across a pontoon bridge to arrive at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on new moon day, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    Hindu devotees walk across a pontoon bridge to arrive at the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, on new moon day, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • A migrant laborer sleeps on a pavement next his handcart in Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
    A migrant laborer sleeps on a pavement next his handcart in Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo
  • Soldiers practice a march ahead of Republic Day in New Delhi. Saurabh Das / AP Photo
    Soldiers practice a march ahead of Republic Day in New Delhi. Saurabh Das / AP Photo
  • A Kashmmiri Muslim woman watches from the window of her house as Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik leads a rally in Maisuma area of Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA
    A Kashmmiri Muslim woman watches from the window of her house as Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik leads a rally in Maisuma area of Srinagar. Farooq Khan / EPA

Inside India: January 22, 2015


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