• A child cools himself at a fountain near India Gate in New Delhi. Money Sharma / AFP
    A child cools himself at a fountain near India Gate in New Delhi. Money Sharma / AFP
  • Tea garden workers carry sacks of tea leaves at Fatikchera tea garden estate on the outskirts of Agartala. Jayanta Dey / Reuters
    Tea garden workers carry sacks of tea leaves at Fatikchera tea garden estate on the outskirts of Agartala. Jayanta Dey / Reuters
  • A labourer works on a salt pan on a hot summer afternoon in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
    A labourer works on a salt pan on a hot summer afternoon in Mumbai. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
  • Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan look on during a press conference to promote her upcoming film "Sarbjit" in Ahmadabad. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo
    Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan look on during a press conference to promote her upcoming film "Sarbjit" in Ahmadabad. Ajit Solanki / AP Photo
  • Labourer's speak on wireless phones in an alley outside a local telephone booth in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
    Labourer's speak on wireless phones in an alley outside a local telephone booth in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters
  • A Kashmiri man sleeps in a boat along the algae-covered Anchar Lake in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
    A Kashmiri man sleeps in a boat along the algae-covered Anchar Lake in Srinagar. Danish Ismail / Reuters
  • A man pulls the front body of a mini-truck on a camel cart in Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
    A man pulls the front body of a mini-truck on a camel cart in Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters
  • Supporters of India's opposition Congress party try to break through police barricades while marching towards Indian Parliament during a protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
    Supporters of India's opposition Congress party try to break through police barricades while marching towards Indian Parliament during a protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri / AP Photo
  • A child vendor cools himself and his watermelons as he waits for customers on a hot afternoon in Jammu, the capital of Kashmir. Jaipal Singh / EPA
    A child vendor cools himself and his watermelons as he waits for customers on a hot afternoon in Jammu, the capital of Kashmir. Jaipal Singh / EPA
  • A child cries as he watches an Indian artist dressed as a monkey as he performs during the Amritsar heritage festival in Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
    A child cries as he watches an Indian artist dressed as a monkey as he performs during the Amritsar heritage festival in Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • Hindu holy men perform Pinda Daan, a ritual on the banks of Shipra river during Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
    Hindu holy men perform Pinda Daan, a ritual on the banks of Shipra river during Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters
  • Parents Mohinder Singh Gill (R), 79, and Daljinder Kaur, 70, hold their newborn baby boy Arman at their home in Amritsar. An Indian woman who gave birth at the age of 70 said she was not too old to become a first-time mother, adding that her life was now complete. Daljinder Kaur gave birth last month to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in the northern state of Haryana with her 79-year-old husband. Narinder Nanu / AFP
    Parents Mohinder Singh Gill (R), 79, and Daljinder Kaur, 70, hold their newborn baby boy Arman at their home in Amritsar. An Indian woman who gave birth at the age of 70 said she was not too old to become a first-time mother, adding that her life was now complete. Daljinder Kaur gave birth last month to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in the northern state of Haryana with her 79-year-old husband. Narinder Nanu / AFP

Inside India: May 12, 2016


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