An Indian Nihang (religious Sikh warrior) shows off his skills during a procession from the Sikh Shrine Gurudwara Lohgarh Sahib to Gurudwara San Sahib at village Basarke, India. Narinder Nanu / AFP
Indian relatives react as they stand near to the bodies of labourers recovered from the rubble of a construction site in Secunderabad. Two construction laourers died and one was injured when the wall of an under-construction building collapsed. Noah Seelam / AFP
Supporters of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam burn portraits of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a protest in New Delhi, India. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo
Kashmiri government employees demonstrate as riot police spray purple-dyed water cannon during a protest in Srinagar, India. Rouf Bhat / AFP
An Indian veterinary worker feeds rescued emus at the Asha Foundation and animal shelter at Hathijan village, nr Ahmedabad, India. Sam Panthaky / AFP
An Indian policeman approaches to beat Kashmiri government employees during a protest in Srinagar, India. Mukhtar Khan / AP Photo
Four-year-old Manjunath takes a bath while sitting inside a bucket outside his house in a slum in Mumbai, India. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters
Security personnel and rescue members stand next to damaged coaches of a passenger train after a collision in Khalilabad in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Stringer / Reuters
Indian police secure the site of clashes between two groups during which shops and vechiles were set alight in the Gomptipur area of Ahmedabad, India. Sam Panthaky / AFP
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