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An Indian Municipal Corporation sanitation worker fumigates an area in Old Delhi as part of an anti-dengue fumigation drive to curb breeding sites for mosquitoes causing a dengue outbreak in New Delhi. Rajat Gupta / EPA -
A devotee from West Bengal seeks blessings from a sadhu (holy man) after performing rituals for the salvation of ancestors at Sangam on the second day of Pitru Paksha in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP -
Muslims offer prayers at the Jama Masjid during Eid al-Adha in New Delhi. Tsering Topgyal / AP Photo -
One of the twelve men, convicted of planning several blasts on crowded commuter trains in the financial capital of Mumbai in 2006, gestures as he is escorted by police to a court in Mumbai,. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters -
India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, South India. Arun Sankar / AP Photo -
A worker operates a lathe machine as he makes car parts inside a small scale manufacturing unit in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters -
Artisans install a giant idol of the Hindu goddess Durga ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters -
A leopard walks through a field after getting a pot stuck on its head in the Indian village of Sardul Kheda. AFP -
People stand during a loudspeaker competition ahead of the Hindu Dussehra festival in Allahabad . Sanjay Kanojia / AFP -
Devotees prepare to immerse an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo -
Inside India: October 1, 2015
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