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A boy walks past the carcass of a male elephant suspected to have died after eating in a paddy field sprayed with pesticides in Nagaon district, northeastern state of Assam. Reuters -
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during curfew in Srinagar. Security forces fired tear gas and shotgun pellets to quell protesters in several places, as a security lockdown marred Eid festivities in the troubled region. Shops and businesses were closed, with a curfew in effect in the entire Kashmir Valley. Dar Yasin / AP Photo -
An artisan paints an idol of Lord Vishwakarma, the Hindu deity of architecture and machinery, inside a workshop ahead of the Vishwakarma festival in Kolkata. Rupak De Chowdhuri / Reuters -
An artist works on an art installation at a makeshift pandal made with wood, fiber, metal, bamboo and colored paper, under the theme 'Save the Environmment' by painter and sculptor Pradip Das, as part of the Durga Puja festival in Calcutta. Piyal Adhikary / EPA -
A policeman fires a teargas shell towards demonstrators during a protest against the recent killings in Kashmir. Danish Ismail / Reuters -
People cross a marshland area on the banks of the river Yaumna after flood waters receded at the Sangam area in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP -
Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at Feroz Shah Kotla fort in Delhi. Cathal McNaughton / Reuters -
A policeman raises his baton at a man who defied a curfew in Bengaluru, following violent protests after India's Supreme Court ordered Karnataka state to release water from the Cauvery river to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. Abhishek N. Chinnappa / Reuters -
Young Indian Muslim girls take a selfie with a mobile phone as they join prayers during Eid al-Adha in Kolkata. Bikas Das / AP Photo -
Inside India: September 15, 2016
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