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  1. India's Abhishek Sharma celebrates his hundred against England by raising his bat and helmet

  2. India's Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman wearing an eggshell coloured saree with a golden border with black prints and a red blouse poses for a photograph with a red packet with India's emblem on it as she leaves the ministry of finance to present the annual budget at the parliament in New Delhi on February 1, 2025.

  3. Indian tiger

  4. A photo of Kaikeyi Devi who saw her husband get trampled in front of her eyes

  5. Virat Kohli of India bats during day two of the Fifth Men's Test Match in the series between Australia and India at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 04, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

  6. Hindu pilgrims stand inside a lost and found centre after they lost their relatives in crowds during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India on January 28, 2025.

  7. Image shows Hindu devotees taking a dip and pray ahead of the second sacred bathing ritual during the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, 28 January 2025

  8. A Hindu devotee holds his son as they leave after a deadly stampede before the second "Shahi Snan" (royal bath) at the "Maha Kumbh Mela"

  9. Samira Hussain at the site of the festival at night is seen next to a photo of Vikas Pandey at the site at dawn

  10. Two men holding a silver plate. On the left a man in a grey suit with a red tie, on the right a man in black suit, black tie and glasses. The photo is taken in front of a presentation.

  11. BBC reporter Samira Hussain

  12. A pilgrim weeps outside the hospital after a stampede during Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025.

  13. BBC reporter at Kumbh Mela

  14. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue listens to hearings for independent commission probing alleged foreign interference in Canadian elections. She holds a pen up to her mouth. Behind her is a Canadian flag. Her expression is attentive.

  15. Elderly couple at India's Kumbh mela

  16. Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020

  17. Nine girls from the kabaddi club standing in a V formation with their arms crossed, looking into the camera. Meena is at the front with four girls on each side fanning out behind her. They are wearing brightly coloured sports shirts.

  18. Sundarban mother holding image of her drowned son

  19. People wearing caps and mufflers fill water in their buckets and drums from a public water tanker in the Rajouri district.

  20. usting tanks inside the now derelict Union Carbide factory compound. These tanks used to store methyl isocyanide, the toxic chemical that leaked on December 23, 1984 killing at least 5,000 people in the following 72 hours and many thousands more subsequently

  21. Indian locomotive-hauled train travelling left to right on embankment with green verge in Maharashtra state

  22. Indian artist MF Husain wearing a black jacket with white shirt and a black hat poses in front of one of his paintings in Raan bar at the O2 Arena on July 3, 2007 in London

    • BBC World Service

  24. Students and citizens hold various posters during a rally in Kolkata, India, on September 1, 2024, demanding punishment for the accused involved in the rape and murder of a second-year PGT doctor at RG Kar Medical College, and also the resignation of the current Chief Minister and Health Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Photo by Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto via Getty Images)