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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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"

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

  6. 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.

  7. BBC reporter Samira Hussain

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

  9. BBC reporter at Kumbh Mela

  10. 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.

  11. Elderly couple at India's Kumbh mela

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. Sundarban mother holding image of her drowned son

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

  16. 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

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

  18. 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

  20. 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)

  21. MUMBAI, INDIA - OCTOBER 28: Saif Ali Khan attends the IMDb Portrait Studio at the 2023 Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on October 28, 2023 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Anurag Kabbur for IMDb/Getty Images)

  22. A black and white photo of Irawati Karve

    • BBC World Service

  24. Aditi Ashok