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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, m…
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Shock in India after man takes remains of his sister to bank to prove her death
Jitu Munda says he was refused access to money in case highlighting ‘lack of humanity’ in Indian bureaucracyTh…
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Buzkashi horsemen battling for a headless goat: Todd Antony’s best photograph
‘Buzkashi is a brutal sport that dates back to Genghis Khan. These Tajikistan players are trying to grab the b…
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Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of peop…
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Indian billionaire’s son offers to house Pablo Escobar’s hippos at his private zoo
Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to India…
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Sri Lanka police arrest 22 Buddhist monks after 110kg of cannabis found in luggage
Customs officials say group allegedly hid 5kg of ‘kush’ in false walls of bags on return from Bangkok holidayT…
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Afghanistan says Pakistani strikes kill seven and wound 85 in first attack since peace talks
Pakistan officials dismiss Afghan media reports and official statements about strikes on university in Kunar p…
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Weather tracker: Torrential rain in southern China leads to flooding fears
Heatwaves reach 45C across India as unseasonably cold weather affects parts of central CanadaWidespread heavy …
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Trump cancels his envoys’ Pakistan trip for Iran ceasefire negotiations
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were to travel to Islamabad to attempt to revive ceasefire negotiationsDonald …
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Ice block stalls hundreds of Everest climbers at base camp
Officials assessing route after serac between base camp and camp one deemed unstable and too risky for climber…
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India voices anger after Trump shares comments calling it a ‘hellhole’
Foreign ministry says remarks of conservative podcast host Michael Savage that were shared by US president wer…
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Take action over officials in Kyrgyzstan ‘helping Russia evade sanctions’, MPs and peers say
British foreign secretary told to impose new measures as ruble-pegged cryptocurrency A7A5 is supported in coun…
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‘They tore up everything’: the wolf hunters of Kyrgyzstan – in pictures
In the remote village of Ottuk, men protect their precious sheep by heading into the mountains. Luke Oppenheim…
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‘Lawrence is karma’: the gangster who became an icon of Modi’s India
Lawrence Bishnoi has been in high-security custody for more than a decade. During that time, he has been linke…
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Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democrac…