Paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people queue up to vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, on Wednesday. Channi Anand/AP hide caption
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Medical professionals and students take part in a protest rally after the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata on August 21. India's Supreme Court on August 20 ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for health workers. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A poster shows U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on July 23, after President Biden stepped down as the Democratic Party nominee for president and endorsed Harris. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kamala Harris' presidential bid is being cheered on in her ancestral village in India
Vinesh Phogat of Team India (in red) defeated a trio of current or former champions on Tuesday — but after failing to make weight for her 50-kilogram bout on Wednesday, she was disqualified from the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics. She's seen here after her win over Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Team Cuba in Paris. Sarah Stier/Getty Images hide caption
Nita Ambani, wife of Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, arrives holding a lamp with an image of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha, for the wedding of their youngest son, Anant Ambani in Mumbai on Friday. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8. Sergei Karpukhin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Elections are happening all over the world. Aurelien Morissard/ Pool via AP; Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images; Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory signs as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in the country's general election, in New Delhi, on Tuesday. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People hold posters and candles outside a Mumbai church holding a memorial mass for the Indian rights activist and Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy on July 6, 2021. Swamy was detained for nine months without trial under Indian anti-terrorism laws, and died on July 5, 2021 ahead of a bail hearing, officials said. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Left: The Rev. Stan Swamy speaks to the camera in a video from 2020, shortly before he was arrested. Right: A person walks by a church where a memorial Mass was celebrated for Swamy, after his death in Mumbai, India, in July 2021. Screenshot by NPR/Mojo Story/Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
Senior leaders of the ruling BJP party hold an election campaign rally at a playground outside Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, in the second week of April. Voting took place in the remote northeastern Indian state on April 19. Omkar Khandekar/NPR hide caption
Alok Shukla walks across the Paturiyadand forest of Korba district in India's state of Chhattisgarh. Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of companies seeking to develop coal mines in forested areas. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A girl whose relative is missing speaks on the phone at the site of a collapsed billboard following heavy rain and thundershowers in Mumbai, India, on Monday. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
Worshippers and tourists sit on boats facing the bank of the Ganges River in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi to watch the Ganga Aarti, a ritual of devotion to the venerated river. Hindu priests wave fire as the sun sets, ring bells and tap on drums. Thousands watch, clap and chant along from boats crammed in the water. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Up and down the Ganges, India's Modi enjoys support after 10 years of rule
A banner that shows the late Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is displayed outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Sept. 18, 2023. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption
A worker separates bags of donated blood at a campaign organized by the Rotary Blood Bank in New Delhi, India. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sikhs hold a rally in Sacramento, California ahead of a March 31 referendum for independence. Sandhya Dirks/NPR hide caption
Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, shout protest slogans outside the office of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi, India, on Friday. Anti-corruption crusader and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal was arrested Thursday for suspected financial crimes. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption
Rahima Banu had the last recorded case of naturally occurring variola major smallpox, a deadly strain of the virus, in 1975. At left: Banu in her mother's arms as a small child. At right: Banu today, close to 50 years old, lives in a small village in Bangladesh with her husband, Rafiqul Islam, and their children. Michael Schwartz/CDC, Céline Gounder/KFF Health News hide caption
People listen to speeches delivered by political leaders during an election campaign rally, ahead of India's general election, in Tiruvannamalai, India, Wednesday. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters hide caption
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, the brand ambassador for the billion dollar company Patanjali Ayurved, addresses the media during a launch of "premium products" in New Delhi. Rahul Singh/ANI via Reuters Connect hide caption
Police escort men accused of allegedly raping a tourist to a district court in Dumka, in India's Jharkhand state, on March 4. The attack took place on March 1; the woman posted a video describing what happened on social media. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Indians raise their tied hands and shout slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Dec. 27, 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that critics say is discriminatory against Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader will seek a third term in office. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption