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    Photos: New Year rings in annual headcount at London Zoo

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    Updated on Jan 4, 2020 11:06 IST
    An Asiatic lion during the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo in central London, England. Dusting off their clipboards, calculators and weighing scales, zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo have been busy at work, taking stock of the Zoo’s animal population as part of their annual audit. (Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP)6

    Photos: Indonesian rescuers hunt for missing after 53 killed in floods

    A woman looks at her belongings, sitting outside her house at a flooded residential area in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia. Rescuers mounted a renewed search on Friday for those missing after torrential rains unleashed flash floods and landslides, killing at least 53 people across the Jakarta region as authorities raced to prevent disease outbreaks. (Willy Kurniawan / REUTERS)11
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    Updated on Jan 4, 2020 09:54 IST

    Photos of the week: US kills top Iran General and Indonesia floods

    Burning debris seen on a road near Baghdad International Airport, which according to Iraqi paramilitary groups was caused by three rockets hitting the airport. The attack killed General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, and five others. (Iraqi Security Media Cell via REUTERS)20
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    Updated on Jan 4, 2020 09:53 IST

    Photos: Celebrating Savitribai Phule, a pioneer for women’s education

    Students of Ahilyadevi High School for Girls pose for a picture while attired like the social reformer Savitribai Phule on the eve of her 189th birth anniversary, at Shaniwar Peth, in Pune, Maharashtra. January 3 marks the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, who, along with her husband Jyotirao Phule, worked tirelessly towards creating platforms to educate people from the lower strata of society, in an era when caste-based discrimination was rampant in India. (Sanket Wankhade / HT Photo)9
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    Updated on Jan 3, 2020 15:20 IST

    Photos: Australia orders evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave

    People being evacuated from Mallacoota, Victoria state on a landing craft to MV Sycamore, during bushfire relief efforts. Australia authorised the forced evacuation of residents on Thursday amid a mass exodus of tourists from fire-ravaged coastal communities, as the country braces for a weekend heatwave expected to fan deadly bushfires. (Shane Cameron/ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY/AFP)10
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    Updated on Jan 3, 2020 11:59 IST

    Photos: Pune-based lawyer with cerebral palsy set to become judge

    Nikhil Prasad Baji, 31, and his mother at their residence at Navi Peth in Pune, Maharashtra. Baji, a city-based lawyer with cerebral palsy, cracked the civil judge junior division and judicial magistrate first-class exam conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) in 2019 and is set to become a judge. Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect balance, movement and muscle tone. (Sanket Wankhade / HT Photo)6
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    Updated on Jan 3, 2020 08:51 IST

    Photos: Ageing Japan resorts to vertical farming to increase productivity

    An employee inspects lettuce growing in a facility that uses vertical farming techniques, in Kyoto, Japan. Under artificial light and with barely any human intervention, 30,000 heads of lettuce grow daily inside this “vegetable factory”. Using the latest vertical farming techniques, this facility is part of a trend born out of necessity in Japan, where traditional farming faces a double threat from the ageing population and migration towards the cities. (Charly Triballeau / AFP)8
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    Updated on Jan 2, 2020 14:55 IST

    Photos: Zimbabwe set for another dismal year of drought, says UN

    An aerial view of herd boys pulling out an ox stuck in muddy waters in the drying Mabwematema dam, 20km North of Zvishavane. AFP reports that there has not been farming activities in the Mabwematema irrigation scheme during the past two cropping seasons and it has adversely affected a population of over 2000 villagers whose lives solely depend on the crop production in the region. (ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP)7
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    Updated on Jan 2, 2020 12:15 IST

    Photos: China’s incense makers toil ahead of Lunar New Year

    A worker covering incense sticks with coloured powder at the Fujian Xingquan Incense Factory in the city of Quanzhou in China's Fujian Province. Dozens of workers toil through the night coating thin lengths of bamboo in herbs, spices and richly coloured powders to create incense sticks that are spread out under the rising sun to dry. It is an important time of year for the villagers of Yongchun county, a mountainous area of south-eastern Fujian province that supplies much of the world’s incense. (Hector Retamal/AFP)10
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    Updated on Jan 2, 2020 08:03 IST

    Photos | Fireworks and prayers: New Year’s celebrations around the world

    People record fireworks on mobile phones at the Gateway of India on New Year's Day in . (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)15
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    Updated on Jan 1, 2020 11:03 IST

    Photos | Survival of the warmest: Homeless’ cold struggle

    People spending the night near a bus shelter near AIIMS, in New Delhi. Last week, as the city shivered at 2.4°C— lowest minimum temperature since 1996— and Delhiites put on extra layers, a large number of homeless people were forced to brave the cold by sleeping out in the streets, like always. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)8
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    Updated on Jan 1, 2020 10:55 IST

    Photos: Thousands of people trapped as fires encircle Australian towns

    Firefighters inspect the area as they battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales. Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on Tuesday as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land. (Saeed Khan/AFP)7
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    Updated on Dec 31, 2019 12:38 IST

    Photos: 2019 in review by Hindustan Times’ photographers

    A man takes photos as cyclone Fani makes landfall in Puri, Odisha, on May 3. Cyclone Fani, which barrelled through Odisha, claimed at least 64 lives and rendered over five lakh homeless. The coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal were also impacted by the cyclone. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)25
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    Updated on Dec 31, 2019 10:30 IST

    Photos: Dense fog engulfs Delhi, air and rail traffic disrupted

    A woman wraps herself in a shawl as she walks past a soldier during a Republic Day parade rehearsal on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi. “The day temperature till 1430 IST today has been unusual following the coldest trend with Safdarjung at 1430 IST at 9.4 degree Celsius and Palam at 9 degrees Celsius,” the weather department said in a statement. (Adnan Abidi / REUTERS)10
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    Updated on Dec 30, 2019 12:32 IST

    Photos: City dwellers in China turn to rural commune for a simpler life

    Chen Yan looks up as she paints on a hill during sunset at AnotherCommunity in Guanzhong village, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. The community was set by Tang Guanhua, 30, and his wife, Xing Zhen, 35, in late 2015. (Tingshu Wang / REUTERS)14
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    Updated on Dec 30, 2019 09:44 IST

    Mary Kom seals qualifier and anti-CAA protests continue: India this week

    Boxers Mary Kom and Nikhat Zareen during their 51 kg category finals bout of the women's boxing trials for Olympics 2020 qualifiers at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi. Mary Kom won the match. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)30
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    Updated on Dec 29, 2019 16:54 IST

    Photos: Migrants wander through Bosnia in Balkan winter

    A group of refugees walk their way under a blizzard as they attempt to enter the EU through Croatia in the mountains surrounding the town of Bihac, northwestern Bosnia. Bosnia’s notorious Vucjak camp may have closed down after an international outcry, but the plight of migrants stranded in the country while trying to reach Western Europe is far from over. (Manu Brabo / AP)7
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    Updated on Dec 29, 2019 07:46 IST

    Photos of the week: Australian bushfires and Kazakhstan plane crash

    NSW Rural Fire Service crew fight the Gospers Mountain Fire as it impacts a property at Bilpin, New South Wales, Australia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday apologised for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as deadly bushfires raged across several states, destroying homes and claiming the lives of two volunteer firefighters. (Dan Himbrechts / AP)22
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    Updated on Dec 28, 2019 14:28 IST

    Photos: Young democrats sweep pro-Beijing stronghold in Hong Kong

    Newly elected district councillors (from left) Lee Yue-Shun, Tat Cheng, Karrine Fu, Jason Chan, James Pui and Jocelyn Chau pose for a photo at the water front in front of the Eastern District Council building in Hong Kong, China. During elections for District Councils in November, the North Point neighbourhood that has long hewed to the pro-Beijing line of Hong Kong’s government unexpectedly switched sides. Pro-democratic candidates secured almost 90% of the seats, reports Reuters. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)18
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    Updated on Dec 28, 2019 14:19 IST

    Photos: Passionate Venezuelan football fans defy political divide

    Children play during a sports event organised by members of the Caracas FC soccer club, in Catia, one of the poorest slums in Caracas, Venezuela. When the Caracas Football Club plays, its supporters leave their ideological preferences and socioeconomic differences behind, joining together to support and take care of each other inside and outside the stadium. (Matias Delacroix / AP)10
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    Updated on Dec 27, 2019 15:51 IST

    Photos: Inside a sit-in protest against CAA in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh

    Local residents break their day-long fast as they attend a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi. Hundreds of men, women and children, have occupied the stretch of road at the area to protest against the CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC), reports Reuters. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)14
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    Updated on Dec 27, 2019 10:09 IST

    Photos: Community aid helps Lebanese reeling under economic crisis

    A volunteer serves food at a public Christmas dinner as part of an initiative to help those in need, at Martyrs’ Square, where anti-government activists are encamped in Beirut, Lebanon. The country is entering its third month of protests. (Maya Alleruzzo / AP)12
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    Updated on Dec 26, 2019 09:45 IST

    Photos: Prevailing tension fails to dampen the fervour of Christmas celebrations

    A man dressed as Santa Claus distributes candies to paramilitary soldiers outside the Holy Family Catholic church on Christmas in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. The miniscule Christian population of Kashmir celebrated Christmas with traditional enthusiasm and religious fervour as the devotees thronged churches for mass as special prayers were held for peace in the Valley. (Mukhtar Khan / AP)12
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    Updated on Dec 25, 2019 14:35 IST

    Photos: Elephants forced to contribute to Thailand’s tourism industry

    A chained elephant at the commercial Maetaeng Elephant Park in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. Separated from their mothers, jabbed with metal hooks, and sometimes deprived of food -- Thai elephants are tamed by force before being sold to lucrative tourism sites increasingly advertised as 'sanctuaries' to cruelty-conscious travellers. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)12
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    Updated on Dec 25, 2019 13:59 IST

    Photos: Injured students recount night of clashes and violence at AMU

    Tazeem Khan, 20, a third-year undergraduate in the Urdu department, at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), AMU. On December 15, when violence during a protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) turned violent in Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), AMU students were rounded by the police as they marched in solidarity with JMI. Khan and other students who were hiding inside a guest house were thrashed by the police, who called them “traitors”. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)10
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    Updated on Dec 24, 2019 14:21 IST

    Photos: Fishermen cry foul as China bids to fix its biggest freshwater lake

    An abandoned boats lie on the dried lake bed of Poyang Lake, in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province, China. After wading through mudflats, Fan Xinde, a 36-year-old fisherman, sifts old copper coins from the debris scooped from the bed of a dwindling river that feeds China’s biggest freshwater lake, the Poyang. (Aly Song / REUTERS)14
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    Updated on Dec 24, 2019 08:12 IST

    Photos: Portraits from the frontlines of worldwide protests

    Alex Munoz Fuentes, 47, an accountant, with a Chilean flag in Santiago, Chile. “People in the world are tired of injustice,” said Fuentes. “I don’t want anything given for free,” “But I know that in Chile the institutions, the law and the constitution are made to abuse the working classes. I want a new deal”. “Hong Kong is similar, the authorities are not thinking about people’s well-being... I have a fraternal hug for them.” (Jorge Silva / REUTERS)10
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    Updated on Dec 24, 2019 08:12 IST

    Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2019: Hemant Soren to lead Jharkhand after JMM-led alliance wins big

    JMM chief Hemant Soren, with father Shibu Soren, speaks to media ahead of the vote counting and Jharkhand Assembly Election Results. (Sunetra choudhary)6
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    Updated on Dec 23, 2019 11:57 IST

    Photos | The Tokyo taxi driver: Hospitality, unreserved attention

    Norihito Arima, a 33-year-old taxi driver working for Nihon Kotsu, one of the largest taxi companies in Japan, puts on white gloves in his taxi while getting ready to work. Very few countries deliver better service than Japan: in shops, in restaurants, or in taxis. It’s called “Omotenashi” and translates roughly as hospitality — or offering customers unreserved attention. (Jae C. Hong / AP)13
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    Updated on Dec 23, 2019 05:20 IST

    Photos: Brazil’s Amazon at a crossroads of preservation or development

    A logging truck without license plates carries the trunk of a giant tree on a dirt road away from Trairao National Forest in Trairao, Para state, Brazil. Night after night, truckers chug along the darkened road to their turn-off into the woods, where they deliver their cargo. By morning, the logs are laid out for hewing at the remote sawmill, its corrugated metal roof hardly visible from the highway. (Leo Correa / AP)14
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    Updated on Dec 22, 2019 10:57 IST
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