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    Photos: 43 dead in Anaj Mandi fire, Delhi’s worst blaze in 20 years

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    Updated on Dec 12, 2019 14:41 IST
    Noorjahan and Kalam look for their relatives at the Lok Nayak hospital on Sunday. Forty three people died in a massive fire that broke out in an illegal factory in north Delhi’s congested Anaj Mandi early on Sunday, the worst blaze in 20 years that exposed shoddy city planning and lax enforcement of fire safety rules in the national capital. Grieving relatives continue to throng the hospital to recover the bodies of their kin. (Amal KS / HT Photo)18

    Photos: Bosnia to close controversial migrant camp

    Migrants walk among tents as night falls over the improvised migrants camp “Vucjak”, in the outskirts of Northern-Bosnian town of Bihac. Bosnian authorities have begun to move several hundred migrants out of the ramshackle camp near the Croatian border following international condemnation of the site’s inhumane conditions. (Elvis Barukcic / AFP)8
    news
    Updated on Dec 12, 2019 12:56 IST

    Photos: Chile’s protest ‘front line’ -- heroes or vandals?

    A demonstrator wearing a helmet runs with a makeshift shield during a protest against the government in Santiago. Armed with clubs and shields, the “frontline” youth of Chile’s two-month-long protest movement are seen as heroes by some -- and vandals by others. Since the civil unrest broke out on October 18, Chile has become increasingly polarized in its view of those leading the demonstrations against President Sebastian Pinera’s government. (Martin BERNETTI / AFP)8
    news
    Updated on Dec 12, 2019 04:51 IST

    Photos: Wives deserted by runaway NRI husbands, seek justice in Punjab

    Women abandoned by runaway husbands, take part in an organised protest in Jalandhar, Punjab. They’re known as non-resident Indians, or NRIs. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called NRIs the “brand ambassadors of India.” But Indian government policy think tank Niti Aayog nicknamed them “non-reliable Indian grooms.” (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)14
    news
    Updated on Dec 11, 2019 11:07 IST

    Photos: Beleaguered DR Congo rainforest attacked on all sides

    Lush rainforest covers millions of hectares of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a central part of Earth’s natural defence against global warming -- but it is under severe threat from a perfect storm of mismanagement and corruption. An array of global and local NGOs are in a tense fight to save the rainforest, which lost an area twice the size of Luxembourg last year alone, according to Global Forest Watch. (ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)9
    news
    Updated on Dec 11, 2019 07:59 IST

    Photos: Brazil milks deadly snakes for their life-saving venom

    An expert extracts venom from a rattlesnake at the Butantan Institute -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its distribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Nearly 29,000 people were bitten in 2018 and more than 100 died, official figures show. (CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)9
    news
    Updated on Dec 11, 2019 04:25 IST

    Photos: Ukraine war prisoners struggle to rebuild lives

    Olga poses with a window frame in a park in Kyiv, Ukraine. After being snatched by pro-separatist militias from her hometown of Alchevsk in August 2014, Olga survived three mock executions and was rescued by her girlfriend 10 days later. In the five years that eastern Ukraine has been embroiled in bloodshed, between 3,000 and 10,000 people, according to different estimates, survived unlawful detentions and captivity. (Zoya Shu / AP)10
    news
    Updated on Dec 10, 2019 10:58 IST

    Photos: Caring alone for two small girls, Texas father grapples with loss

    Zayleeana Tiemann, who recently turned 3, tries on her backpack before her first day of school in Seguin, Texas. Zak Tiemann picked up his daughters from school early this Halloween. They were beaming with excitement as they donned their “Frozen” costumes and went trick-or-treating in their small hometown. But for their 34-year old father family occasions have been bittersweet. The girls’ mother, Amanda Garcia, died three years ago just days after giving birth to Zayleeana. She was 26 years old. (Callaghan O'Hare / REUTERS)8
    news
    Updated on Dec 10, 2019 07:17 IST

    Photos: Australia prepares for more fires as extreme temperatures predicted

    NSW Rural Fire Service crews protect properties on Waratah Road and Kelyknack Road as the Three Mile fire approaches Mangrove Mountain, Australia. Thousands of firefighters were fortifying containment lines on Monday as temperatures were forecast to soar, increasing the danger of a fresh wave of bushfires across Australia’s east coast. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts/via REUTERS)7
    news
    Updated on Dec 10, 2019 04:43 IST

    Photos: Last of Delhi’s gramophone mechanics

    Rais Ahmad seen working at his workshop at Chawari bazar in New Delhi. Rais Ahmad’s first-floor workshop in the walled city is a charming musical mess. The dimly-lit small room, which exudes an old-world charm, is choc-a-bloc with wind-up gramophones of brands such as HMV, Columbia, Thorens, some of which are more than 100 years old. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)6
    news
    Updated on Dec 9, 2019 07:45 IST

    Photos: Namibia vows to change ‘status-quo’ of white-farm ownership

    Women work on a vegetable garden on a plot part of reclaimed land on the outskirts of Ovitoto settlement in the Okahandja district area, Namibia. Vibrant rows of neatly lined plants grow on a patch once trampled by the cattle of a large commercial farm run by a family of German descent in Namibia. From that 2,400 square-metre rectangle of sand in the northern Otjozondjupa region, Kornelius Hamasab, 69, now produces spinach, onions and tomatoes. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)7
    news
    Updated on Dec 8, 2019 11:47 IST

    P Chidambaram gets bail from SC and Navy Day celebrations: India this week: India this week

    Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram comes out of Tihar Jail after he was granted bail by Supreme Court in the INX Media money laundering case, in New Delhi. Chidambaram was released after 106 days in the prison. (Amal KS / HT Photo)30
    news
    Updated on Dec 8, 2019 09:56 IST

    Photos| HTLS 2019: Mahua Moitra and MPs, Manish Malhotra and Arvind Kejriwal cap Day 2

    On the Telangana encounter and support for it, “People are getting impatient with legal delays. The faith of ordinary people on law because of this is eroding rapidly,” Congress leader Manish Tewari. “There is a need for speedy justice. Because, justice delayed is justice denied. But, we can’t be okay with this blood lust. This is not the right thing. This is not jungle raj,” said TMC MP Mahua Moitra. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)10
    htls
    Updated on Dec 7, 2019 12:32 IST

    Photos| HTLS 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Capt Amarinder Singh start Day 2

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began the day in conversation with R Sukumar, Editor-in-chief, Hindustan Times. “The vision of the government translates into several things, like every citizen has a home, every family has a toilet, and every citizen is healthy. The vision is what it means to an ordinary citizen,” said FM Sitharaman. “The govt’s vision is homes, energy and skills,” she said. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)9
    htls
    Updated on Dec 7, 2019 07:54 IST

    Photos of the week: Messi’s sixth Ballon d’Or and pension reform strike in France

    Barcelona’s Lionel Messi with his record six Ballon d’Or trophies during this year’s award ceremonies at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France. (Christian Hartmann / REUTERS)25
    news
    Updated on Dec 7, 2019 03:53 IST

    Photos| HTLS 2019: Heston Blumenthal, Michael Phelps and Kareena Kapoor cap Day 1

    The day’s second half began with Chef Heston Blumenthal speaking to Chef Sarah Todd. Blumenthal said there is no cooking without imagination. “We eat too much food, if we were more mindful, we will eat less. Next time, you have red wine picture, someone who fills you with happiness and have a sip. Then picture someone who fills you with hate and take another sip. It tastes completely different,” said the celebrity chef. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)10
    htls
    Updated on Dec 6, 2019 14:19 IST

    Photos| HTLS 2019: Narendra Modi, K M Birla, Cdr Abhilash Tomy open Day 1

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi beginning the day with the inaugural address said, “conversations lay the foundation for a better tomorrow. They are a way forward for any society. They provide the impetus to march forward.” On Article 370, the PM said that its “repeal gave a ray of hope for a better tomorrow. The decision was taken for the betterment of Kashmir.” (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)9
    htls
    Updated on Dec 6, 2019 08:46 IST

    Photos: New York’s ‘island of the dead’ to welcome more of the living

    White stones mark burial sites at the Potter's field on Hart Island, in New York. Once completely off-limits, the islet has for over a century been run by the US prisons department, which heavily restricts access. Relatives are only allowed to visit on two designated days a month, while correctional officers escort media there just twice a year. (Don Emmert / AFP)9
    news
    Updated on Dec 6, 2019 04:04 IST

    Photos: It’s all about renting among Indian millennials

    A vehicle from an online furniture and appliance rental company arrives at an apartment to deliver products to a customer. At 29, Spandan Sharma doesn’t own a flat, a car, or even a chair -- one of a growing number of Indian millennials have opted to rent everything from furniture to phones. “Millennials in my age bracket want freedom and earlier what was seen as stability is now seen as a sign of being tied down,” Sharma said. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)6
    news
    Updated on Dec 5, 2019 11:17 IST

    Photos: Spearfishing in Jamaica under the moonlit sea in eerie silence

    Nicholas Bingham stands at the water’s edge before jumping in to go spearfishing. The warm tropical air gently pushes waves against the concrete steps leading down a cliff and into the ocean — the jumping-off point tonight for night spearfishermen in the small village of Stewart Town on Jamaica’s north shore. Down those same steps is where some of these men learned to swim as young boys. (David Goldman / AP)12
    news
    Updated on Dec 5, 2019 06:52 IST

    Photos: Mass slaughter of animals at Nepal’s Gadhimai Mela despite outcry

    Devotees raise their sacrificial blades as the sacrificial ceremony of the “Gadhimai Mela” festival begins at Bariyarpur, Nepal. The five-yearly festival, believed to be the world’s biggest animal sacrifice at one place, began on Tuesday in the presence of a huge number of pilgrims from India, amid protests by animal activists. Though the month-long festival started on November 17, the main sacrifice days were on December 3 and 4. (Navesh Chitrakar / REUTERS)14
    news
    Updated on Dec 5, 2019 04:31 IST

    Photos: Residents return to rubble after IS losses in east Afghanistan

    Afghan security forces take part in an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Achin district of Nangarhar province on November 25, 2019. The IS “fighters committed a lot of atrocities”, Malik, 55, told AFP shortly after the Afghan army dislodged the jihadists from her home district of Achin, following weeks of house-to-house fighting, shelling and US air strikes. (Noorullah Shirzada / AFP)12
    news
    Updated on Dec 5, 2019 04:31 IST

    Photos: Typhoon Kammuri cuts across Philippines disrupting travel, work

    A view of a devastated area after Typhoon Kammuri hit Camalig town on December 3. Typhoon Kammuri killed at least ten people as it exited the Philippines, leaving behind torn roofs of houses and forcing the international airport in Manila to shut down. The storm roared ashore late Monday and passed south of Manila -- home to 13 million people -- and thousands of athletes at the regional Southeast Asian Games. (Nino Luces / REUTERS)11
    news
    Updated on Dec 4, 2019 08:19 IST

    Photos: A resolute man’s blind stumble along Delhi’s streets

    Vinod Kumar Sharma, 44, a visually impaired person stands at the entrance of his home in Asaoti, Haryana. Tapping his white cane, Vinod Kumar Sharma spends four hours a day running the gauntlet of crowded trains and New Delhi’s congested, potholed and often pavement-less roads. (Xavier Galiana / AFP)11
    lifestyle
    Updated on Dec 4, 2019 06:53 IST

    Photos: Albania quake breaks open homes, leaving lives exposed

    Dust rises from the falling parts of a destroyed building during an aftershock in Thumane, western Albania. The 6.4-magnitude quake that hit Albania’s Adriatic coast before dawn on Tuesday last week has left at least 51 people dead, around 2,000 others injured and about 4,000 people homeless. (Petros Giannakouris / AP)11
    news
    Updated on Dec 3, 2019 08:54 IST

    Photos: Toxic foam causes pollution hazard at Chennai’s Marina Beach

    Children play in toxic foam at Marina Beach in Chennai. A menacing white foam covered one of India’s most famous beaches in Chennai for the fourth straight day on Monday, creating a new pollution hazard for the country. (ANI)7
    news
    Updated on Dec 3, 2019 06:37 IST

    Photos: Volunteers take on the plastic waste tide along Aegean coast

    Volunteer divers retrieve rusted shopping carts from the sea in the port of the Ionian island of Zakynthos. Dressed in her protective wetsuit and scuba gear, Antigone Kouteri jumped into the murky waters of Zakynthos harbour in search of plastics -- and promptly snagged her arm on a submerged object. “It was a tyre,” offered her patrol mate Efthymis, coming up with a discarded beer bottle. “My treat!” he jibed. (Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)11
    news
    Updated on Dec 3, 2019 06:37 IST

    Photos: The Delhi policemen keeping crime scenes alive

    A crime photographer is seen at work, in New Delhi. A team of policemen were busy investigating the vehicle when a tall man, dressed in formals arrived, cameras slung from his shoulders. He cautiously took his position, aimed at the vehicle and clicked away. He is part of the Delhi Police’s 60-member crime-scene photographers’ team that photographs everything from the untouched crime spot to important objects and documents associated with a crime. (HT Photo)8
    news
    Updated on Dec 2, 2019 10:45 IST

    Photos: Rising seas signal early end for sinking Philippine village

    Bamboo huts are risen on stilts in the submerged coastal island Sitio Pariahan, Bulakan, Bulacan, north of Manila, Philippines. Sitio Pariahan, about 17 km north of Manila, is sinking about 4 cm (1.5 inches) every year, owing largely to land subsidence from the population’s overuse of groundwater, according to experts. (REUTERS)13
    news
    Updated on Dec 2, 2019 07:34 IST

    Photos: Bolivia’s wrestling Cholitas back in the ring after unrest

    Ana Luisa Yujra (L), aka “Jhenifer Two Faces” and Lidia Flores, aka “Dina, The Queen of the Ring”, members of the Fighting Cholitas, fight at Sharks of the Ring wrestling club in El Alto, Bolivia. The crowd of elderly men, young women and parents with small children heckle and hurled insults as the wrestlers, wearing traditional “pollera” skirts and long braids, put on a chaotic show that often spills outside the ring. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)8
    news
    Updated on Dec 2, 2019 04:59 IST
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