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Saturday
Kamala Harris' presidential bid is being cheered on in her ancestral village in India
Tuesday
Relatives and volunteers carry bodies on stretchers at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in northern India on Tuesday. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering killed more than 120 and left scores injured, officials said.
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Monday
Ansar Khan, 40, whose six-month-old daughter died on late May. He blames the extreme heat.
Ansar Khan
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How people in India's capital city of New Delhi are coping with the heat
Tuesday
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
Friday
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
Saturday
Monday
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
Monday
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
Thursday
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
Friday
Butter chicken as served at the Moti Mahal restaurant in New Delhi in January 2024. The dish is the subject of a lawsuit over who has bragging rights as the originator. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Butter chicken as served at the Moti Mahal restaurant in New Delhi in January 2024. The dish is the subject of a lawsuit over who has bragging rights as the originator. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Who cooked up butter chicken? A court seeks the answer. Plus: Madhur Jaffrey's recipe
Monday
At a registration center in Lucknow, Indian men submit their data, as recruiters seek thousands of skilled laborers to work in Israel. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Saturday
Indian men line up at a registration office set up in a technical college in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, where they hope to sign up to work in Israel. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
With Palestinian laborers shut out of Israel, Indian workers line up for jobs there
Monday
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs rituals during the opening of a temple dedicated to Hinduism's Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, Monday. Press Information Bureau/AP hide caption
India's Modi inaugurates a long-promised but controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya
Sunday
Building cranes tower over a new Hindu temple that will be consecrated with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance on Monday. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
India's Modi to inaugurate Hindu temple in Ayodhya, where rioters destroyed a mosque
Wednesday
Indian lawmakers sit on the stairs of the Parliament building in protest against the suspension of lawmakers, in New Delhi, Tuesday. Dozens of opposition lawmakers were suspended on Monday after they held a protest demanding the home minister give a statement on the security breach in parliament earlier this month. AP hide caption
Tuesday
Pushkar Singh Dhami (right), chief minister of Uttarakhand state, greeting a worker rescued from the site of the collapsed tunnel. AP hide caption