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Participants aboard a large Christmas tree float interact with spectators during the 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
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World of photos, November 25, 2023

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

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Arundhati Roy protests in New Delhi on October 4. Police had arrested  the editor of a news website and one of its administrators after raiding the homes of journalists working for the site, which has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.

Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy faces prosecution in India

Roy faces prosecution under laws relating to promoting enmity, over a speech she gave 13 years ago about the Kashmir region.

  • Sakshi Dayal
A Kashmiri fisherman casts his net during sunset on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.
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World of Photos - September 3rd, 2023

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An Indian paramilitary soldier keeps guard outside the main telephone exchange building in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir during the 18-month ban on high speed internet services.

Internet blackouts: The deadly consequences of state control tactic

Technology expert warns communication shutdowns are ‘more prevalent than previously thought’.

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Exchanging fire often in recent months, India and Pakistan's militaries said in a rare joint statement they had agreed to a ceasefire on the Kashmir border.

India and Pakistan agree to stop cross-border firing

Exchanging fire often in recent months, India and Pakistan's militaries said in a rare joint statement they had agreed to a ceasefire on the Kashmir border.

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An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir in September 2020.

Pakistani, Indian militaries agree to stop firing in Kashmir

India and Pakistan’s militaries have agreed to stop firing along their disputed border in Kashmir - a move that would be a major step in defusing tensions in the highly militarised Himalayan region.

  • Munir Ahmed
Villagers drink tea Kashmir's northern district of Bandipora.

Hope sinks in Kashmir as COVID compounds India crackdown

Once a hub for both Western and Indian tourists, Kashmir has been reeling for more than a year. First, India brought in security forces. Then the coronavirus struck.

  • Emily Schmall
Kashmiris assemble near a house damaged after a gunbattle in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Wednesday.

Fighting erupts in Kashmir as 'land grab' law kicks in

Two suspected rebels have been killed during a gunfight that erupted shortly after scores of counter-insurgency police and soldiers launched an operation in Kashmir.

  • Joe Wallen and Samaan Lateef
A Kashmiri woman requests a police officer to let her cross a street during curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Tuesday.

Curfew for Kashmir ahead of anniversary of loss of autonomy

The administration announced a 48-hour curfew in capital Srinagar fearing violent protests from separatists.

  • Archana Chaudhary

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