Villagers brave slippery terrain to collect water due to an extreme water shortage in winter, in Lahaul and Spiti.
Glimpses of how Indians are coping with the pandemic.
Some say the traditional Indian kindness these days has been replaced with hate and suspicion of one another.
In the darkness, in the middle of cold winter nights in the national capital, soldiers from the Indian Army, the Indian Air Force, the Indian Navy and troopers from the paramilitary forces rehearse for Republic Day 2022.
A train chugs through the snow-covered railway track, after heavy snowfall, at Qazigund, in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, January 6, 2022.
As the possibility of a COVID-19 third wave escalates by the day, Indians continue their relentless battle against the virus.
A task synonym of moving mountains is done every winter by Border Road Organisation(BRO) of IndiaIn below freezing temperatures, in the most difficult terrain, Border Road Organisation personnel clear snow many, many times every winter to keep the world's highest motorable roads open during the heavy snow season.
Bindu Ammini was one of the two women who entered the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala in January 2019 after the Supreme Court vedict permitted the entry of women of all ages into the shrine.
Camel herders ride their camels in the shallow part of the Ganga river at Vindhyachal dham in Mirzapur, January 4, 2022.
The Border Roads Organisation kept the pass open beyond December 31 for the first time.
Home to 12 million Uyghurs, who are Muslim, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has been the target of the Chinese Communist party's worst human rights excesses.
Health workers brave a blizzard and dense snow in Kullu, January 4, 2021, to vaccinate teenagers against COVID-19.
Hordes of Indians frequent temples, markets, bazaars regardless of the consequences.
A rush of devotees at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on Saturday morning caused a stampede, killing 12 people and injuring 20 others.
As India celebrated the advent of a new year in the cosy comfort of their homes, Border Security Force personnel maintained a strict vigil against the nation's enemies in thick snow in the Kashmir Valley.
Images that capture what it was like living through 2021.
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