Tribute: Danish, now, above the line of fire

Pulitzer Prize winning Reuters' photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed in in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar, Afghanistan, while he was embedded with Afghan Special Forces on a combat-and-rescue m...

Jul 16, 2021, 18:59 IST2 min
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<p class="Body">A mass cremation of victims who died due to Covid-19, is seen in this ariel view of a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. Picture taken with a drone.</p>
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<p class="Body">Rakesh Tikait, a leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union, one of the largest farmers" unions, is helped onto the stage at a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part o...
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<p class="Body"><span>Reena Jani, 34, an accredited&nbsphealth worker&nbspreadies to travel to a&nbspCommunity Health Centre to receive Covishield vaccine, in Pendajam village in Koraput, I...
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<p class="Body">A protester wears a mask during a Human Rights Day march, organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, in Hong Kong, on December 8, 2019.</p>
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<p class="Body">A member of the Iraqi Federal Police throws a hand grenade during clashes with the Islamic State fighters in western Mosul, Iraq, April 29, 2017.</p>
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<p>An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, on September 11, 2017...
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<p>A Hindu devotee holds up his clothes after taking a dip in the river Ganges in Devprayag, India, on March 29, 2017.</p>
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<p>A couple with their families and friends pay their respects to the bronze statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, before getting married in Pyongyang, North Korea, Septe...
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<p>Kantabai More (R), 65, helps her classmate Anusuya Kokedar (3rd L), 65, as she writes on a slate at Aajibaichi Shaala (Grandmothers" School) in Fangane village, India, on February 15, 20...
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<p>A group of men chanting pro-Hindu slogans beat Mohammad Zubair, 37, during protests sparked by a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India, on February 24, 2020. In February, competing pro...
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<p>A balloon seller waits for customers as people visit India Gate during the monsoon rains in New Delhi, India, on July 17, 2019.</p>
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<p>An unidentified man brandishes a gun at protesters gathered against the new citizenship law outside the Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India, on January 30, 2020.</p>
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<p>Beachgoers stroll as a boy practices somersaulting on a beach in Mumbai, India, on July 12, 2018</p>
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<p>A partial solar eclipse is seen from New Delhi, India, on June 21, 2020.</p>
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<p>Danish Siddiqui, in his words, when he last got "a 15 minute break after almost 15 hours of back to back missions".</p>
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