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A Kashmiri woman stands outside of an immunization clinic with her baby in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. The clinic gives free immunization shots to area residents.
   
Kashmiri resident Gulzar Ahmed lost sections of both his legs to a land mine in rural Kashmir near the Pakistan border. Here he waits to talk more with legal aids to figure out what action he might take against the Indian government.
   
A man shields his face during a sandstorm in New Delhi.
     
  
A woman cries out for assistance from a passerby under a bridge in New Delhi. Thousands of people live in blinding povertyin the capitol city.
   
Rajasthani women carry bricks that will be used in construction in a house. Women commonly work as laborers in India.
  
Residents of Anantnag carry the body of a killed militant through the streets of the village which is located outside of Srinagar. The villagers were rallying in support of the militant against the Indian government.
     
  
A man washes his horse in the Arabian Sea in Bombay, India. He uses his horse to give rides along the sea.
  
Women fight over a scrap of rebar metal which was found in the scrap heap of the former shanty region of Yamuna Pushta. The metal could be later sold for only a minimal amount of rupees.
   
A girl eats an ear of grilled corn in Yamuna Pushta. Grilled corn is commonly eaten in many parts of India. The corn serves as a quick and cheap meal that is easily prepared in the community.
     
  
A child reaches for balloons held by a member of the Indian military during India Independence Day festivities.
   
A Rajasthani boy coaxes his camel to rest as the sun sets over the Thar Desert in India.A Kashmiri child jumps for a balloon held by a member of the Indian military during India's Independence Day festivities.
  
Indian military forces stand guard over a militant that was killed in a gun battle in the outskirts of Srinagar.
     
  
An Islamic man poses for a portrait outside a mosque in New Delhi.
   
Indian military forces fight back a group of anti-American protesters in Srinagar. The crowd was protesting the American invasion of Fallujah.
   
A barber shaves a customer at a roadside stand in New Delhi in the Yamuna Pushta region.
     
  
A girl gives her younger sibling a drink of water in a slum-region of New Delhi.
   
A child lays on a bed of bricks which also serves as her bed in the aftermath of the destruction of her home in the Yamina Pushta region of New Delhi.
  
A child gives his father a make-shift massage under a bridge in New Delhi.
     
  
A Kashmiri family skirts by an Indian military personnel who was on patrol during the aftermath of a protest. Scores of villagers outside of Srinagar were protesting the killing of a militant.
   
Alburt, center, smokes "Smack" with the help of his friend, Abdul Qadir, left, while Salim keeps a watchful eye out. Many drug addicts use "Smack," or smokable heroin, to cope with the harsh reality of life in Yamuna Pushta.
   
A mother feeds her newborn baby in Yamuna Pushta a diluted milk solution one afternoon. Babies and young children are often undernourished due to the lack of access to proper nutrition in the community.