Look: A pick of finest pictures taken by Indian photographer Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghan crossfire

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Danish Siddiqui (pictured), the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire on Friday covering the war in Afghanistan, was a largely self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession while documenting wars, riots and human suffering. A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his wife Rike and two young children. Here is some of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer's best work from the past decade: Image Credit: REUTERS

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Siddiqui was part of a team that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2018 for documenting Myanmar's Rohingya refugee crisis, a series described by the judging committee as "shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar." | Above: A Rohingya refugee man pulls a child as they walk to the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Friends and colleagues described a man who cared deeply about the stories he covered, carrying out meticulous research before embarking on assignments and always focusing on the people caught up in the news. | Above: A worker uses metal cutter as others carry to dismantled parts of decommissioned Indian Navy Ship INS Vikrant at a ship breaking yard in Mumbai November 24, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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In recent months, his searing photographs capturing the coronavirus pandemic in India have spread across the world. | Above: People wait to cremate victims who died due to COVID-19, at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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"Ninety percent of the photography I have learnt has come from experimentation in the field," Siddiqui once wrote. "What I enjoy most is capturing the human face of a breaking story. I shoot for the common man who wants to see and feel a story from a place where he can't be present himself." | Above: 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 September 11, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Ahmad Danish Siddiqui was born on May 19, 1983. He became a journalist after a Master's degree in Mass Communications from Delhi's Jamia Milia Islamia University. | Above: A participant flies a tiger shaped kite during the International Kite Festival in Mumbai January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Siddiqui joined Reuters after stints as a correspondent with the Hindustan Times newspaper and the TV Today channel. | Above: A Naga sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, applies ash at his camp before a procession during Kumbh Mela or the Pitcher Festival in Trimbakeshwar, India, August 27, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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On his final assignment, he was embedded with Afghan special forces in the city of Kandahar. Above: A member of the Afghan Special Forces speaks to a resident as others search his house during a mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Image Credit: REUTERS

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People watch as the convoy of Afghan Special Forces passes through a market during a combat mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2021. Picture taken July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A man is pulled across to safety on a rope, as damaged buildings and the Alaknanda river are seen in the background, during a rescue operation in Govindghat in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: Fishermen sit on a boat in front of damaged cargo ship MSC Chitra in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast August 9, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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A militaman loads his rifle as Afghan Special Forces visit a district centre during a combat mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2021. Picture taken July 12, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: An Afghan boy works at a construction site as a U.S. Army soldier of 3/1 AD Task Force Bulldog takes position during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army (ANA) in a village in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan, May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A health worker reacts before the burial of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer who was died of complications related to COVID-19, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a graveyard in New Delhi, India, April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A woman leans against a stretcher holding her husband in the corridor of the emergency ward of Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bhagalpur, in the eastern state of Bihar, India, July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: Beachgoers stroll as a boy practices somersaulting on a beach in Mumbai, India, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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Humvees that belong to Afghan Special Forces are seen destroyed during heavy clashes with Taliban during the rescue mission of a police officer besieged at a check post, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A man feeds seagulls on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, February 9, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: Hindu priests sit inside a cave as they perform evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganges in Devprayag, India, March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A mass cremation of victims who died from complications related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen at a crematorium ground in New Delhi, India, April 22, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A Hindu devotee wraps his cloth after a ritual dip in the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: Wrestlers practise as others rest in the mud at a traditional Indian wrestling centre called Akhaara in Mumbai March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: A man sleeps under a water pipeline as another stands on it in Mumbai November 7, 2013. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Image Credit: REUTERS

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FILE PHOTO: Danish Siddiqui covering the monsoon flooding and landslides in upper reaches of mountains in Govindghat, India, on June 22, 2013. Image Credit: AP

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An art teacher gives finishing touches to a painting of Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui as a tribute outside an art school in Mumbai on July 16, 2021. Image Credit: AFP

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