A firefighter walks past damaged shops at a tyre market after they were set on fire by a mob in a riot affected area. The clashes between Hindus and Muslims have seen mobs armed with swords, guns and acid raze a northeastern district of the Indian capital.
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A general view of a parking with burnt-out vehicles. The clashes, which also left almost 200 injured, were triggered by protests against a citizenship law seen by many critics as anti-Muslim and part of Modi's Hindu nationalist agenda.
AFP
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Muslims leave a Hindu dominated locality in a riot affected area. The clashes exploded into brutal violence on Monday and Tuesday, with residents forced to flee their homes after seeing their homes distorted and a mosque attacked.
REUTERS
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Paramilitary troops conduct flag march following clashes at Babarpur area in Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for calm Wednesday after Delhi's worst sectarian violence in decades left at least 22 people dead and calls for a military curfew.
ANI
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A commuter rides a motorbike past burnt-out tyre market premises
AFP
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People stand at a damaged fuel station after it was set on fire by a mob in a riot affected area
REUTERS
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Two police personnel in a conversation as they stand guard at Jafrabad area in New Delhi
ANI
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Local residents look at burnt-out vehicles following the clashes
AFP
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People walk past security personnel patrolling near burnt-out and damaged residential
AFP
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A view of the burnt shop
ANI
11/29
A man makes his way around burnt-out vehicles following clashes in New Delhi
AFP
12/29
A man walks past the paramilitary soldiers standing guard after violence in New Delhi
AP
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Firefighters douse the burning wreckage of a shop at a tyre market after it was set on fire by a mob in a riot affected area
REUTERS
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Delhi Police's Special CP (Law & Order) SN Srivastava (R) and Delhi Police spokesperson ACP Mandeep Singh Randhawa inspect Bhajanpura area following clashes in northeast Delhi
PTI
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Paramilitary soldiers stand guard, as people ride past on a scooter in New Delhi
AP
16/29
Security personnel patrol near burnt-out and damaged residential premises and shops
AFP
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Security personnel patrol near burnt-out and damaged residential premises and shops
AFP
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Policemen move in a truck in a riot affected area
REUTERS
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Indian Paramilitary force soldiers ask people to go back in their houses
AP
20/29
A woman carrying a child walks past security forces in a riot affected area
REUTERS
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Muslims leave a Hindu dominated locality in a riot affected area in New Delhi
REUTERS
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A woman walks past security forces patrolling a street in a riot affected area
REUTERS
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Firefighters hold a water pipe to douse burnt-out tyre market premises in New Delhi
AFP
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Paramilitary soldiers stand guard after Tuesday's violence in New DelhiPhoto/Manish Swarup)
AP
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Security personnel patrol on a street near burnt-out vehicles
AFP
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Security personnel stand guard on a street in New Delhi
AFP
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Shopkeepers carry their belongings in a rickshaw after salvaging them from their damaged shops in a riot affected area in New Delhi
REUTERS
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A Delhi police officer makes announcements to warn residents from venturing outside their homes as Indian security officers patrol a street in New Delhi
AP
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Security personnel flag march at Jafrabad area in New Delhi
ANI
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