Inside India: December 17, 2015

Students attend a workshop in self defence, under guidance from Indian instructor 'Shifuji' at Mount Carmel High School in Ahmedabad. Sam Panthaky / AFP

A worker applies colour to strings which will be used to fly kites in Ahmedabad. Amit Dave / Reuters

Gorkha activists shout slogans to voice their demands for a separate Gorkha state in northern West Bengal during a protest in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP

Munia Kumari is seen working in a brick making field in Hajipur, Bihar state. Piyal Adhikary / EPA

India's Central Armed Police Forces, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel take part in a passing out parade at their training headquarters near Bhopal. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA

A worker with his face covered rests on tarpaulin at a construction site of a residential complex in Bengaluru. Abhishek N. Chinnappa / Reuters

Fishermen arrange a net near the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Rajanish Kakade / AP Photo

Young Indians play with the cotton used to stuff blankets at a production location in Guwahati. EPA

Labourers pull a pontoon to construct a temporary bridge for the Magh Mela festival on the river Ganges in Allahabad. Jitendra Prakash / Reuters

Activists from India's main opposition Congress party try to flee after their clothes caught fire while they were trying to burn an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest in Shimla. Stringer / Reuters

Indian skimmers fly over Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers, in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo

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