An Indian soldier patrols after an attack in Pahalgam, about 90kms (55 miles) from Srinagar on April 23, 2025. Indian security forces in Kashmir carried out a major manhunt on April 23, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists killing 26 people in the region's deadliest attack on civilians since 2000. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Indian soldiers trek back after a search operation around Baisaran meadow in the aftermath of an attack in Pahalgam, about 90kms (55 miles) from Srinagar on April 23, 2025. Indian security forces in Kashmir carried out a major manhunt on April 23, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists killing 26 people in the region's deadliest attack on civilians since 2000. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





People load the body of Smit Parmar, who was killed in a suspected militant attack near Pahalgam in south Kashmir, into a hearse for his last rites in Bhavnagar, India, on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Kashmiri woman clears shattered glass outside her home after it was damaged in a blast at the house of Asif Sheikh, who officials say is a militant and have blamed for involvement in the deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam, at Monghama village in Tral, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Relatives and neighbours of Ahsan Ul Haq Sheikh, who is suspected of involvement in the Pahalgam tourist attack, mourn after their house was demolished in Murran village of Pulwama, south of Srinagar, on April 26, 2025. Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 25 blew up the family homes of two men who police allege were among a gang that carried out the region's deadliest attack against civilians for decades. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Police officers stand next to men they believe to be undocumented Bangladeshi nationals after they were detained during raids in Ahmedabad, India, on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Hindu devotees attend aarti, a ritual that involves lit lamps to seek blessings, during evening prayers at the Har Ki Pauri ghat along the banks of river Ganges in Haridwar on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Shammi Mehra/AFP Photo)





A pillion rider pushes a moped through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Guwahati on April 28, 2025. (Photo by Biju Boro/AFP Photo)





School children use umbrellas to cover themselves from the rain as they walk to school, in New Delhi, India on May 2, 2025. (Photo by Priyanshu Singh/Reuters)





People who were evacuated from an area near the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan following cross-border shelling stand in queues to receive food at a college that was turned into a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Jammu, on May 8, 2025. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)





A woman stands outside a house destroyed by Pakistani artillery shelling at the Salamabad village in Uri, about 110kms from Srinagar, on May 8, 2025. India's government said on May 8 that Pakistan launched an overnight air attack using “drones and missiles”, before New Delhi retaliated to destroy an air defence system in Lahore. “Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets ... using drones and missiles”, India's defence ministry said in a statement, adding that "these were neutralised" by air defence systems. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Local residents prepare to evacuate after Pakistani artillery shelling at the Lagama village in Uri, about 100kms from Srinagar, on May 9, 2025. India and Pakistan accused each other on May 8 of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed foes drew global calls for calm. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A local resident inspects his house that was damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling in Uri, about 100kms from Srinagar, on May 9, 2025. India said on May 9 it had repulsed a wave of Pakistani drone and artillery attacks overnight, and Islamabad insisted it had not struck targets across the border, as the latest conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours showed no signs of relenting. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





Indian villagers wait for transportation as they evacuate following overnight Pakistani artillery shelling in Uri, about 100kms from Srinagar, on May 9, 2025. India said on May 9 it had repulsed a wave of Pakistani drone and artillery attacks overnight, and Islamabad insisted it had not struck targets across the border, as the latest conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours showed no signs of relenting. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa/AFP Photo)





A group of Kashmiri village women wait for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri district, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





Migrants try to board an overcrowded train as they leave the city at the Jammu Tawi railway station in Jammu on May 10, 2025, amid the ongoing border tensions between India and Pakistan after the Kashmir tourist attack. Pakistan and India on May 10 stepped up missile, drone and artillery attacks in a fourth straight day of conflict, as the US urged both sides to restore dialogue to “avoid miscalculation”. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers pay respect during a wreath-laying ceremony for Constable Deepak Chingakham of the Border Security Force (BSF), who was martyred during a cross-border firing between India and Pakistan, in Jammu on May 12, 2025. Indian and Pakistani military chiefs were set to confer on May 12 as a ceasefire that brought the nuclear-armed rivals back from the brink of all-out war held. US President Donald Trump announced the truce late on May 10 after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks which killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing on both sides. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





A woman (C), along with relatives, grieves after the death of her husband, who consumed spurious liquor, at Marari Kalan village on the outskirts of Amritsar on May 13, 2025. Fourteen people have died in northern India and six are in critical condition after drinking moonshine, police said on May 13. Hundreds of people die every year in India from drinking cheap alcohol made in backstreet distilleries. (Photo by Narinder Nanu/AFP Photo)





Students exercise during the morning assembly at their school, following its reopening after the Pakistan-India ceasefire, in Srinagar, India, 13 May 2025. Pakistan and India entered a ceasefire on 10 May 2025, following days of military escalation. (Photo by Farooq Khan/EPA/EFE)





National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets waving Indian national flags take part in a rally along the Kartavya Path near India Gate, expressing solidarity with the armed forces in New Delhi on May 13, 2025, following a ceasefire between Pakistan and India. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)