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In this Monday, April 8, 2019, photo, a man talks on his phone as he leans on his scooter in a market in New Delhi, India. From manipulated pictures being picked up by mainstream news media, to misrepresented quotes sparking communal division, false news and hateful propaganda on digital platforms are at peak levels in the run-up to the Indian general elections. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

In this Monday, April 8, 2019, photo, a man talks on his phone as he leans on his scooter in a market in New Delhi, India. From manipulated pictures being picked up by mainstream news media, to misrepresented quotes sparking communal division, false news and hateful propaganda on digital platforms are at peak levels in the run-up to the Indian general elections. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)



A young boy dressed as a policeman stands as Indians wait in a queue to cast their votes in village Sawaal near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, Thursday, April 11, 2019. India's national elections begins Thursday with millions of voters casting their ballots for 91 of 543 seats in the first phase, choosing their representatives from among 1,300 contestants. Voting is spread over seven days will conclude May 19, and counting will begin May 23. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

A young boy dressed as a policeman stands as Indians wait in a queue to cast their votes in village Sawaal near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, Thursday, April 11, 2019. India's national elections begins Thursday with millions of voters casting their ballots for 91 of 543 seats in the first phase, choosing their representatives from among 1,300 contestants. Voting is spread over seven days will conclude May 19, and counting will begin May 23. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)



Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election in Alipurduar district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election in Alipurduar district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



A policeman guides a woman to her respective polling booth as others wait in a queue to cast their votes for the first phase of general elections, near Ghaziabad, India  Thursday, April 11, 2019. Voters in 18 Indian states and two Union Territories began casting ballots on Thursday, the first day of a seven-phase election staggered over six weeks in the country of 1.3 billion people. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)

A policeman guides a woman to her respective polling booth as others wait in a queue to cast their votes for the first phase of general elections, near Ghaziabad, India Thursday, April 11, 2019. Voters in 18 Indian states and two Union Territories began casting ballots on Thursday, the first day of a seven-phase election staggered over six weeks in the country of 1.3 billion people. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)



An Indian Muslim woman walks toward a polling station to cast her vote in village Shahpur near Muzaffarnagar, India, Thursday, April 11, 2019. Polls opened Thursday in the first phase of India's general elections, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)

An Indian Muslim woman walks toward a polling station to cast her vote in village Shahpur near Muzaffarnagar, India, Thursday, April 11, 2019. Polls opened Thursday in the first phase of India's general elections, seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)



A polling officer carrying election materials walks towards his vehicle after arriving on a ferryboat in Nimatighat, Jorhat district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, April 9, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A polling officer carrying election materials walks towards his vehicle after arriving on a ferryboat in Nimatighat, Jorhat district, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, April 9, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



Supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wearing cut-outs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president Amit Shah walk during an election campaign in Ahmedabad, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

Supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wearing cut-outs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president Amit Shah walk during an election campaign in Ahmedabad, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)



A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Alipurduar district, in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)

A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Alipurduar district, in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)



People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



A woman struggles to hold her daughter as she waits to collect her voter slip at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A woman struggles to hold her daughter as she waits to collect her voter slip at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



A woman waits for her turn to cast her vote, as police officers stand guard at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A woman waits for her turn to cast her vote, as police officers stand guard at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India on April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A woman leaves after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of general election in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India on April 11, 2019. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)



Jyoti Amge, 25, who holds the Guinness World Records title for the “Shortest Living Woman”, shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of the general election in Nagpur, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Jyoti Amge, 25, who holds the Guinness World Records title for the “Shortest Living Woman”, shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of the general election in Nagpur, India, April 11, 2019. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)
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