Armed Kuki youths guard Pholjang village at a checkpoint in Churachandpur district in the northeastern state of Manipur. The youth of the Kuki–Zo tribes in Manipur have taken up arms to protect their villages from external threats, especially from their rivals, the Meiteis, who live in the valley. These young volunteers, who are taking responsibility for self-defense, range from 17 ages to their mid-thirties and have chosen to sacrifice their education, farming activities, and peaceful nights to protect their village borders with guns and weapons.
An armed Kuki man stands guard at a checkpoint at Ukha tampak village in Churachandpur district in Manipur the north-eastern state of India.Several people in Manipur from the Meitei and the Kuki communities are now living in bunkers, armed with rifles, intercoms and binoculars to protect their villages. These men had regular jobs and some among them went to schools and colleges before ethnic violence gripped the state in May.
Virat Kohli of India celebrates after scoring a century, overtaking Sachin Tendulkar for the all time most ODI centuries during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 Semi Final match between India and New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium on November 15, 2023 in Mumbai, India
Health workers wearing protective gears shift a man with symptoms of Nipah virus to an isolation ward at a government hospital in Kozhikode in south Indian state of Kerala on September 16, 2023.
The body of a Christian woman who died of covid was cremated at West hill crematorium and the relatives carries the ashes to the CSI church Cemetery for burial on June 08, 2021 in Kozhikode, India.
During the covid pandemic, nurses working round the clock without food and water. after wearing the ppe kit they don't even bother about their life. and indulged in their tire some duty. this is a scene from kozhikode medical college's mother and child hospital. a nurse treating a newborn baby.
When health workers cremated the bodies of six people simultaneously who lost their lives to the alarming second wave of Covid-19 in India, at the cemetery at Westhill in Kozhikode.
Alisson Becker of Liverpool celebrates with the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 trophy the FIFA Club World Cup final match between CR Flamengo and Liverpool FC at Khalifa International Stadium on December 21, 2019 in Doha, Qatar.
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (L) fights for the ball with Pablo Mari of Flamengo (R) during the FIFA Club World Cup Final match between Liverpool FC and CR Flamengo at Khalifa International Stadium on December 21, 2019 in Doha, Qatar.
ABU DHABI, UAE - DECEMBER 16: Players of Real Madrid celebrate with the trophy after the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup final match between Real Madrid and Gremio at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on December 16, 2017.
Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (C) reacts on the ground during the Club World Cup UAE 2017 final football match between Gremio FBPA and Real Madrid at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi on December 16, 2017.
A son wearing a PPE suit sobbing and touching the feet of his mother who lost her life during the severe second wave of Covid-19 in India. The body of the woman was taken to Kozhikode cemetery.
People stand by the debris of the Air India Express flight that skidded off a runway while landing in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. The special evacuation flight bringing people home to India who had been trapped abroad because of the coronavirus skidded off the runway and split in two while landing in heavy rain killing more than a dozen people and injuring dozens more.
A woman tested positive for Covid-19 infection, wearing a PPE kit and walking towards the polling booth to register her vote in Kerala Local body election at Government Higher Secondary School, Payyanakkal where the maximum polling took place in the district. Owing to the heavy crowd at the center, the Police officers in charge requested her to go back and return later for casting her vote.
It was a painful moment for Dr. R S Gopakumar, health officer of Kozhikode City Corporation, as he carried the four-month-old baby who was a victim of Covid-19 to the Khabristan (Cemetery) in Kozhikode, India.
A person tested positive for Covid-19 infection casting his vote at the polling booth at Government LP School, Kannanchery, Kozhikode, as part of the Special Voting in Kerala Local body election, held after 6 pm on the polling day. Election officers wearing PPE kits can also be seen standing nearby.
With Death The giant bull gores a man on the ground with its horn during Jellikkettu in Alaganallur. Tamil Nadu. India,
In this Thursday, May 24, 2018, photo, paramedics wear protective suits as a precautionary measure against the Nipah virus as they bury Valachekutti Mosa's body, died of the same virus, in Kozhikode, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. More than 10 people have died of Nipah since an outbreak began earlier this month in Kerala, health officials say. There is no vaccine for the virus, which can cause raging fevers, convulsions and vomiting, and kills up to 75 percent of people who come down with it.
Flood 2019 left many including women an children from Kozhikode in troubled waters . The flooded roads and lack of speedy res cue mechanism forced many to flee to safety on their own . A woman from Thengilakkadavu near Mavoor in Kozhikode is seen moving to safety with the help of a broken service cable .
Wild animals ; along with human beings were killed at Putupumala in Meppadi , Wayanad which was hit by a flood . Body of a monkey on a rock
Army and NDRF personnel engaged in rescue operations at Puthumala in Wayanad . Nearly 100 acres of tea estate land , along with a temple , mosque , post office , and a plantation company's canteen , were washed away after a landslid.Kerala
A rare fretenity scene from a polling booth, in the voting day of Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2016. Narayani, the 84 year old women shows her voting ink mark to Thazhekonalath Pathumma, an elder voter and her friend after casting vote at Chullikkaparamb GLP school polling booth in Thiruvambady, kerala