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via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1BoilXY Your Shot member Jawed Alam was passing through a village near the Purulia district of West Bengal, India, when he saw a boy and his calf standing in a field of wildflowers. Alam saw the perfect frame in the background of colorful flowers, the boy’s yellow T-shirt, […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1FKlS8o Laborers work among the dust and debris at a brick field in Kolkata, India. “Men and women work together every day to earn some money for their family,” writes Shibasish Saha, a member of our Your Shot community. This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our storytelling […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1EaKm5c A believer pierces his face during the Hindu festival of Charak Puja in West Bengal, India. “The rituals of Charak Puja, a way to show the miracle of God, are unique and, at times, a little risky,” writes Avishek Das, who shared this photo on Your Shot. […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1RHb3J8 Your Shot member Siddhartha Banerjee captured this picture during recess at a secondary school in Kolkata, India. “They had their midday meals and went to play,” he writes. Suddenly, a student emerged from a classroom and leaned over to look below. “It seemed he was invisible to […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1Fd0FWg A Kashmiri man pulls a sledge meant to ferry tourists across a bridge in the mountain town of Sonamarg, India. Your Shot member Sajad Rafeeq was visiting the popular destination with friends when they encountered roads blocked by heavy snowfall. Rafeeq saw this man and other locals […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1QrOCqL A young girl’s face is painted for a festival honoring the guardian deity Angalamman, “the fiercest form,” evoked in participants’ expressions. The festival is held every year in the village of Kaveripattinam in Tamil Nadu, India. This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our storytelling community where […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1JA8a7g Families celebrate under a corridor of twinkle lights on Christmas Eve in Kolkata’s Bow Barracks. “This auspicious occasion is celebrated in a very colorful way,” writes Abir Choudhury, a member of our Your Shot community. “I [tried] to highlight them with black and white.” This photo was […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1OzDN54 Policemen in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh are put through a grueling commando course at the Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College, in Kanker. In India’s mineral-rich jungles, Maoist militants called Naxalites have found a foothold through violence and extortion. Chhattisgarh is among two states with the […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1FbwrBW It’s a rare and privileged experience to witness the interaction of tiger cubs in the wild, says Souvik Kundu, a member of our Your Shot photo community. After learning that a tigress had given birth to cubs in India’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Kundu visited the sanctuary a […]

via National Geographic Photo of the Day http://ift.tt/1NRav1E “Lying on important flyways, the wetlands of Gujarat, India, are thronged by millions of birds migrating south in winter,” writes Your Shot member Navtej Singh, who captured this scene while taking aerial shots of the port town of Jamnagar. “As I flew over the flamingoes, the birds […]