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Photos: Ever Given container ship refloated in Suez Canal

Published on Mar 30, 2021 09:53 IST

An aerial view of the MV Ever Given container ship and tugboats in the Suez Canal on March 29. The MV Ever Given was refloated and the Suez Canal reopened on March 29, sparking relief almost a week after the huge container ship got stuck during a sandstorm and blocked a major artery for global trade.

Photos: Covid-19 dampens Holi celebrations in India

A boy wearing a protective face mask reacts as he is splashed with coloured water during Holi celebrations, in Chennai, on March 29,

Published on Mar 29, 2021 14:09 IST

Photos: 50th anniversary of independent Bangladesh

East Pakistani villagers cheer at an advancing Indian army tank, as it moves towards Bogra, East Pakistan, on December 14, 1971. It was 50 years ago on the night of March 25, 1971, that Pakistan's military launched a violent crackdown on the city of Dhaka, then part of East Pakistan, to quell a rising nationalist movement seeking independence for what is today known as Bangladesh.

Published on Mar 26, 2021 10:30 IST

Photos: How the Covid-19 lockdown altered lives for many in India

Neelesh Deepak, a theatre artist, manages a stage for an upcoming show at a theatre in New Delhi on March 16. First, his food supplies ran scarce. Then he couldn’t pay his apartment’s rent. Out of money, Deepak eventually returned to his village to stay with his parents, biding time to cope with never seen before isolation.

Published on Mar 25, 2021 08:39 IST

Photos: One year since the lockdown, photographers revisit Mumbai's iconic spots

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) traffic junction, seen the first day of what began as a 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the novel coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 25, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the measure during a televised address to the nation the previous evening.

Published on Mar 24, 2021 07:48 IST

Photos: 15 dead, 400 missing after fire in Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugee camp

A Rohingya woman sitting with her belongings, a day after her shelter was burned down following a fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on March 23. The fire ripped through the Balukhali camp late on March 22, burning through thousands of huts as people scrambled to save their meagre possessions.

Updated on Mar 23, 2021 12:10 IST

Photos: India’s active Covid cases over 3 lakh with highest single-day spike

A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 test, at ISBT 17, in Chandigarh, on March 20. According to the Union health ministry, India on March 21 recorded 43,846 infections of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pushing the cumulative tally past 11,599,130.

Updated on Mar 22, 2021 10:00 IST

Photos: Heavy rains on Australia’s east coast bring worst floods in 50 years

People stand at a washed-out section of road at Port Stephens, 200 kilometres north of Sydney on March 20. Record rains over the weekend have brought about the worst flooding in half a century in some areas, authorities said on March 21, forcing thousands to evacuate and damaging hundreds of houses, Reuters reported.

Published on Mar 21, 2021 10:45 IST

Photos: Polluted waterways around the world ahead of World Water Day

An aerial view shows the Cuyahoga River in Akron, Ohio, US, on March 17. In 1969 the Cuyahoga River caught fire due to pollution, causing the US Congress to pass the clean water act and the Ohio EPA was formed. According to the United Nations, about 4 billion people experience severe water shortages for at least one month a year and around 1.6 billion people have problems accessing a clean, safe water supply.

Updated on Mar 20, 2021 10:26 IST

Photos: US faces biggest migrant surge in two decades

Asylum seeking migrants hold their children as they await transport after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in La Joya, Texas, US, on March 14. A surge of migrants on the US southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive, with the head of Homeland Security acknowledging the depth of the problem but insisting it's under control.

Published on Mar 19, 2021 10:11 IST

Photos: Iraqi truffle hunters brave weather & land mines for desert harvest

Zahra Buheir, 72, a truffle hunter, makes bread in the desert in Samawa, Iraq, on March 1. Braving the harsh weather of Iraq's southern desert, as well as left-behind land mines, Buheir and her family of seven have spent weeks hunting for the seasonal truffles that have provided them with an income for generations.

Published on Mar 18, 2021 10:23 IST

Photos: Maharashtra witnesses a second wave of Covid-19 infections

Commuters at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), in Mumbai, on March 16. Days after the Central team’s visit to six Maharashtra districts and municipal corporations, the state government said it is witnessing a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Published on Mar 17, 2021 10:30 IST

Photos: Beijing witnesses biggest sandstorm in decades

High-rise buildings engulfed in a thick layer of smog in the central business district of Beijing during a sandstorm on March 15. Beijing was cloaked in thick smog on March 15 with pollution levels surging off the charts as the worst sandstorm in a decade descended on China's capital from the Gobi desert.

Published on Mar 16, 2021 10:00 IST

Photos: Preparations ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections

West Bengal Chief minister and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee is seen on a wheelchair as she and a large number of TMC supporters participate in a rally on Nandigram Divas ahead of the Assembly election, at Mayo Road, in Kolkata, on March 14.

Published on Mar 14, 2021 10:47 IST

Photos: More protesters killed in Myanmar as US, allies vow to restore democracy

The body of Sit Thu, 37, who was killed during a raid by security forces is seen at his home in Thaketa, Yangon, Myanmar, on March 13. At least six protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar on March 13, Reuters reported citing witnesses and media reports.

Published on Mar 13, 2021 11:17 IST

Photos: Maharashtra records 14,317 new Covid cases; districts under lockdown

A traveller undergoes thermal screening upon his arrival at Dadar Railway station, in Mumbai, on March 10. Maharashtra on March 11 recorded a 154-day high (since October 8), in terms of Covid-19 infections, with 14,317 fresh cases, taking its tally to 2,266,374, HT reported.

Published on Mar 12, 2021 11:36 IST

Photos: Remembering the Fukushima tragedy, a decade later

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan on March 14, 2011 after the explosion following an earthquake and tsunami.

Published on Mar 11, 2021 11:10 IST

Photos: Saving a Turkish olive field from coal mines

Tayyibe Demirel, 64, stands at the edge of her olive grove and watches the open-pit coal mine in Turgut village near Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, on February 25.

Published on Mar 10, 2021 11:05 IST

Photos: Women march against gender violence in Mexico

Women seen during a protest on International Women's Day, in front of the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico, on March 8. Women across Mexico took to the streets on March 8 to protest against violence faced by them daily, fueled by what they say is an out of touch government and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's support for a politician accused of rape, Reuters reported.

Published on Mar 9, 2021 11:50 IST

Photos: India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive crosses 20 million doses

A health worker vaccinates a man against coronavrus disease (Covid-19), at District Hospital, Sector 30, in Noida on March 5. India vaccinated its highest number of people on a single day so far, on March 5 when nearly 1.5 million people were inoculated against Covid-19, HT reported.

Published on Mar 8, 2021 09:47 IST

Photos: The man who takes care of cats forgotten in Fukushima's nuclear zone

An aerial view shows Sakae Kato walking Pochi, his dog that he rescued four years ago, on an empty road between restricted zones in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on February 20. A decade ago, Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant.

Published on Mar 7, 2021 10:41 IST

Photos: Farmers mark 100th day of protest with road blockade

A group of farmers sitting on a highway with flags as they take part in a road blockade to mark the 100th day of the protest against new farm laws, near Kundli Border on March 6. Farmers blocked the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressway on the edges of New Delhi to mark the 100th day of protests against agricultural laws they say will devastate their incomes.

Published on Mar 6, 2021 11:05 IST

Photos: Myanmar protesters march again despite crackdown by security forces

Protesters brave tear gas fired at them by police during a demonstration against the military coup in Kale, Myanmar on March 2. Demonstrators in Myanmar protesting last month's military coup returned to the streets on March 4, undeterred by the killing of at least 38 people the previous day by security forces, AP reported.

Published on Mar 5, 2021 08:53 IST

Photos: Maharashtra witnesses sharpest spike in Covid-19 cases in 137 days

People queue while flouting social distancing norms, to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), during the second phase of the countrywide inoculation drive, at BKC in Mumbai on March 2. Maharashtra on March 3 reported 9,855 Covid-19 infections, its highest single-day spike since October 17.

Published on Mar 4, 2021 10:18 IST

Photos: India's active caseload climbs to 1.7 lakh with a spike in new cases

People wait during a Covid-19 vaccination drive at Kopri, in Thane on March 2. India on March 3 registered a spike in daily infections from the previous days' 12,286 cases reporting 14,989 new cases a day later, HT reported.

Updated on Mar 3, 2021 09:17 IST

Photos: India begins second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive

Senior citizens in an observation area after receiving their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Gurugram, India on March 1. India on March 1, opened up Covid-19 vaccination to those over the age of 60 and people aged 45 years or more with specified comorbidities.

Updated on Mar 2, 2021 10:19 IST

Photos: NASA's Perseverance Rover sends back panoramic view of landing site

A portion of a panorama made up of individual images taken by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover shows the Martian landscape on February 20.

Published on Feb 26, 2021 11:18 IST

Photos: Protesters clash in Yangon over Myanmar military coup

A military supporter points a sharp object as he confronts anti-coup protesters during a military support rally in Yangon, Myanmar on February 25. Junta supporters wielding knives and slingshots clashed with residents in Myanmar's largest city on February 25, as tensions rise after weeks of nationwide protests against the military coup.

Published on Feb 25, 2021 11:24 IST

Photos: A year later, revisiting spots that were hit hard during the Delhi riots

A view of shops that were burnt outside the Maula Baksh Masjid in Ashok Nagar, New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, February 26, 2020.

Published on Feb 24, 2021 13:39 IST

Photos: Increased vigilance called for as India’s Covid-19 cases top 11 million

Volunteers distributing pamphlets during an awareness campaign on the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a street in Mumbai on February 22. With India’s active Covid-19 caseload witnessing a rise over the last week, the Centre on February 21 wrote to states and Union territories advising them to step up measures to contain the spread of the virus at the earliest.

Updated on Feb 23, 2021 11:01 IST

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