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Photo Essay - A Nation Divided



Ahmedabad - March 2, 2002


Ahmedabad - March 2, 2002

An Indian soldier patrols on the outskirts of the Indian city of Ahmedabad as smoke rises in the background from fires set in the city's Muslim neighborhood. In the following week, more than 600 Muslims died in communal riots across the state of Gujarat.
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Photo: Reuters/Kamal Kishore
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