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Anti-CAA stir, Delhi riots, Hathras gangrape — photos of what happened beyond Covid in 2020

2020 was not only about Covid. It also witnessed protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, riots in Delhi, Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan, as well as elections in Bihar.

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Body of the Hathras gang rape victim was cremated by the Uttar Pradesh Police 'without' her family's permission | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Body of the Hathras gang rape victim was cremated by the Uttar Pradesh Police 'without' her family's permission | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
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New Delhi: This year will mostly be remembered for the pandemic, but 2020 also witnessed major news developments — from protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the Hathras gangrape and murder case, to elections in Bihar.

ThePrint’s photographers Praveen Jain, Manisha Mondal and Suraj Singh Bisht bring you the best of the news pictures of 2020.

Anti-CAA protests

Anti-CAA protest at Jamia Millia University | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Anti-CAA protest at the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Anti-CAA protestors gathered at Jama Masjid with candles | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Anti-CAA protesters gathered at the Jama Masjid in Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
At Jamia students shout anti-CAA slogans | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Students shouting anti-CAA slogans at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Women protestors of Shaheen Bagh were moved after nationwide lockdown was imposed | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Women at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh were asked to vacate the protest site after nationwide lockdown was imposed | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Delhi election

At the Aam Aadmi Party office, there were celebration as the party won the assembly elections | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Celebrations at the Aam Aadmi Party office after the party won the Delhi assembly election | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

President Donald Trump’s visit to India 

US President Donald Trump and PM Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Delhi riots

A boy on a white horse ride past the burning tyre market in Chandbagh | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
A boy on a horse rides past a burning tyre market at Chand Bagh during the February riots in Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Brothers of two bodies— Amir Khan (30) and Hashim Ali (19), who were stripped and then killed during the riots in Northeast Delhi — were released by Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, after a postmortem. Both bodies put on a cot outside their home in Old Mustafabad as people pour in to offer condolences | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Bodies of two brothers — Amir Khan and Hashim Ali — who were stripped and then killed during the riots in Northeast Delhi. The bodies were put on a cot outside their home in Old Mustafabad as people poured in to offer their condolences | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rickshaw puller Prem Singh was killed in the Delhi riots that erupted in Northeast Delhi. His family found out his body among some unidentified bodies in the mortuary | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rickshaw puller Prem Singh was killed during the Delhi riots. His family found his body among others at a mortuary | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
In the aftermath of the Delhi riots, there was heavy force deployment in different areas | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
In the aftermath of the Delhi riots, there was heavy police deployment in different areas of the capital city | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Months after the Chandbagh market was burnt by the rioters, the market was renovated and shops opened again | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Months after the Chand Bagh tyre market was burnt, it was renovated and shops opened again | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Delhi gangrape convicts hanged

16 December gang rape convicts were executed. Supporters of this step stood outside the Tihar jail before all of them were sent to the gallows | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
People supporting the execution of 16 December gang rape convicts stand outside the Tihar jail | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Ram Mandir ‘bhoomi pujan’ in Ayodhya

On the bhoomi pujan day at Ayodhya, heavy security was deployed | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Heavy security deployed in Ayodhya on the occasion of the Ram Mandir’s ‘bhoomi pujan’ (foundation laying ceremony) | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
On the bhoomi pujan day there were celebration across the city of Ayodhya | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
On the bhoomi pujan day, there were celebrations across Ayodhya city | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Hathras gang rape and murder  

While the family members of Hathras rape victim kept requesting the police to let them see the body once, the latter refused | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
The family of Hathras rape victim requesting the police to let them see her body once | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Rahul & Priyanka Gandhi met Hathras Dalit girl’s family | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi meeting family of Hathras victim | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Babri Masjid verdict

Judge S.K. yadav offering prayers before leaving for before Babri Masjid verdict | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
CBI Judge S.K. Yadav offering prayers before the Babri Masjid verdict | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Faridabad shooting

Family members of 21-year-old Nikita Tomar, who was shot dead, grieve her death in Ballabhgarh | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
Family of 21-year-old Nikita Tomar who was shot dead outside her college in Haryana’s Ballabhgarh | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Bihar election

Voters in Bihar waves hands at a helicopter | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Voters in Bihar wave at a helicopter | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rabri Devi holds a family picture | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi holding a family picture | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
After winning most number of seats, Narendra Modi at the BJP headquarters | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
After NDA’s victory in Bihar election, PM Narendra Modi attends a celebration event at the BJP headquarters in Delhi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
PM Modi trying to cover his face after the elastic string of his face mask snapped Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
PM Modi tries to cover his face after the elastic string of his face mask snapped during an event at the BJP headquarters in Delhi| Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Farmers’ protest 

At the farmers protest in Singhu border | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Protesting farmers at the Singhu border near Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
On Gurpurb, farmers celebrate at Singhu border | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Farmers observe Gurpurab at Singhu border | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
At the farmers protest, pest control is taken care by different organisation | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint
A pest control initiative taken by an organisation at a farmers’ protest site near Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Anti-conversion law

Rashid puts his hand on Pinky’s forehead | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Uttar Pradesh’s Rashid, who was arrested under the state’s anti-conversion law earlier this month, puts his hand on his wife Pinky’s forehead | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rashid was arrested earlier this month under ‘love jihad’ law, being hugged by his mother after after his release from Moradabad jail | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rashid hugged by his mother after his release from Moradabad jail | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

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  1. Narendra Modi is such a great leader who emerged as a world leader that he managed the entire fringe elements as a left-hand game. He is far more foresighted and intelligent than the elite, educated, or khandani Babus. It is at the right time that India came to the hands of Modiji. But for him, and BJP, anti-Indians and Hindi-haters would have slit this country into pieces… Yes, when virtue is debilitated, God will descend in the form of man…

    Jai Hind.

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