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.

Body of the Hathras gang rape victim was cremated by the Uttar Pradesh Police 'without' her family's permission | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

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 the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Anti-CAA protesters gathered at the Jama Masjid in Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Students shouting anti-CAA slogans at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi | 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

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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Delhi riots

A boy on a horse rides past a burning tyre market at Chand Bagh during the February riots in Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | 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 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 police deployment in different areas of the capital city | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | 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

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

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 celebrations across Ayodhya city | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Hathras gang rape and murder  

The family of Hathras rape victim requesting the police to let them see her body once | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi meeting family of Hathras victim | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Babri Masjid verdict

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

Faridabad shooting

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 wave at a helicopter | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi holding a family picture | 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 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 

Protesting farmers at the Singhu border near Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Farmers observe Gurpurab at Singhu border | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

A pest control initiative taken by an organisation at a farmers’ protest site near Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Anti-conversion law

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 hugged by his mother after his release from Moradabad jail | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint