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Photos: One Week in India (35 photos)

India celebrated its 70th Independence Day on August 14, during a busy week across the nation. Photojournalists in this vast and varied country covered monsoon flooding, widespread and varied protests, a deadly incident in a government hospital, Hindu festivals, unrest in Kashmir, Bollywood film sets, deadly landslides, and much more, with these photographs from just the past 7 days.

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A soldier from Uttar Pradesh contingent takes part in celebrations marking India’s Independence Day at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar on August 15, 2017. This year marks 70 years since British India split into two nations – Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan – and millions were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP / Getty)
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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/photos-one-week-in-india/536946/