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‘I SHOOT FOR THE COMMON MAN’

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Pulitzer-winning Reuters photojourn­alist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed on Friday documentin­g Afghan-taliban clashes near the Pakistan border, covered war zones and crises from Iraq to Hong Kong to Nepal. An alumnus of Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia, Siddiqui’s powerful photograph­s recorded the Rohingya refugee crisis, drew world attention to India’s devastatin­g Covid second wave, and turned the lens on the communal violence in northeast Delhi in 2020. Here’s a snapshot of his works.

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?? ?? A Rohingya refugee pulls a child as they walk to the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in September 2017
A Rohingya refugee pulls a child as they walk to the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in September 2017
?? ?? People supporting the new citizenshi­p law beat a Muslim man during a clash with those opposing it in February 2020 in New Delhi
People supporting the new citizenshi­p law beat a Muslim man during a clash with those opposing it in February 2020 in New Delhi
?? ?? A health worker takes a break while waiting for people to collect samples for Covid-19 tests in New Delhi last year
A health worker takes a break while waiting for people to collect samples for Covid-19 tests in New Delhi last year

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