Hampi rocks, Karnataka state, India - 0448
Sunset at Hampi rocks, Karnataka state, India - 0660
Farming outside Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India - 31
Dawn scene on the bathing ghats, Varanasi, India - 1081
Swimming club sing on the banks of the Ganges, Pandhey ghat, Varanasi, India - 0766
Boat in dawn mist on the Ganges, Varanasi, India
Man washes at dawn in the holy river Ganges, Varanasi, India - 0865
Dawn scene at Raja Gwalior ghat, Varanasi, India
Dawn scene at Dasaswamedh ghat (main ghat), Varanasi, India - 1057
Woman and beggar on Pandhey ghat, Varanasi, India - 0850
Man struts his stuff at the gym, Raja Gwalior ghat, Varanasi, India - 111
Scenes outside Indian sweet shop, Godualia old city, Varanasi, India - 168
Tiffin boxes carried through streets of old Varanasi, India - 0685
Worker screen printing labels for Ikea in back streets of Godualia, the old city, Varanasi, India - 0734
Tailor at work, Godualia old city, Varanasi, India - 176
Dawn at the Deer Park, Sarnath, Varanasi, India - 0493
Stupa marking the site of the Buddha's first teaching, Sarnath, near Varanasi, India - 0417
Gold leaf adorns a Buddha statue at the Thai temple in Sarnath, Varanasi, India - 0383
Tamil Christian polio victim, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India - 0028
Telephones on street, Mumbai, India - 0199
Dilapidated buildings and taxis, Mumbai (Bombay), India - 0356
The ubiquitous Indian Premier taxi (Indian version of a 1950s Fiat), Mumbai (Bombay), India - 0171
Miner at pit near Dhanbad, India.
Miner at pit near Dhanbad, India. Although underground work is well paid, the lack of safety equipment and old technology make it a dangerous job.
lllegal miners scour the overburden tip for coal near Dhanbad, India's coal mining capital. For a bribe of around £8 per load, dumper drivers will deposit pit spoils for locals to scavenge.
lllegal miners scour the overburden tip for coal near Dhanbad, India's coal mining capital.
Helmets on miner's bikes at a pit near Dhanbad, India.
Miner at pit near Dhanbad, India. Although underground work is well paid, the lack of safety equipment and old technology make it a dangerous job.
Miner in the lamp room at a pit near Dhanbad, India. Although underground work is well paid, the lack of safety equipment and old technology make it a dangerous job.
Mining continues in the Dhansar pit in spite of coal fires burning through the seams. These fires have been burning for nearly a century following ignition by poor mining practices, releasing vast quantities of CO2 and other gasses into the atmosphere.
Sign at Moonidih colliery, India
Three boys dig for coal in the disused Lodna open cast pit, Dhanbad, India
Trees killed by the heat of uncontrollable seam fires burning beneath the village of Nayadih Kusunda near Dhanbad, India. The village was deserted in 1997 after 10 people died in a subsidence related landslide.
Heavy equipment at the Dhansar open cast mine near Dhanbad, India.
Gasses billow out of a crack in the floor of an abadoned temple at Nayadih Kusunda village near Dhanbad, India. It was deserted in 1997 after 10 people died in a landslide caused by subsidence from the underground fires.
lllegal miners scour the overburden tip for coal near Dhanbad, India's coal mining capital. For a bribe of around £8 per load, dumper drivers will deposit pit spoils for locals to scavenge.
Removing overburden at the open cast pit at Lodna, near Dhanbad, India
The open cast pit at Lodna, near Dhanbad, India
Women carry illegally mined coal at the disused Lodna open cast pit. Crippled by poverty and with no land to farm, illegal coal scavenging is the only option for many families.
A truck accidentally loaded with burning coal from the seam dumps its deadly load in a hurry. The sudden explosion is caused by oxygen reaching coal which before mining had been burning anaerobically underground.
A woman walks down train lines carrying a collection of illegally mined coal. With only state registered companies allowed to mine legally, most residents of the Dhanbad area collect coal outside the law.
A young boy scavenges for leftover coal on a disused open cast pit near Dhanbad, India's coal mining capital. Although technically illegal, with no land to farm, coal scavenging is the only option for many poor families.
An injured miner is placed in the ambulance after a trolley fell on his legs in a pit near Dhanbad, India.
Bore holes are drilled for explosives at a coal mine near Dhanbad, India.
Dumper trucks at the Dhansar open cast mine near Dhanbad, India.
Coal is coked in a coking plant at Lodna, near Dhanbad, India.
Worker screen printing labels for Ikea in back streets of Godualia, the old city, Varanasi, India
Woman in Hindu temple, Godualia old city, Varanasi, India
Shrine, Godualia old city, Varanasi, India
A man cokes coal in Jharkhand, India.
Smoke and steam rise from coking pits at an opencast mine near Dhanbad, India's coal capital.
Man washes at dawn in the holy river Ganges, Varanasi, India
Man posing at the gym on Raja Gwalior ghat, Varanasi, India
Water is poured onto coal to to stop its slow buring during the coking process and reduce the amount of dust released into the atmosphere.
A truck accidentally loaded with buring coal from the seam dumps its deadly load in a hurry. The sudden explosion is caused by oxygen reaching coal which before mining had been burining slowly underground.
Dawn scene at Raja Gwalior ghat, Varanasi, India
Priest performs Ganga Arti puja at dawn on the main ghat (Dasaswamedh ghat), Varanasi
Prayers offered to the holy river Ganges, Varanasi, India
Sunken temple at Dattatreya ghat bears the footprint of a Brahmin saint of the same name. Varanasi, India
Prayers offered to the holy river Ganges, Varanasi, India
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Women carry illegally mined coal at the disused Lodna open cast pit. Crippled by poverty and with no land to farm, illegal coal scavenging is the only option for many families.

Women carry illegally mined coal at the disused Lodna open cast pit. Crippled by poverty and with no land to farm, illegal coal scavenging is the only option for many families.