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Medical workers move an injured police officer on a stretcher following a Durga Puja stampede.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2026
At least 19 dead and 25 hurt in stampede at India religious gathering
Deadly crowd incidents are a frequent occurrence at Indian mass events, such as religious festivals, due to poor management and safety lapses.
Hindu monks from Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha take part in a religious ceremony in front of the Eiffel Tower before a ceremonial parade along the river Seine in Paris on Sept. 3.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2026
Hindu group apologizes as Eiffel Tower visit sparks strike
A visiting delegation from a powerful Hindu religious group allegedly asked that female Eiffel Tower employees stay out of sight.
Flash flood survivors gather to receive utility aid from a temporary relief camp at Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Sept. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 4, 2026
Nepal floods ruin merchants and traders ahead of crucial festival season
The catastrophe struck just ahead of the crucial September-to-November Hindu festival season, when celebrations typically drive a surge in spending.
The humble egg, a popular food in West Bengal, was taken off the menu after the state's recently elected Hindu nationalist government said a religious charity will provide free, vegetarian cooked meals in state-run schools.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 14, 2026
Egg-free school meals scramble politics in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party often promotes vegetarianism as a part of its nationalist agenda, although most Indian Hindus eat meat and fish.
Six-year-old Pooja shows her indigenous face tattoos at the Jogi Colony in Umerkot, a Hindu-majority district of Pakistan.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 21, 2025
City girls snub traditional Hindu face tattoos in Pakistan
The practice stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot Pakistan’s southern border with India.
Indian security personnel stand guard as Hindu pilgrims headed to Amarnath await registration at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 3, 2025
Hindu pilgrims set off to India’s Amarnath, near site of deadly April attack
The attack, which killed 26 mostly Hindu tourists, escalated into the worst standoff between the nuclear-armed nations since 1999, with over 70 people killed on both sides.
A worker paints a robotic elephant model at a workshop in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state on Feb. 25.
WORLD / Society
Mar 4, 2025
Animal rights activists in India offer robot elephants to replace real ones
Accidents involving spooked elephants trampling crowds are common in India, leading some temples to switch to the robot versions.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes a victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party's win in the Delhi legislative assembly election in New Delhi on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 11, 2025
Anti-Muslim hate speech surged in India’s election year, led by Modi
At rallies Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to Muslims as “infiltrators” and claimed the main opposition party would redistribute the nation’s wealth to them if it won.
Hindu devotees sit after a deadly stampede before the second Shahi Snan (royal bath) at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 29, 2025
Over a dozen dead in stampede at Hindu mega-festival in India
The six-week Kumbh Mela festival is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar.
A Hindu devotee looks on as he takes part in a religious procession of Naya Udasin Akhara ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj, India, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 13, 2025
Indian Hindu pilgrims take the plunge ahead of largest gathering
Organizers expect up to 400 million pilgrims from India and beyond in the six weeks running from January 13 to February 26.
Hindu pilgrims take a dip along the banks of Sangam, ahead of the <i>maha</i> Kumbh Mela festival in the city of Prayagraj on Sunday. Beside India's holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast it will be seen from space.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 26, 2024
India readies for 400 million pilgrims at mammoth festival
The Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old festival, is held once every 12 years at the site where the holy Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet.
Hindu monks protest to stop the atrocities against Bangladesh's Hindu minority community, in Kolkata on Dec. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 23, 2024
Minorities fear targeted attacks in post-revolution Bangladesh
Hindus make up about 8% of the mainly Muslim nation of 170 million people.
Indian activists angered over the jailing of a leading Hindu monk in Bangladesh try to break a police barricade during a protest in Kolkata on Nov. 28 demanding his release.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2024
Bangladesh’s descent into Islamist violence
An unstable Bangladesh mired in radical Islamism and political violence has long been India’s geopolitical nightmare
Shurei Sasai in Nagpur, India, on Oct. 13
JAPAN
Nov 17, 2024
Monk from Japan works to lead people in India to Buddhism
Shurei Sasai has been devoting his life to freeing people from discrimination based on the Indian caste system for more than half a century.
Today's religious thinkers face the challenge of demonstrating that faith offers deeper meaning and understanding in an increasingly secular world.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2024
Is the world ready for a religious comeback?
Individuals are seeking meaning through alternative avenues, suggesting a readiness for religious discourse.
A street in Zakir Nagar, a Muslim neighborhood in New Delhi, last month.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 19, 2024
In Modi’s Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security
There is no official data on segregation in India, but it appears to be increasing among Muslims in recent years due to rising Islamophobia.
Rakesh Tomar (right), an activist and founder of Hindu right-wing group Rudra Sena, speaks to people in Dehradun, the capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, on Aug. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 6, 2024
India’s far-right Hindus seek to drive Muslims out of ‘holy land’
Much of the hatred last year was fueled by “love-jihad” conspiracies, claiming predatory Muslim men wanted to seduce Hindu women to convert them.
Hindus block the streets as they protest against violence in their community in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 12, 2024
Bangladesh government is working to ‘resolve’ attacks on minorities
After Sheikh Hasina’s abrupt resignation and flight abroad, there were numerous reports of attacks against Hindu households, temples and businesses.
A news reporter interviews people in the village where preacher Suraj Pal Singh Jatav grew up, in Bahadurnagar, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 8, 2024
‘Miracles’ and hope: Stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen
Gurus in India are often called godmen, and their patrons have included international celebrities like the Beatles.
A boy injured in a stampede at a religious gathering reacts as he is brought to a hospital in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 3, 2024
At least 116 people killed in stampede at Hindu religious event in India
The stampede happened in a village in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh, about 200 kilometers southeast of the national capital New Delhi.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru&#039;s Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
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U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
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Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia&#039;s South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
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